Assignment 2: FedEx Strategic Options and Opportunities Anthony Anderson JWI 540: Strategy Dr. John Dorociak 8/3/2014 Executive Summary This paper will provide discussion and analysis concerning various strategic options and opportunities as they relate to the FedEx Corporation (FDX) in their current industry market. Competition will be assessed to create an understanding of the current landscape of the industry from the
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[pic] Introduction FedEx Corporation (FedEx) is a US based company mainly engaged in offering logistics solutions. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides transportation, e-commerce and business services under the FedEx brand. The major benefit of using the company is its ability to provide “day-certain” service to every business address in the US and Canada, as well as provide “time-certain” delivery to those areas within one to three business days. The company was founded in
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Amazon.com Describe their business model and explain their supply chain strategy. Amazon is one of the leading online retailers in the world. From foundation, Amazon was an online book retailer. Their online success allowed them to move into other areas including e-books, music and other products. Jeff Bezos, Founder, started the business in his garage and has built the company on an unconventional business model that in my opinion gives Amazon a competitive advantage. Amazons business
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Introduction The Art of War is attributed to Sun Zi, and was originally called the “Sun Tzu Bing Fa”, or simply the Sun Zi. It written by Sun Wu about 500B.C. Sun Zi Art of War is the oldest military treatise in the world. Highly compressed, it is devote the principles and still retain such of its original authoritative merit. To the military student able to adapt its principles to modern warfare, it even now, twenty-five centuries after its preparation, is a valuable guide for the conduct of war
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FedEx FedEx is a company that provide logistical service. The company is well-known for transportation, e-commerce and business services. Reason behind succeed of the FedEx company has always been efficient information system. The business process will be discussed in the section of How FedEx deliver parcels. Company Mission and Goals “FedEx Corporation will produce superior financial returns for its shareowners by providing high value-added logistics, transportation and related business services
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Use of technology was changing the game like routing * Tracking of shipment was a new service offered * Customer service was improving 2. What is Airborne’s strategy? How has it positioned itself in the industry? How is it different from FedEx or UPS? * Targeted business customer that regularly shipped large volumes of urgent items like Xerox (Position) * Never advertised much publically, instead focused on larger shipping companies * Sales force was given good freedom to
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International trade logistics could be termed is reflection of Governmental Policies, Geopolitics, foreign relations ,World Economy, Infrastructure development, Skilled workforce and Secured Supply Chain etc. Governmental policies: Exchange logistics may be characterized as the procedural and narrative foundation of generation and transport logistics which empowers cargo to change hands by method for business exchanges. At the heart of exchange logistics lies the arrangement of guidelines overseeing
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Analysis | 6, 7 | Analysis of Internal Environment | 8, 9 | Analysis of External Environment | 9 | SFAS | 10 | Identification of Problem or Opportunity | 10 | PESTEL Analysis | 11 | Identification of Strategic Options (TOWS Matrix) | 12 | Solution (Pros and Cos) | 12, 13 | Strategy Recommendations and Conclusion | 13, 14 | References | 15, 16 | Executive Summary The main aim of this report is to give an insight into DHL Express’s market audit, analysis and evaluation. Here, we will
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Use of technology was changing the game like routing * Tracking of shipment was a new service offered * Customer service was improving 2. What is Airborne’s strategy? How has it positioned itself in the industry? How is it different from FedEx or UPS? * Targeted business customer that regularly shipped large volumes of urgent items like Xerox (Position) * Never advertised much publically, instead focused on larger shipping companies * Sales force was given good freedom to
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Worldwide Express/Plus, Saver), or 2-5 business days (UPS Worldwide Expedited). Air freight shipping allows you to meet your shipping deadlines with decent air rates. They also have a supply chain service (freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and returns management) which helps improve the efficiency of the supply chain management process. Their freight forwarding service is the largest U.S domestic air freight carrier. UPS is mainly a ground-shipping company and being the second largest air carrier
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