as FDX Corporation and became FedEx Corporation in January 2000. Headquarters Memphis, Tenn. Principal Officers Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO Robert B. Carter, Executive Vice President, FedEx Information Services and CIO T. Michael Glenn, Executive Vice President, Market Development and Corporate Communications Alan B. Graf Jr., Executive Vice President and CFO Christine P. Richards, Executive Vice President, General Counsel
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Blue = Leighton Red = Karissa Brown = Adam Black = Jane The Battle for Value, 2004: FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service, Inc. FedEx will produce superior financial returns for shareowners by providing high value-added supply chain, transportation, business, and related information services through focused operating companies competing collectively, and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. FedEx Mission Statement (Excerpt) We serve the evolving distribution, logistics
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advancements have taken place in the area of information technology. This has enhanced the speed of obtaining and sharing of information between the supply chain partners and consequently increased the level of collaboration within the traditional distribution channel. This process was accelerated with the Internet and worldwide web explosion. With this arrangement, managers were able to reduce non-value-added services, duplication, and redundancy between the consecutive stages of order fulfillment process
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moving ahead UPS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2007 HIGHLIGHTS Reached a five-year labor agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 10 months prior to the expiration of the current contract in July 2008. Adopted a new financial policy in early 2008 to enhance shareowner value by reducing the company’s cost of capital. Celebrated our 100th anniversary on August 28, 2007. Introduced several industry-first product innovations, including UPS Delivery InterceptSM, UPS PaperlessSM Invoice and
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advancements have taken place in the area of information technology. This has enhanced the speed of obtaining and sharing of information between the supply chain partners and consequently increased the level of collaboration within the traditional distribution channel. This process was accelerated with the Internet and worldwide web explosion. With this arrangement, managers were able to reduce non-value-added services, duplication, and redundancy between the consecutive stages of order fulfillment process
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University Decatur, Georgia NETW562: Wireless Devices & Apps Table of Contents Introduction 1 Strategic business assessment 3 Competition 4 Tradeoff analysis and rationale 5 System selection 5 Customer devices 6 Design a Wireless System 7 System description 9 Efficient Support 9 Quality of Service (QoS) 10 Service description 10 Network Detection and Selection 10 Service Continuity with Seamless Connections 10 Topology Independence 10 Coverage analysis 11 Initial capabilities
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to: Sydney, Australia 2000 UPS ANNUAL REPORT 2012 from: Guadalajara, Mexico 44150 to: Halifax, Canada B3H 0A2 from: Louisville, USA 40215 QUICK QUI QU K UICK FACTS FACTS AC S 1907 YEAR FOUNDED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 2012 Revenue Operating expenses Net income Adjusted net income 1 2011 2010 $54,127 $53,105 $49,545 52,784 807 4,389 0.83 47,025 3,804 4,311 3.84 4.35 2.08 34,701 11,095 7,108 2,005 4,275 43,904 3,338 3,495 3.33 3.48 1.88 33,597 10,491 8,047 1,389
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both responsiveness and efficiency. Faster transportation allows a supply chain to be more responsive but reduces its efficiency within a supply chain (Chopra & Meindle, 2007, p.53). Transportation has a significant impact, because it controls the speed of response and reply as stated in Newton's third law of every action there is always opposed an equal reaction. An example of Amazon is a company that sells products on the internet and uses UPS or FedEx, which is a transportation company that delivers
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switching C) Client/server computing, packet switching, and the development of communications standards for linking networks and computers D) Client/server computing, packet switching, and HTTP 3) The method of slicing digital messages into parcels, transmitting them along different communication paths, and reassembling them at their destinations is called: A) multiplexing. B) packet switching. C) packet routing. D) ATM. 4) The telephone system is an example of a ________ network. A)
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World On Time History of FedEx Today FedEx Corporation is the premier provider of shipping and information services worldwide. Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, the company functions under the motto "operate independently, compete collectively and manage collaboratively."(FedEx.com, 2011) By operating independently, each company can focus exclusively on delivering the best service for its specific market. In 1965, Yale University undergraduate Frederick W. Smith wrote a term paper about the
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