1. The organization’s name and main line of business: FEDEX Corporations – Logistics 2. Specific type of operation: Air and Ground Delivery Specializing in Next Day Delivery 3. Describe the nature of operations process given your newfound understanding of operation management and productivity: a. Service and product design: i. Supply Chain management ii. Next Day Delivery Services b. Quality management – Customer oriented business “People First Philosophy” c. Process and capacity –
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Profile * History Founded by Frederick W. Smith‚ FedEx Express was established in 1973 and it has grown rapidly. Smith had the idea of creating a company that would deliver mail all over the United States over night. His idea was to fly mail from one location to another at night because the traffic is better and packages could be sorted‚ distributed and out of its original location faster. Delivering to over 220 countries and territories‚ FedEx today is a big global industry with a vast network
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THE BATTLE FOR VALUE‚ 2004: FEDEX CORP. VS. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE‚ INC. Executive Summary: As the U.S. package delivery business segment matured‚ International segment became the battle ground for the two package delivery giants – FedEx and UPS. FedEx is considered to be the innovative‚ entrepreneurial‚ inventor of customer logistical management‚ and an operational leader. UPS‚ on the other hand‚ is considered to be big‚ bureaucratic‚ and industry follower‚ although UPS is shedding
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1-6 1. After reading the section Strategy in the 10-K I am informed that FedEx’s strategy for success in the market place holds mainly within operational excellence. They excel to provide all of their many different kinds of services to their consumers with ease and convenience. IE. FedEx Express‚ FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight shipment tracking‚ customer service and invoicing information‚ FedEx Kinko’s office and print services‚ etc. 2. A. FedEx Express Traceable Fixed Costs (2)
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Why do I do it? Why do I scare myself with the ocean…? It is true‚ it is merciless‚ literally; it’s not conscious‚ so it has no feelings‚ no remorse‚ no pity‚ no awareness. It would be wrong to say it is inanimate‚ because it is certainly animate. And not alive‚ yet contains so much life within it might as well be. Like a Frankenstein body filled with cells and bacteria and nerve impulses yet no consciousness. My worst nightmare – I don’t have it very often but it’s a strong one – can take
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processes must have well defined inputs‚ which give additional value to the good or service being produced. FedEx business process is as follow: the packages are collected from homes and businesses and are carried to the company’s warehouse. When the packages reaches the company’s warehouse the package is scanned from a portable device which links with the central system that allows FedEx to ensure that the package has been collected also at this point a device is place on the package so the customer
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competitor of FedEx: a) List down the 3 HR practices which you would emulate of FedEx. Explain reasons for the same. Ans) * Leadership Evaluation And Awareness Process (LEAP) - This policy gave FedEx’s Non-Managerial Employees an opportunity to seek Managerial Positions. LEAP created the chance for Non Management Employees to try out their Managerial Skills. LEAP helped Employees of FedEx check whether they were capable of managing Organizations or not. It also gave a chance to FedEx to check out
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Hossain Descriptive Essay July 2‚ 2013 The Ocean The ocean‚ from the Pacific to the Atlantic and the Indian to the Artic‚ is a vast and enchanting part of our world. The oceans of this world cover more than sixty six percent and that number is steadily rising. There are so many facets of the ocean that are yet to be discovered‚ but as someone who lives fifteen minutes away from a beach‚ it is hard not to be intoxicated by the allure that the ocean draws. Oceans have their own smell‚ feel‚ taste and sound
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Introduction 3 2. What’s the Difference between e-Business and e-Commerce? 3 3. Who is FedEx? 4 4. Ebusiness at FedEx 5 4.1. E-Operations at FedEx 5 4.2. E- Human Resources Management (HRM) at FedEx 8 4.3. E- Marketing at FedEx 9 4.4. E-Commerce at FedEx 11 5. How does E-Business increase market share at FedEx? 11 6. How has e-technology lead to augmentation of earnings at FedEx? 13 10. The e-Business Strategy – What are the Risks? How do you mitigate these? 15 11. Conclusion 18 12. References
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* A115924 Case study Questions for discussion: Which three environmental forces are likely to have the greatest effects on FedEx? Explain your answer. Environmental forces are the unpredictable forces that cannot be controlled and it can be detrimental to the company’s position. Three of the following forces have the greatest impacts on FedEx: Competitors Intense competition from the U.S Postal Service‚ UPS‚ Emery‚ DHL andRPS has enormous effects on FedEx’s business
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