FedEx‚ a shipment company‚ considers the importance of their customers’ needs carefully; caring about the reason their customers choose their business and what their customers are expecting. While we generally think of such as service as one‚ which supplies the general public‚ in this report‚ we will focus on the relationships that FedEx develop and nurture between themselves and other businesses. Here‚ two main approaches to how they respond to other businesses needs are introduced. First of
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Marks each ) | | Case 1 | Conflict Diamonds | | | During the late 1990s South African diamond product De Beers and other companies on the diamond industry discovered that some of the diamonds they were buying or selling came from groups who used the proceeds to finance brutal civil wars. In Sierra Leone‚ rebels took control of diamond mines by systematically chopping off the arms and hands of as many as 20‚000 children‚ women and men until the diamond operations were turned over to them. Similarly
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reputations of certain goods based on their country of origin. Some examples include Swiss-made watches‚ German automobiles‚ Tulips from Holland‚ Argentine beef. Michael Porter uses his "Porter ’s Diamond" theory to explain why some countries have a comparative advantage in relation to others in specific industries. Porter theorizes that four broad attributes (factor endowments‚ demand conditions‚ relating and supporting industries‚ and firm strategy‚ structure‚ and rivalry) of a nation shape
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2005-2006 Inside FedEx Express By Captain Gary Peterson 12 May 2006 Edited by Ms. Gerry Yemen Inside FedEx Express Introduction As a Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow during 2005-2006‚ I was assigned to work at FedEx Express located in Memphis‚ Tennessee. FedEx Express provides time-critical delivery services and associated information assistance globally. It is one of several Operating Companies (OPCO) within FedEx Corporation. Other OPCOs include: FedEx Custom Critical
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Diamond Chemicals PLC Executive Summary Diamond Chemicals is considering two mutually exclusive projects‚ the Merseyside project and the Rotterdam project‚ for the production of polypropylene When considering the Merseyside project‚ senior-management wants a positive impact on earnings per share. The addition to earnings per share was £28‚800 with an average addition of £2‚000 per year2. Calculated with erosion‚ the addition to earnings per share was £18‚800 with an average addition of £1
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Executive Summary Porter Airlines‚ a short-haul commercial airliner established in 2002‚ have enjoyed significant and steady growth since inception. The concern now is to devise a solution that will allow Porter to continue its controlled expansion strategy‚ as it has been so successful and integral to the growth of the company over the past several years. Situation Analysis Porter Airlines operates in a fiercely competitive airline industry‚ where competitors compete based on price‚ service‚ and
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FedEx External Environment Audit 1. How is the industry structured? The industry is defined by NAICS as the logistics‚ transportation‚ and related business services. This is a very broad definition because it doesn’t define the main function of the business‚ which is express delivery and shipping that includes a wide range of services for both businesses and consumers. FedEx offers express delivery‚ ground‚ and freight shipping‚ in domestic and international markets. The most important
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YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was a guide in Papua - New Guinea that Dr. Diamond met‚ once asked him‚ “Why is it
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A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH Mary McLeod Bethune‚ a diamond in the rough‚ became a smooth‚ attractive‚ and precious stone during her time on earth. She was born to a family of ex-slaves; later in life‚ she became an equal right activist for black Americans. Who would have thought she would be advocate and counsel to four US Presidents? Bethune was well known‚ and she was passionate about racial advancements‚ education‚ and equality for blacks. Her exposure to strong‚ independent‚ female role
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be a better performer in the long run as compared to FedEx. Competitive Advantage UPS has a first mover advantage over FedEx‚ beginning air delivery service in 1929. Although FedEx was the first to own and operate their own planes and introduced the innovative “hub and spoke” distribution pattern‚ UPS leads in specialized transportation and logistics services. In 1975‚ UPS promised package delivery to every address in the United States; FedEx was not able to guarantee delivery in every area. When
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