during the next six month. This represents an opportunity for FedEx as a provider of small-package delivery service. Besides that‚ in this competitive society‚ time is important to everyone. People are increasingly using the internet as a time-saving resource. People engage in numerous activities online‚ such as e-mail‚ planning trips‚ online banking and online research for their good purchases‚ all of which are easily completed online. FedEx can satisfy the consumer requirement of convenience with its
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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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is becoming the key distinction among transportation firms‚ FedEx recently announced plans to shrink its 4000 employee IT division by about 200 workers. The move has been considered jarring by some because FedEx traditionally has used layoffs only as a measure of last resort. How could this action affect the company’s organizational culture and employee relations‚ especially in lieu of its corporate philosophy? What steps should FedEx take in order to prevent or minimize possible negative effects
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success of any organization. When the organization’s behavior is not effective‚ there is a chance the company will suffer. This paper will evaluate the organizational structure of Federal Express‚ in particular FedEx Express (FedEx‚ 2011). ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE (FORMATION AND EFFECTS) FedEx has acquired a reputation for possessing a strong customer-service organizational culture. The textbook states‚ “Organizational culture is what the employees perceive and how this perception creates a pattern
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on all shipments‚ and customers can find out where their shipment is through many different avenues including a user-friendly Web site. Federal Express customers are assured that FedEx will always be on top of technology. Strategic Vision: Federal Express’ will always have competent top managers in charge of strategic direction. Frederick Smith built an industry leader‚ and kept it in that position since 1973. First-Mover Advantage: Federal Express has had first-mover advantage in several areas
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0048-3486.htm The role of strategic groups in understanding strategic human resource management Judie M. Gannon Oxford School of Hospitality Management‚ Faculty of Business‚ Oxford Brookes University‚ Oxford‚ UK The role of strategic groups 513 Liz Doherty Business School‚ Sheffield Hallam University‚ Sheffield‚ UK‚ and Angela Roper School of Hospitality & Tourism Management‚ University
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Strategic Groups * “the group of firms in an industry following the same strategy along the same strategic dimensions” (Porter‚ 1980) * “a set of firms competing within an industry on the basis of similar scope and resource commitments” (Cool & Schendel‚ 1968) Competitive strategy = a choice of which strategic group to compete in = the choice of the easiest group to ‘get into’ Strategic groups are organisations within an industry with similar strategic characteristics‚ following similar
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I. Company Profile FedEx Corporation (FedEx)‚ incorporated on October 2‚ 1997‚ provides a portfolio of transportation‚ e-commerce and business services through companies that compete collectively‚ operate independently and manage collaboratively‚ under the respected FedEx brand. These companies are included in four business segments: FedEx Express‚ Federal Express Corporation (FedEx Express)‚ is an express transportation company‚ offering time-certain delivery within 1 to 3 business days and serving
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FedEx Marketing Mix Federal Express is an express transportation company‚ founded in 1973 by Frederick W. Smith. During his college years‚ he recognized that the United States was becoming a service-oriented economy and needed a reliable‚ overnight delivery service company designed to solely transport packages and documents. He wrote a Yale term paper on this idea and received a C. His professor thought it would never work. Fortunately for Frederick Smith‚ he did not take it to heart and ended up
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What this case is about FedEx vs. UPS China & US agreement for the establishment of air-cargo hubs in China and landing rights for commercial airlines at any available airport China is battleground for the two package delivery giants Assumption: success in China was widely seen as the litmus test for corporate survival in the new millennium No guarantee for how new cargo routes would be allocated between UPS and Fed Ex Which company was better positioned to attract the capital necessary to win
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