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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Case 4 THE BATTLE FOR VALUE‚ 2004: FEDEX CORP. VS. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE‚ INC. Set in June 2004‚ this case invites the student to assess the financial performance of FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service‚ Inc (UPS). The two firms have competed intensely for dominance of the overnight express package industry. This case is intended for use in an introductory discussion of corporate value creation and its sources. Questions for Students 1. Contrast between Corporate excellence and Financial
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RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT COURSE E-TRADE FINANCIAL CORPARATION CASE STUDY by Asli Seven Nazir Emre Adir Shamla Tsargand Lecturer: Andrejs Chirjevskis Autumn 2011 Question 1.Revise E-Trade Vision and Mission Statement.Develop a SWOT anaylses. When we have a look at E-Trade’s vision statement‚ we see that they emphasize on self-directed investors and the world market. For the company being reachable from even sitting at home is important. They say
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Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems 1) Operational management is responsible for directing the day-to-day operations of the business and therefore needs transaction-level information. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 45 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills CASE: Content Objective: 2.2 2) Deciding whether to introduce a new product line is the responsibility of an operational manager. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 45-47 AACSB: Analytic skills CASE: Analysis Objective:
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Business Ethics Case Study 1. Benji Watson is the type of individual corporations everywhere would be proud to have on their team. New Gen Health Sciences is not his only choice‚ and I do not believe it would be a wise choice for Benji. The mere fact the Benji is a Liberty University graduate tells New Gen that he values honesty‚ has strong moral principles and prefers to be ethical in his
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University of Alberta ANSYS Tutorials - www.mece.ualberta.ca/tutorials/ansys/CL/CAT/Coupled/Print.html Coupled Structural/Thermal Analysis Introduction This tutorial was completed using ANSYS 7.0 The purpose of this tutorial is to outline a simple coupled thermal/structural analysis. A steel link‚ with no internal stresses‚ is pinned between two solid structures at a reference temperature of 0 C (273 K). One of the solid structures is heated to a temperature of 75 C (348 K). As heat is transferred
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3. Facilities location 9 3.4. Scheduling 11 3.5. Quality Assurance 12 5. Questionnaire Analysis 13 6. Conclusion 14 7. Recommendations 15 8. References 16 Appendix A: CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY FOR FEDEX 17 Appendix B: Customer Survey Results 18 1. Introduction Figure 1: Regional Head Quarters of FedEx Figure 2: FedEx Corporate Logo; courtesy www.fedex.com FedEx Corporation‚ situated in US‚ is one of the leading supply chain management solution providers in
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thoroughly evaluate the feasibility of moving from retailing to e-business by analysing and interpreting the following areas of Angela’s Florist. She has been struggling with the high cost of wages associated with keeping her shop open the same hours as the local supermarket (Woolworths) which has recently started selling flowers. Angela’s Florist wishes to embrace e-business principles as a way of expanding her customer base and streaming her business operations. One of the strategies that she wishes to implement
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Case Study 1 – Harry goes it alone Harry was really bored with his job as second chef in a top-of-the-market hotel. He was also tired of being ordered around by the manager and the head chef. He never liked taking orders and had always hoped to use his talents preparing food for customers in his own restaurant. The main problem was his lack of business experience. Harry had just been to a business conference with a friend of his and had been interested in the franchising exhibition there. One
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Business Entities Cases BUS 415 July 9‚ 2012 Restaurant/ Bar Case Lou‚ Jose and Miriam can go into business in the form of a corporation‚ or partnership‚ or LLC where Miriam provides monetary capital‚ while Lou and Jose provide manpower. An operating agreement or purchase-option agreement should be established under which Lou and Jose could each buy a predetermined portion of the business at a predetermined cost. If they choose to establish
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