electronic commerce (e-commerce) continues to show strong growth. According to the U.S. Census Bureau‚ e-commerce retail sales for 2002 reached at $45.6 billion‚ an increase of 26.9% from 2001‚ while total retail sales increased 3.1% during the same period. Although e-commerce sales account for only 1.4% of total sales‚ the digital economy continues to grow‚ albeit at a slower pace than earlier predicted. The logistical requirements of e-commerce goods may stimulate greater complexity in supply chain management
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journal entries Capital lease-Lessor The lessor is a finance provider‚ and therefore records lease receivables as the debit side of the entry. The lease receivable is the net investment in the lease‚ which is the total of minimum lease payments and unguaranteed residual value. Total of these two figures is gross investment in the lease and we need to discount it to present value using discount rate implicit in the lease and all this must be equal to fair value of the asset plus initial direct
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seemed much brighter than they had a year earlier. At that time‚ Federal Express and UPS were unleashing a flurry of new services and pricing schemes. One industry analyst interpreted their moves as an effort “to sweep the corners of the market…. Fedex and UPS tower over [Airborne]. They have saturated the core market and are looking for marginal revenue opportunities.” Airborne could easily “be hammered...between the two 900-pound gorillas.”3 One move by the “gorillas” required an immediate decision
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S.F. Express Marketing Plan Group 6 Instructor: Dr. Anthony Tsui MKT 2010 2 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………………3 2. Strategic Objectives…………………………………………………………………………………3 2.1. Mission 2.2. Goals 2.3. Sustainable Competitive Advantage 3. Situation Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………4 3.1. Industry Analysis 3.1.1. Market Size 3.1.2. Market Growth 3.2. SWOT Analysis 3.2.1. For S.F. Express 3.2.2. For Domestic Private Express Industry 3.3. Competition 4. Marketing
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full logistics service which is provided for its customers. The information system enables you to locate items at any time of transport process. Courier services Scandica is an authorized sub-contractor of the world largest courier company FedEx. The Company has access to a fleet of over 700 planes which fly on regular service in the world and cooperates with the world’ s largest courier network. Scandica provides courier service in the north-eastern Poland and in the district of Lublin
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References: USINFO.STATE.GOV. (2006). KEEPING PACE WITH GLOBAL BUSINESS: UPS TAKES AN INTEGRATED APPROACH. Available from http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/ites/1000/ijee/trans-kelly-3.htm CIO. (2004). UPS versus FedEx: Head-To-Head On Wireless. Available from http://www.cio.com/archive/060104/ups.html MIT. (2005). One Decision: UPS Goes Bluetooth. Available from http:// www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/14538/ United Parcel Service. (2006). Package Flow Technologies:
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million parcels and documents in the U.S. and in more than 200 other countries / territories. Information technology has helped UPS maintaining the ability to lead the parcel shipping market although its competitors are quite fierce rivals such as FedEx and Airborne Express. By using of handheld computing device called the Delivery Information Acquisition Device (DIAD) which helps the UPS’s drivers automatically get customers’ signatures while ongoing operations of loading‚ unloading and delivery
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to enter the information of packages in their system. It happens to tell a FedEx system that a customer packages now is already in their hand. * It’s then transferred to a big truck containing and continues drive to the big building that they call it as a hub center. * After reach at the hub center‚ all the packages will be sorted via a system of conveyer belt. This process will be handled by FedEx workers. FedEx technologies will separate all the packages base on the eventual destination
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ICMR Case Collection ICFAI Center for Management Research FedEx vs UPS: Competing with Contrasting Strategies in China MKTG069 - Sample Questions and Answers This case was written by Vivek Gupta‚ ICFAI Center for Management Research (ICMR). It was compiled from published sources‚ and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. For use by students of Icfai Flexible Learning programs. Not
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Asia-Pacific president of Cunningham and the president of Guangdong Airport Management Corporation Liu Jing formally signed a contract‚ the Federal Express Asia-Pacific hub at Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport will be settled. This marks the full launch of FedEx in China‚ and the layout of the Chinese market. The face of Federal Express building in an annual rate of 5-7 branches‚ DHL had to increase vigilance and active war of defense. When the competitors get rid of the limitations of the policy (joint limits)
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