Executive Summary Background: FedEx and United Parcel Service‚ Inc. are the two largest competitors in the world’s package delivery service industry. UPS‚ founded in 1907‚ was the largest package delivery company in the world. By 2003‚ UPS delivered throughout the United States and to more than 200 other countries‚ transporting over 13 million packages a day. FedEx‚ created in 1971 by Fred Smith‚ grew successful because of its innovative approach to purchase its own planes rather than
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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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Management (Gomez-Mejia/Balkin) [PIV] Chapter 3 Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics 1) A code of ethics in an organization A) guarantees employees will act in an ethical manner. B) describes what is legal and illegal. C) eliminates ethical dilemmas. D) can create consensus regarding ethical principles. Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: 94 Objective: LO1 AACSB: Ethical understanding and reasoning abilities 2) About 50% of workers surveyed admitted to engaging in at least one unethical
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Supplier Measurement helps FedEx Manage a Worldwide supply base FedEx is one of the few companies that have realised that suppliers affect its total costs to a large extent. Hence‚ it has introduced measures like detailed supplier scorecard to evaluate supplier performance for goods‚ services and fuel. This supplier scorecard maintains a level of uniformity among the many supply management groups and is available to all its suppliers and employees through its intranet. The scorecards for suppliers
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performance‚ within the organization‚ for the purpose of making adjustments and needed changes. In a recent decision FedEx canceled their order for ten global air freighters from Airbus. The huge A380 super jumbo airplanes were originally scheduled for delivery in 2008 but Airbus delayed the date to year 2009 and then to 2010. Frederick Smith‚ chairman and chief executive of FedEx‚ cited Airbus’s recent decision to delay delivery of the super jumbo amid production bottlenecks as the reason for shifting
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high-volume and high-variety‚ they would use the mass customization strategy. While FedEx Corporation uses more than one process strategy listed in the four process PowerPoint presentation‚ the one process strategy that stands out the most is Mass Customization. FedEx has high-volume and high-variety. FedEx does not actually produce a product‚ but rather a service. When we think of Mass Customization strategy and FedEx‚ we must think in terms of service‚ not necessarily product. Using the mass customization
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Absolutely‚ Positively Operations Research: The Federal Express Story RICHARD O . MASON Edwin L. COX school of Business Southern Methodist University Dallas‚ Texas 75275 JAMES L . M C K E N N E Y Harvard Business School Soldiers Field Boston‚ Massachusetts 02163 216 west miton Drive Bolder Creek‚ California 95006 School of Business Administration University of Western Ontario London‚ Ontario N6A 3K7 Canada WALTER CARLSON DUNCAN COPELAND Federal Express Corporation has used operations
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The case study of 3PL: FedEx Supply Chain Solution Sharon Kuo Silver Lu RA7951021 RA7951055 Jon Dickerson RA6967118 Content Introduction_3PL Current 3PL market A case: FedEx Supply Chain Solution Introduction and express service Logistics Distribution Centre Operations Integrated Information Technology Introduction _3PL Definition Relationship between a shipper and third party with customized offerings Encompasses a broader number of service functions by a long-term and mutually beneficial
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FedEx is being sued for discriminating deaf employees. The company hired a number of deaf workers as package handlers. But they didn’t offer adequate accommodations. This is why the lawsuit was filed. The lawsuit was filed by the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions) in Maryland. The EEOC is a United States agency that fights for all equal rights of employment. FedEx didn’t supply training videos with ASL or captioning. Not even interpreters during company meetings for them to understand
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UPS/FedEx Package Wars After analyzing the case‚ UPS exhibits many strong aspects within their company. UPS is extremely financially minded‚ helping to keep costs low and very small amounts of debt. This makes UPS a cost leader in the industry. This translates into a financially efficient company. UPS is also a leader in supply chain solutions‚ offering a wide selection of services to fit every business and personal need. This could attract more customers since everything they need is in
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