regional and global players with multi-modal operations such as Deutsche Post World Net (which also operates DHL) and La Poste. Globally‚ the industry is dominated by the big four — Deutsche Post World Net (DHL)‚ FedEx‚ United Postal Service (UPS) and TNT‚ all of which have strong multi-modal arms with worldwide operations. Key markets The US is the single largest market for express services‚ followed by Europe and the Asia–Pacific region. In recent years‚ the Asia-Pacific region has experienced
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Introduction: Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) started its operation in March 1973 building a express delivery company to global logistics and supply chain management company. With logistics as a key part of forming a strong strategy formulation FedEx provided their customers differentiating means thus winning a healthy customer loyalty with enormous. The growth of the express transportation and logistic industry was brought about by three main trends The globalization of businesses.
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Airborne Express Tigran Hakobyan To answer the questions of this case let’s first of all understand the overall industry where the company is operating. In general‚ we can state that there is a strong competition between firms in this industry. Firms provide similar services and also the degree of substitutability is high. Profit margins are relatively low. The threat of new entrants is low because market for express deliveries is difficult to access‚ capital requirements are high and also
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HBS- Airborne Express Background Information Seattle based Airborne Express was the third largest express mail business in the 1990s. The product of two specialist airfreight carriers‚ Airborne Express began operations in 1968 and targeted businesses requiring regular‚ high-volume shipments of urgent items. Airborne maintained low cost operations by focusing on efficiency. We discuss how the express mail industry evolved throughout the 1990s and what Airborne did to remain competitive. How and
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Airborne Express 1. The US express mail industry consists of three main market players (UPS‚ FedEx and Airborne) and six second tier players. The industry evolvement from the perspective of customers looks like this: By time more and more people became used to express mails and many businesses for which express mails are an inseparable part‚ are high-volume customers. The major reasons for customers to use express mails are urgency of the shipment and the price. Also‚ for time-sensitive products
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Airborne Express Written Case Analysis Express Mail Industry Structure The environment of the express mail industry has experienced drastic changes over the past decade‚ let alone since its inception in the 1900’s. As a result of changing tastes amongst consumers‚ the industry has adopted practices that have allowed it to perform more efficiently in terms of geographic scaling‚ product assortment of goods being transported‚ meeting customers varying needs‚ as well as enhancing the range of
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AIRBORNE EXPRESS Economics of Strategy and Organization 1 Why has the express mail industry been so difficult for smaller players? Small players like BAX GLOBAL‚ DHL WORLDWIDE EXPRESS‚ TNT‚ etc. lacked resources to expand their base. Fed Ex had huge hub facilities with 2.4million square feet of floor space. Smaller players focused on segments rather than the whole market on the whole. BAX GLOBAL focused on heavy cargo and was not considered competitive for overnight letters. RPS targeted
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then end up with majority of high distance deliveries that would incur more cost. 2. Airborne is a fast follower and should start further exploring the international markets. The company should partner with strong second tier players such as DHL or TNT (preferably DHL). DHL has a great international focus and tie ups‚ and this will help the company expand globally. 3. Airborne express should continue to partner with RPS due to its strong hold in ground transportation. Since RPS also encroached UPS’s
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Executive summary Airborne Express is the third largest and fastest growing international air express delivery company in America. It held roughly 16% of the domestic express mail market by 1997. It provides time-sensitive delivery of documents‚ letters‚ small packages‚ and freight in the United States and internationally. The company has several advantages over its rivals‚ such as it provides delivery services at a lower cost of up to 20% over FedEx and UPS; it operates the nation’s only privately
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