FN6033:CORPORATE FINANCE ASSIGNMENT: CASE STUDIES CASE 1: THE BATTLE FOR VALUE‚ 2004: FEDEX CORP. VS. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE‚ INC. QUESTIONS: 1. There is competition in the overnight package delivery industry‚ and the strategies by which those two firms are meeting the competition. What are the enabling and inhibiting factors facing the two firms as they pursue their goals? Do you think that either firm can attain a sustainable competitive advantage in this business? 2. Why did FedEx’s
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Sept. 7‚ 2011 FEDEX CORP. VERSUS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA‚ INC.: WHO WILL DELIVER RETURNS FROM CHINA? On April 17‚ 2006‚ the International Air Cargo Association hosted its first-ever meeting in China. The location could not have been more appropriate. China was shaping up to be the world’s most significant market for air cargo‚ and Yan Yuanyuan‚ director general of China’s General Administration of Civil Aviation‚ had just announced that China would be opening up its air cargo market
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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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money‚ gas‚ and time. With that being said‚ we still need look for ways to save additional money on gas and time. There are two competitors‚ FedEx‚ and UPS‚ who dominate the air delivery and freight services industry in the United States‚ FedEx is the smaller of the two. UPS have a higher price earning while FedEx have a lower earnings per share. With UPS” 2.5 billion miles in 2007‚ the company “says its package flow technology combined with right turns‚ save” 28‚541‚472 million miles and three
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and disadvantages of FedEx and UPS? This essay critically analyses two giant competitors in the package delivery industry: Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) and United Parcel Service‚ Inc. (UPS). Both corporations have achieved a great success on a global scale. FedEx Express currently serves hundreds of cities and markets with its intercontinental and international express services [1]. It founded in 1973 and has developed to serve and reach every corner of the world. FedEx committed to offer the
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companies‚ United Parcel Services (UPS) and Federal Express Corporations (FedEx). This service is consists of three categories: 1) Weights: Letters‚ Packages‚ Freights 2) Mode of Transit: Air‚ Ground 3) Timeliness: Overnight‚ second-day‚ 3-day delivery‚ regular delivery (4 or more days) The air-express portion of the entire U.S. market worth $25 billion‚ in which concentration is in letters‚ packages‚ overnight and deferred‚ and air or air-and-ground. The UPS obtains 22 percent of its revenue
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FedEx Corporation Operating Segments and Companies Basically‚ FedEx is divided into four segments and 11 operating companies. The segments consist of FedEx Express Segment‚ FedEx Ground Segment‚ FedEx Freight Segment‚ and FedEx Freight Segment. The 4 segments and 11 operating companies are as shown chart below: FedEx Services Segment FedEx Freight Segment FedEx Ground Segment FedEx Express Segment FedEx Services FedEx Freight FedEx Ground FedEx Express FedEx Global Supply Chain Services
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Case 1.1 : FedEx 1) List the business processes displayed in the video. The first step is to pick up the package at the customer’s and to scan it. Therefore‚ the employee ) inform FedEx than the package is under FedEx’s responsibility. The second step is the transport of the package by truck for instance to a hub (or sorting center). In the third step‚ the package will process in the sorting center. The package is going to progress in a long and complex net of conveyer belts. This is called
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inception in 1994 ‚The company has developed very quickly，Establishment of a huge express network in the country and the world ，ZJS determined to become a national banner of the express industry and Stirs up the important task of China Express to catch up with the world level . 1. Set up a Local courier industry management Legion Zjs has it own cognitive and select‚The foreign professional managers have new concepts‚ it able to brings good experiences but Foreign managers may not be
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SWOT ANALYSIS ON FedEx Corporation - November 30th‚ 2010 FedEx Corporation ‚ originally known as FDX Corporation‚ is a logistics services company‚ based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis‚ Tennessee.[1] The name "FedEx" is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company’s original air division‚ Federal Express‚ which was used from 1973 until 2000. FedEx Corporation is a Delaware corporation‚ incorporated October 2‚ 1997.[2] FDX Corporation was founded in January 1998 with the
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