illness, personal security, kidnapping and terrorism. (Paul Banfield & Rebecca Kay, 2008) 1.1-Background of FedEx FedEx was founded by Frederick Wallace Smith which was originally known as federal express delivery company in the world and the largest in the world in Memphis, Tennessee. FedEx Corp. was formed in January 1998 with the acquisition of Caliber System Inc. FedEx sought to build on the strength of its famous express delivery service and create a more diversified company that
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UV2561 Rev. 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
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Case Commentary This is a case about the company FedEx, a courier delivery service in US, which initially started off on a small scale and then started ramping up its facilities to reach the number 1 spot among all courier services. In June of 2000, FedEx, initiated Project ARISE .The major goals of project ARISE pertained to two major issues: the first was with respect to unifying the sales and marketing groups for both FedEx Express (air) and FedEx Ground (ground). The second issue was to develop
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Airborne Express Case Q&A Info other than Case * Airborne Express is acquired by DHL in 2003 * DHL retained ownership of Airborne's ground operations and spun off its air operations as ABX Air, Inc. * Currently DHL is the number 1 delivery service company.(2nd is Fed Ex and 3rd is Blue Dart) Airborne Express Case Q&A 1. Consider the structure of the Express Mail industry in the US and how it has evolved. Why has it evolved this way? 2nd heading is about Express
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Question One: “FedEx has built superior physical, virtual and people networks not just to prepare for change but to shape change on a global scale…FedEx is not only reorganizing its internal operations around a more flexible network computing architecture, but it’s also pulling-in and in many cases locking-in customers with an unprecedented level of technological integration (Janah and Wilder, 1997; Annual Report 1999; cited in De Wit and Meyer, 2004, p.647).” In the context of the above statement
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Question One: “FedEx has built superior physical, virtual and people networks not just to prepare for change but to shape change on a global scale…FedEx is not only reorganizing its internal operations around a more flexible network computing architecture, but it’s also pulling-in and in many cases locking-in customers with an unprecedented level of technological integration (Janah and Wilder, 1997; Annual Report 1999; cited in De Wit and Meyer, 2004, p.647).” In the context of the above statement
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Case Analysis: Airborne Express (A), Harvard Business School. Not so long ago, there was no such thing as overnight express service and freight delivery. Then Federal Express, United Postal Service (UPS) and Airborne Express, among six second-tier companies, came upon the scene. In 1973, Federal Express invented the concept of overnight express package, soon followed by the other two largest express companies–UPS and Airborne, during the 1980s. The fast growth of the Express Mail industry was
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Business Strategy United Parcel Service (UPS) Overview United Parcel Service, Inc. was founded in 1907 as a private messenger and delivery service in Seattle, Washington. Today, UPS is the world’s largest package delivery company, a leader in the U.S. less-than-truckload industry and the premier provider of global supply chain management solutions. It deliver packages each business day for 1.6 million shipping customers to 8.2 million receivers ("consignees") in over
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What this case is about FedEx vs. UPS China & US agreement for the establishment of air-cargo hubs in China and landing rights for commercial airlines at any available airport China is battleground for the two package delivery giants Assumption: success in China was widely seen as the litmus test for corporate survival in the new millennium No guarantee for how new cargo routes would be allocated between UPS and Fed Ex Which company was better positioned to attract the capital necessary to win
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usually more expensive than standard mail services, and less typically faster delivery. Courier services operate on all scales, from within specific towns or cities, to regional, national and global services. Large courier companies include DHL, FedEx, EMS International, TNT, UPS, and Aramex. These offer services worldwide, typically via a hub and spoke model*. *NOTE: The hub and spoke model is a system which makes transportation much more efficient by greatly simplifying a network
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