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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Express Rail Link Decision-making Power‚ is the ability to achieve a desired outcome. In the issue of the Express Rail Link‚ the government’s actions can fully reflect the power as decision-making. Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link is one of the important infrastructure projects planned by the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Hong Kong government. During the process of planning‚ power of the Hong Kong Government- the Transport and Housing Bureau had already been existed. It made
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How and why has the structure of the express mail industry changed? As express mail has become more commonplace it has become increasingly difficult for companies to maintain revenue growth. The top three companies serve over 85% of the market and competition is fierce. In addition‚ six second-tier players were hungry to make inroads and competition from the Post Office and even e-mail made prospects for large increases in volume unlikely. Investments in overseas markets mostly failed to pay-off
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Harvard Business School 9-798-070 Rev. May 23‚ 2007 Airborne Express The officers of Airborne Express could hardly be more pleased.1 Results for the third quarter‚ 1997‚ were spectacular. Revenues for the quarter were up by 29% over the previous year‚ and yearto-date net earnings had increased by more than 500%. Airborne’s management team knew that the great results were‚ in part‚ fleeting. As the third largest player in the express mail industry‚ Airborne had gotten a boost from the recent strike
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According to Brewster‚ UPS wasn’t particularly concerned about Federal Express in its early years‚ because it didn’t directly compete with UPS’s ground service. The problem was that Federal Express identified a market that was much larger than anyone anticipated‚ including UPS. Brewster says: “By the early 1980s‚ customers were beginning to ask UPS drivers and sales professionals why UPS wasn’t offering next day delivery. UPS‚ a company that had built its reputation and name on the high standards
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(unclassified paper) Secretary of Defense Fellowship Program 2005-2006 Inside FedEx Express By Captain Gary Peterson 12 May 2006 Edited by Ms. Gerry Yemen Inside FedEx Express Introduction As a Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow during 2005-2006‚ I was assigned to work at FedEx Express located in Memphis‚ Tennessee. FedEx Express provides time-critical delivery services and associated information assistance globally. It is one of several Operating Companies (OPCO)
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Federal Express – delivering the goods Kevan Scholes This case study looks at how new business models can create vast improvements in competitiveness. However‚ the models must be suited to the business environment at the time and will have a ‘shelf-life’ as the business environment changes. The case study looks at one on the world’s most successful adopters of a new business model that transformed the airfreight and package delivery sectors worldwide. But the advent of the internet in the mid-1990s
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The American Express Card Marketing is fully integrated into our overall strategy. Our largest investor‚ Warren Buffett‚ is very focused on brand health and customer metrics. — Kenneth I. Chenault In April 2008‚ Jud Linville‚ president and chief executive officer of U.S. Consumer Services at American Express Company‚ was preparing for a meeting with Ken Chenault‚ American Express’s chairman and chief executive officer since 2001‚ and Al Kelly‚ president of American Express Company. The purpose
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Analysis [Airborne Express] Seoeui Hong 1316692 1. Identify the key buyers‚ products and geographies that Airborne Express‚ FedEx‚ and UPS try to serve. Are they similar or different? Airborne Express Federal Express UPS Product Line Air-express transportation + provides delivery service of small packages and documents FedEx Ground delivery (No shipment) (Business documents‚ electronic components‚ medical samples and replacement parts) Ground delivery + express delivery by air
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DHL Express has teamed up with Malaysian postal operator Pos Malaysia to offer a new international express service for shipments to and from the south-east Asian country. The new service‚ PosPriority Express‚ is being offered through PosLaju‚ the postal group’s courier unit. DHL will provide the international express delivery service and customer service‚ while PosLaju will be responsible for sales. The new product offers international express delivery of 5kg‚ 10kg and 25kg boxes. It is initially
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