December 31st‚ 2007 To: Robert Brazier & Senior Management Team of Airborne Express From: Strategic Analyst Re: Recommendations and Implementations for recent issues in Airborne Express Executive Summary: Airborne Express has many options available for sustainable growth and success in the coming years. After the recent 29% increase in revenue over the past year‚ there are opportunities to take into consideration that will boost this growth for the fourth quarter. This company should join the “industry
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1. From the point of view of the industry incumbents‚ is the express mail industry attractive? How has Airborne survived‚ and recently prospered‚ in its industry? Is its success attributable to its capabilities‚ its position‚ or industry attractiveness? The express mail industry can easily be considered an inherently tough industry to operate within given the myriad of factors that come into play‚ such as unions‚ government regulations‚ cost of technological advancement‚ and international borders
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by DHL Worldwide Express (India)‚ a division of Airfreight Ltd‚ which is a company engaged in different activities connected with transportation of cargo (both domestic and international)‚ domestic surface transport‚ logistics and express operations. It also has two subsidiaries‚ one a travel agency and another engaged in money transfer operations. Shipping is also under a subsidiary. The DHL division has an alliance with DHL Worldwide Express‚ the worldwide leader in air express industry. The
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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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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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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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homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/tre Evaluating competitiveness of air cargo express services Yonghwa Park a‚*‚ Jung Kyu Choi b‚ Anming Zhang c a b c Asia Pacific School of Logistics‚ Inha University‚ Incheon 402-751‚ Republic of Korea Department of Aviation‚ The University of New South Wales‚ Sydney‚ Australia Sauder School of Business‚ University of British Columbia‚ Canada a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Air cargo express services Integrators Competitiveness Service factors Analytic Hierarchy Process
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National air express National air is a competitive air express firm with offices around the country. Frank Smith‚ the Chattanooga‚ Tennessee‚ station manager‚ is preparing his quarterly budget report‚ which will be presented at the southeast regional meeting next week. He is very concerned about adding capital expense to the operation when business has not increased appreciably. This has been the worst first quarter‚ he can remember: snow storms‚ earthquakes‚ and bitter cold. He has asked Marta Lewis
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Christopher Whitten The Polar Express Caldecott Award paper Lorinda Cohoon Polarizing The Polar Express The Polar Express written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg in 1985‚ was chosen for a Caldecott Medal in 1986. It was praised for its detailed illustrations and calm‚ relaxing storyline. Widely considered to be a classic Christmas story for young children‚ it has earned recognition several times in the 28 years since its conception and publication. No stranger to such honors‚ Van Allsburg
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