1. The organization’s name and main line of business: FEDEX Corporations – Logistics 2. Specific type of operation: Air and Ground Delivery Specializing in Next Day Delivery 3. Describe the nature of operations process given your newfound understanding of operation management and productivity: a. Service and product design: i. Supply Chain management ii. Next Day Delivery Services b. Quality management – Customer oriented business “People First Philosophy” c. Process and capacity –
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I. Company Profile FedEx Corporation (FedEx)‚ incorporated on October 2‚ 1997‚ provides a portfolio of transportation‚ e-commerce and business services through companies that compete collectively‚ operate independently and manage collaboratively‚ under the respected FedEx brand. These companies are included in four business segments: FedEx Express‚ Federal Express Corporation (FedEx Express)‚ is an express transportation company‚ offering time-certain delivery within 1 to 3 business days and serving
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Scatter Diagram MGT350 October 1‚ 200 Tool and Techniques Paper: Scatter Diagram When faced with a problem‚ one can utilize various tools and techniques to try to solve the said problem. Depending on the way a person process his or her thoughts would greatly affect which tools or techniques might be the best for one to use. For example‚ if a person understands better by seeing the information‚ one might use a visual tool like a pie chart‚ bar graph or perhaps a scatter diagram; which
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support consumers. E-commerce has became a major catalyst of the economy and remains a vital growth engine for businesses today‚ It successful change the consumer behavior. Consumer purchases over the Internet continue to grow from year to year. The survey involving interviews with 42‚238 people in 37 countries worldwide revealed that almost a quarter of internet users have shopped online and 15% plan to do so during the next six month. This represents an opportunity for FedEx as a provider of small-package
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is becoming the key distinction among transportation firms‚ FedEx recently announced plans to shrink its 4000 employee IT division by about 200 workers. The move has been considered jarring by some because FedEx traditionally has used layoffs only as a measure of last resort. How could this action affect the company’s organizational culture and employee relations‚ especially in lieu of its corporate philosophy? What steps should FedEx take in order to prevent or minimize possible negative effects
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Federal Express (FedEx) Corporation was founded by Frederick W. Smith in 1971 when he was just 28 years old and it specializes in overnight delivery of heavy freight‚ high-priority documents and packages. It has operations in 211 countries and it operates all over the United States providing delivery of time-sensitive‚ valuable cargo worldwide. Its main headquarters are in Memphis Tennessee USA and its subsidiaries include FedEx Express‚ FedEx Office‚ FedEx Trade Networks‚ FedEx Ground‚ FedEx Custom Critical
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Using GIS in Strategic Planning and Execution at FedEx Express Jacquelyn Haas‚ FedEx Services Jeff McLeod‚ FedEx Express Rick Dezemplen‚ FedEx Services Rodney Conger‚ ESRI Abstract ESRI GIS technologies are being used at FedEx Express to solve complex business problems in both the planning and execution of the daily delivery process. The application of spatial data at FedEx is unique in that it is being used to support several mission critical‚ multi user applications and processes worldwide
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budget rate‚ calculate monthly budget‚ generate reports after manually filing data into excel sheets after collecting paper copies from various departments. This process being manual can induce human errors and can be time consuming. In the swim lane diagram below‚ we can see the flow of the
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James Boyd 03/01/2015 FedEx vs. UPS write up 1. Prepare to describe in class the 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? With the increasing amount of online shopping‚ shipping companies such as FedEx and UPS have had a rise
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operating company in the FedEx family‚ handling about 3.2 million packages and documents every business day. During the fiscal year 2006‚ it netted a revenue of $21.4 billion (includes FedEx Trade Networks) and is currently employing more than 139‚000 employees worldwide‚ serving in more than 220 countries and territories and 375 airports worldwide. David Bronczek is the current President and CEO of the well-known express transportation company. Since its inception‚ FedEx had transformed itself from
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