Int. J. Management and Enterprise Development‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 3‚ 2006 Porter’s value chain model for assessing the impact of the internet for environmental gains Nazim U. Ahmed and Sushil K. Sharma* Department of Information Systems and Operations Management Ball State University Muncie‚ IN 47306‚ USA E-mail: nahmed@bsu.edu E-mail: ssharma@bsu.edu
Premium Internet Environment Environmentalism
Introduction FedEx Corporation was created in 1973 as an entirely new concept in package delivery – an overnight air delivery service. While many competitors have sprung up since that time to steal small portions of the market share‚ FedEx is still undeniably the global leader in its industry. The company also provides e-commerce and supply chain management services to its clients in more than 210 countries. The corporation has some 215‚000 employees and contractors and offers a plethora of delivery
Premium United Parcel Service Express mail TNT N.V.
FedEx Corp. URL:http://www.fedex.com Email:info@fedex.com [pic] Business Description: FedEx Corp.‚ founded by Frederick W. Smith‚ began operations in April 1973 and was incorporated on October 2‚ 1997. FedEx Corp. is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange and headquartered in Memphis‚ TN. Fedex Corporation was formed in January 1998 with the acquisition of Caliber System Inc. The company reports in four major business segments. FedEx Express provides time-certain delivery within
Premium
Dell’s Value Chain Dell Computer‚ with close supplier relationships‚ encourages sup-pliers to focus on their individual technological capabilities to sustain leadership in their components. Research and development costs are too high and technological changes are too rapid for any one company to sustain leadership in every component. Suppliers are also pressed to drive down lead times‚ lot sizes‚ and inventories. Dell‚ in turn‚ keeps its research customer- focused and leverages that research to
Premium Supply chain Inventory Sales
Southwest Value Chain Analysis Outcomes / Accomplishments: low price‚ convenience service‚ customer loyalty low turnover & low costs‚ great union relationships‚ customers are brand ambassadors. Southwest Airlines (SWA) is consistent in their culture‚ business model‚ and customer interactions and engagement‚ all collectively reducing costs and enabling their point-to-point‚ efficient‚ low cost‚ friendly service. Their culture favors personal connection‚ community‚ recognition‚ support‚ and
Premium Southwest Airlines Airline Low-cost carrier
Value Chain Analysis Inbound Logistic 1. Farm : Coffee Bean begins at the farm on coffee trees. After trees are planted‚ it takes between one and three years for the trees to bear coffee "cherries". Than the farmer will harvest the coffee trees to get cherries. After that‚ they will use coffee mills to process the product from cherry to bean. 2. Exporter : The coffee export process varied greatly depending on origin country and buyer. In some countries‚ beans were exported through government
Premium Coffee Retailing Starbucks
T H E G L O B A L A P PA R E L VA L U E C H A I N : What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION economy environment employment sectoral studies series THE GLOBAL APPAREL VALUE CHAIN: What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries Gary Gereffi Department of Sociology‚ Duke University Durham‚ USA and Olga Memedovic UNIDO‚ Strategic Research and Economics Branch UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Vienna
Premium Republic of China Southeast Asia Value chain
competitor of FedEx: a) List down the 3 HR practices which you would emulate of FedEx. Explain reasons for the same. Ans) * Leadership Evaluation And Awareness Process (LEAP) - This policy gave FedEx’s Non-Managerial Employees an opportunity to seek Managerial Positions. LEAP created the chance for Non Management Employees to try out their Managerial Skills. LEAP helped Employees of FedEx check whether they were capable of managing Organizations or not. It also gave a chance to FedEx to check out
Premium Employment Management Leadership
FedEx: Building a Global Distribution Powerhouse Questions 1. Evaluate the methods used by FedEx to grow domestically and internationally. Why do you think that the company initially had problems in its global operations? We are living in a global world so business‚ companies and people needs to communicate and deliver something to others quick and successfully in domestically and internationally. For that reason‚ Smith designed efficient distribution system to overcome difficulties in moving
Premium Express mail United Parcel Service United States Postal Service
Vertical Value Chain The following companies form the raw materials suppliers to the service providers indicates and comprise the global industry value chain. This value chain table explains level of vertical integration by the firms. Some firms participate in only one or a few stage of the industry value chain‚ while others comprise many if not all states. Vertical Integration John Deere is highly vertically integrated because it participates in more than one industry value chain activity. John
Premium Marketing Strategic management Vertical integration