BACKGROUND INFORMATION History: FedEx is a logistics services company having its headquarters in Memphis‚ USA. The name FedEx is the abbreviation of Federal Express which was the original name used from 1973 until 2000. In 1978‚ Federal Express was listed on NYSE as FDX. The success of Federal Express can be recognized by this that this was the first company that had reached revenues of $1 billion without having any kind of merger or acquisition though afterwards the company acquired different
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Learning‚ growing‚ and sharing—these three verbs‚ seemingly passive‚ have become some of the most active values in my life. With a naïve worldview shattered and my heart open to the needs of the world‚ I‚ as a seventh grade student‚ left Heifer International’s Ranch in Arkansas‚ after participating in an experiential education poverty simulation. I grew into the role of an enlightened global citizen with aspirations of acting on what I had learned about food security‚ poverty and the environment
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FedEx is being sued for discriminating deaf employees. The company hired a number of deaf workers as package handlers. But they didn’t offer adequate accommodations. This is why the lawsuit was filed. The lawsuit was filed by the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions) in Maryland. The EEOC is a United States agency that fights for all equal rights of employment. FedEx didn’t supply training videos with ASL or captioning. Not even interpreters during company meetings for them to understand
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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
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Executive Summary FedEx pioneered the modern global transportation industry and integrated information system into its business to provide seamless e-business solutions. Despite maintaining its traditions of “firsts” and out performing analyst expectations year after year‚ FedEx’s earnings took a turn for the worst in 1999-2000. Three core factors have been identified for the downturn; operational challenges and management issues‚ internet and e-business advancement‚ and competition. Issues such
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FedEx Corporation Strategic Management Project Prepared for: DR. Robert Ch. Wood BUSINESS 189 – Strategic Management Prepared by: SAN JOSE CONSULTING GROUP: Billy CRANE Brad LANDTHORN Bob MIRI Jeremy RELPH Chris SANCHEZ Andrea VERNEROVA December 9‚ 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ……………………………………………………………… 3-5 Chapter I: HISTORY
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with other people around the world. Today consumers in the US can make purchases or send files directly to and from business in places like China because of this industry. In my opinion the most interesting thing about this case is how the company FedEx was born from a simple observation that Fred Smith Jr. made about shipment overnight. This case took you from the embryonic stage of the express shipping industry and walks you through the growth‚ where UPS jumps in because barriers are lowered. It
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Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Commitment to Workplace Excellence Table of Contents Letter from the Chairman Workplace Excellence and the FedEx Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Lawful and Ethical Behavior Equal Opportunity; Harassment Open Door Policy Health‚ Safety and Environment Conflicts of Interest Corporate Opportunities Gifts‚ Entertainment‚ Loans or Other Favors Improper Payments and Bribes Protection and Use of Company Assets and Information Trading on Inside Information
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Six Components of FedEx Corporation Supply Chain Six Components of FedEx Corporation Supply Chain This project paper will describe six components of the FedEx’s supply chain. Also this paper will examine the potential problems related to each of the components and describe and explain the approaches of the organization for solving the problems. Let’s start with the background of the company. FedEx is led by Corporation‚ that provides strategic direction and financial
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FedEx Corporation Strategic Audit May 14‚ 2004 MGMT 449 Prepared by: Clement Chen Lisa Duong Hideo Yang Marny Susanty Mario Vellandi Andrea Betro Forward: This company for this case analysis was chosen by me‚ Mario Vellandi. I found FedEx interesting because they are one of the top four logistics companies in the world with 2002 group revenues of $24.2 billion. Since I was studying the transport industry‚ I found them to be an excellent company to analyze while in Strategic Management
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