Community Work and Fedex

Fedex is the fastest delivery service. Faster than me, faster than cheetahs, faster than god… I will let the decisions arise out of mental thought. All my life I have been blind to the facts, FedEx can deliver before they even know they delivered. Only when I walk in the distribution centers, I will understand the velocity at which these valiant men and women work to get the services one desires. Like a beehive on speed, the boxes and products are alive. Each with the their own story, a brave and exquisite on the path to satisfaction.

The American Red Cross of America is the type of organization that produces products to support disaster relief, supporting the military families, health and safety training and education, blood drives for lifesaving blood and

Since 2010, the American Red Cross (ARC) annual expenditures on domestic relief services have been between $250 million and $400 million with majority of the donations coming from private donors. Additionally as of 2015, approximately 90% of the Red Cross workforce during disasters were comprised of volunteers. 2014 the Red Cross saw an enormous influx of expenditures as a result of Hurricane Sandy. This national disasters tested the overall efficiency of the Red Cross Operations since the Hurricane Katrina debacle. One of the significant issues raised by the society was the lagged response time of the ARC. One the reasons for this delay was due to the uncertain of the responsibilities between the ARC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency

(“A Brief”). The American Red Cross continued to provide services to members of the armed forces, even during the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf war’s (“A Brief”). The American Red Cross continued to expand their services into fields such as civil defense, training in CPR/AED, education in HIV/AIDS, and providing support and care in the wake of disasters both emotional and physically (“A Brief”). Since 2006 the American Red Cross has been working with FEMA helping government agencies and community organizations plan, coordinate and provide shelter, feeding, and family reunification services for people affected by disasters (“A Brief”). Today the American Red Cross provides compassion and care in areas such as, Blood collection, processing, and distribution, support for members of the military and their families, health and safety training and education, relief and development internationally, and people affected by disasters in America (“A

Today the Red Cross work closely with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) alongside government agencies and communities to manage contingency plans, provide aid, and continually help those effected during and after the disaster.

All scanners were installed last Friday, however keep in mind that if the community bank account that we need to made a deposit into is not on the scanner will be using FedEx. We have process in place if the community bank account is not at the scanner and usually takes over five business days to complete. This should not be a daily occurrence.

One way I have helped my community is by volunteering for FOCCAS. What I did while volunteering was fostering animals. I can say I have hand raised and bottle fed five litters of kittens and I also nursed many animals back to health. The hardest part about fostering was trying to not get attached. Being I’m only human, and I got attached. The hardest animal to give back was this small puppy. When we got him, they thought he might lose his eyes. I nursed him back to health he even slept in my bed. We had him for over a month and during that time he became like my baby. So when it came for him to go to his new home it was extremely difficult to give him back. Taking care of these animals was a challenging and time consuming job. Fostering was

Detail at least one community organization that you are currently involved with or would like to be involved with:

As businesses/business people try to separate themselves from their competitors and make themselves stand out it is important for them to build a reputation that conforms to their values. Many do so by sponsoring nonprofits or charity organizations and donating money to these organizations. At the same time volunteering is also a reoccurring factor for many of these businesses/business people. By volunteering in the community it allows for them to grow closer to their community and it creates interactions which lead to better relationships within the society in which they live. Also for businesses it allows the employees to work together as a team which in turn can come back to help in the work environment for

I have contributed to my community through my organization, Alpha Phi Omega. This is a student run organization that does various service events in the surrounding area. Two events that really stood out to me were giving away trees and volunteering at soup kitchens. The giving away trees event was happening in a town where they are building a solar panel. Instead of cutting down the trees, they dug them out by the roots and I helped give them away to be replanted. The trees were very large and we had to work as a team to get them onto the trucks. When everyone starting lifting at different heights, it wasn't working very well. Without team work, any dental practice will not thrive, being able to work well with others and communicate effectively

The agencies have the capability to distribute manpower, volunteers, equipment, supplies, and financial support. The American Red Cross helps thousands of people yearly that are affected by natural and man-made disasters. The American Red Cross provides disaster relief to victims by providing food, shelter, health, and mental health services (American Red Cross, 2011). FEMA is a national organization that supports the citizens and first responders to create, maintain, and improve the capability to protect against, prepare, respond, recover, and mitigate all disasters. FEMA has more than 7382 employees working all over the United States. (FEMA, 2011)

FedEx is a logistical service company specialized in transportation, e-commerce and business services. The success of FedEx lies on an efficient information system. The business process is as follows:

FedEx was first established in 1973 as a logistic company with the name Federal Express that be created by founder and first CEO Frederick W Smith. The Headquarters is in Memphis, Tennessee in the US. The company became well known for its fast and reliable delivery service around the world. On its first night of operation FedEx delivered 186 bundles to 25 urban locations in the US with only 389 employees and a 15 Dassault Falcon aircraft. In 1980 FedEx purchased a system for live updates on the packages. In this system, FedEx drivers share the current locations from the trucks to provide updates of the packages to the customers. This information was sent to a central computer of FedEx then the company improved the update system by introducing FedEx.com webpage. This webpage allowed the tracking data to be easily accessible. However, recently, FedEx uses Savvy bundle for packing and tracking the products across couriers. (Baldwin, 2016)

These are their daily volumes for those services. FedEx has many service areas. They service over 220 countries, territories and every single address in the U.S. FedEx tends to make more than 6 million package tracking requests daily. This is an outstanding number for a company dealing with packaging and locator with tracking numbers. Their express facility has 1,057 stations, and 10 air hubs. While their ground services has 32 hubs and over 500 pickup/delivery terminals. Freight has approximately 355 service centers and nearly 2,000 office locations. Despite all their services FedEx has a mission. Their mission is to produce outstanding financial returns for their shareowners. However, all customer requirements will be met while providing high value logistics, transportation and related business through operating companies. According to FedEx website, “FedEx will strive to develop mutually rewarding relationships with its employees, partners and suppliers” (About FedEx). Safety is their number one concerns and first considerations in all operations. However, all their corporate activities will be conducted according to the highest ethical and professional standards. FedEx values their people, service, innovation, integrity, responsibility, and most of all loyalty. This company strategy consists of three levels; compete collectively, operate independently, and manage collectively. These strategies will help the company accomplish their goals. Standing, as

FedEx Corporation, situated in US, is one of the leading supply chain management solution providers in the world. With annual revenues as high as USD33 billion, the company offers incorporated business