Swot Analysis Of ' Federal Express '

During the 1980s, the air express industry was a medium to attractive industry to already be a major player in, but not a very attractive industry to try and break into. The industry can be characterized by high rivalry from competitors who compete on the same services with very little differentiation, medium power from suppliers who supply the resources necessary to run the business, high buyer power because customers can basically find an equal service from any firm in the industry, low substitution threat from other means of shipping transportation, and low threat of new entrants due to the high initial capital outlay and need of management

It’s never easy for a company to be the number one company as there’s always bound for mistakes to be made and sometimes it takes an organization to face hard times in order for them to succeed. One company I look at that has faced hard times and strong competition is Frontier Airlines. Over the past years of this organization has went from being one of the best airlines to know one of the top worst airlines for both customers and employees. This company has had to sacrifice a lot throughout its time and it has changed its reputation that now you find other airlines following in the same footsteps. Airlines have also been very unethical to its customers and the public as they have been overbooking flights and not handling the situations in an ethical and respectful way.

FedEx has two major customers who consist of businesses and individual customers. These business customers have accounts with FedEx to arrive at their location to pick up packages daily or weekly. Two-thirds of FedEx’s business comes from these customers so FedEx curves their operations to satisfy this clientele. Since FedEx’s competition is trying to acquire some of this clientele they have begun to operate and market to this clientele more effectively. Individual customers are also in FedEx’s internal environment. These customers represent one-third of their business. With increased competition from competitors FedEx has marketed to this market substantially. They have created boxes that are prepaid for shipment as long as the contents fit into the box. This has effectively increased business amongst individual customers for FedEx.

Studying FedEx, UPS and their competitive relationship in the decade from mid - 80's to mid - 90's gives a good insight for the companies' and industry's future. The two companies have different strategic goals and are operating in the same industry but in different main markets: FedEx is working on "producing outstanding financial returns" and focuses on the overnight air market while UPS is looking for "earning reasonable profit" and its core business is the two-day ground delivery. However, by 1981, the two companies started to have a strong sense

By capitalizing on this strategy, FedEx was able to boost its average delivery volume in 1976 to 20,726 packages per day via its three services, Priority-One, Standard Air, and Courier Pack, compared with an average of 10,521 delivered daily the prior year. Clearly the company’s calculated use of strategically-located hubs, nighttime flight routes, and limited package size allowed the company to carve out a niche by reliably delivering packages on an immediate, overnight basis.

Southwest Airline Introduction Southwest airline, NYSE: LUV, is an American airline, based in Dallas. On the capacity, it is the third largest airline in the world. Southwest airline commutes the most of the cities in the United States, according to civil aviation in the United States in 2005, which is the second largest airlines in the United States by the calculation of passenger capacities. Compared with other domestic competitors, it is famous for its "discount airlines", and it is remarkable as this airline company has profit every year since 1973. Southwest Airline established in June 18, 1971, by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher.

To formulate a strategy that will help Southwest Airlines maintain its competitive edge in the US airline industry.

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)

FedEx has not fared as well as UPS in financial performances. FedEx¡¦s total revenue has grown 60% from 1996 to 1999 while their net income has doubled in the same period. FedEx¡¦s acquisition of RPS will challenge UPS for the ground delivery business and affect the sustainability of UPS¡¦s advantage in the ground deliver business. FedEx has been competing well in the higher-end, high-service segment of the package delivery market. Although, digitations of documents and emergence of electronic signatures is threatening the express business which FedEx has the advantage over UPS.

In this short essay, the author will analyze the tenure Frederick W. (Fred) Smith Chairman, president, and CEO at FedEx Corporation. While this paper will not just be a report Smith's tenure, but it will actively analyze his leadership of the FedEx Corporation and how he has affected the placement of the company in the market against its competitors such as UPS. We will see how he has combined the best of Yale and the Marine Corps to give the company a leading edge in the package delivery business.

The company I decided to do my course project on was Fed-Ex. This corporation was incorporated on October 2, 1997. Fed-Ex provides many services such as, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight and FedEx services. FedEx Express offers a certain time of delivery within one-three business days. However, FedEx ground focuses on residential and business deliveries with packages weighing up to 150 pounds. Furthermore, FedEx Freight provides service to virtually all United States ZIP Codes (including Alaska and Hawaii). And finally, FedEx Services provides other companies with many sales, markets, informational technology and customer service. FedEx has ben providing their employees with many benefits until the economy went into recession.

The main station is located in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States. The company started off by delivering couriers to some American cities, which was the first time for parcel delivery to take place at that time. As stated before, the industry’s goal is to fulfill the needs of customers, developing relations with different companies, and ensure a high investment for its shareholders. This is made possible through their six shared principles: people, service, innovation, integrity, responsibility and loyalty (FedEx). In order to satisfy its clients, FedEx has3 branches which provide customers with different services regulated on different demands; this include FedEx Corporation, FedEx Express, FedEx Kinko’s, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Services. It delivers more than 10.5 million shipments daily, covering more than 220 countries. Monthly, it has over 50 million visitors. In order to… it has 1250 express stations, 33 ground hubs, 370 freight service centers, and more than 1800 offices. The company also possessed 656 aircrafts and more than 100,000 motorized vehicles for express, ground, freight and expedited delivery service (FedEx). Through these aspects and values, Smith achieves to develop a company with a productive way in controlling time, space, and

Southwest Airlines Co. is a major U.S. airline. It is also the world's largest low-cost airline, and the headquartered in Dallas, Texas. What it consists of Herb Kelleher was founded in 1967 and subsequently changed its name to the current Southwest Airlines in 1971. As of December 2014, the airline has about 46,000 employees, more than 3,800 flights a day to run. As of 2014, the number of domestic passengers it carried in the United States is more than any airline. Until January 2016, Southwest Airlines service distribution plan 40 states 97 terminal stations, as well as Puerto Rico and other overseas cities. Southwest Airlines can deliver more than 55,000 employees to more than 100 million customers in one year right now (Swamedia, 2017).In addition to Southwest Airlines in the 1970s and 1980s, the years rented Boeing 727 aircraft outside, only using Boeing 737 aircraft. Until January 2016, Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 is the world's largest carrier, has 700 aircraft in service, average per aircraft perform six flights a day. On the passenger capacity, it is the world's third-largest airline. In the United States, it has the most open city. The Southwest Airline is famous on "discount airline” in all of the domestic competitors. From the beginning of 1973, it started profitable every year (Swamedia, 2017).Rollin King and Herb Kelleher created Southwest Airlines on June 18, 1971. Its maiden voyage was from Dallas Love Field to Houston and San Antonio,

FedEx was established on June 18, 1971, founded by Fredrick W. Smith, in Little Rock, AR. FedEx is a well known American corporation that brings courier global delivery service to its customers. Having such a wide range of portfolios, FedEx has been able to incorporate many different delivery systems for maximum customer satisfactory, with the help of e-commerce, and global delivery service it is no surprise that FedEx has consecutively been ranked amongst the most admired and trusted employers.

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