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competitive advantage over its rivals, and earn above-average profitability. In the small package express delivery industry, Federal Express (FedEx) is an example of a company that has been able to reach the value creation frontier. FedEx has reached this frontier through a combination of the four building blocks of competitive advantage. According to Morris (2009), FedEx is not just noted for its revolutionary idea of overnight delivery, or for its innovation through technology, or for its reputation as

To cater to this need, as of 2000, FedEx now operates in 210 countries managing over 10 million square feet of warehouse space worldwide. Other than globalization, there are more economic factors that affect the transportation and logistics industry, for example economic rates, fuel price

The Federal Express (FedEx) was born as an idea for a college paper by Fredrick Smith in 1971. In the paper, he suggested using air transportation to deliver urgent packages overnight since airports tend to be not congested during that time of day, would make the transportation much faster and economical. After acquiring a share in Arkansas Aviation Sales, Fred started his package delivery business, which turned profitable by 1975 and saw a rapid growth to own 43% of the market by the early 1990s

aircraft from Memphis International Airport. It soon entered its maturing phase in the first half of the 1980s and grown to become the largest 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

main competitors in the package delivery industry: Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) and United Parcel Service of America, Inc. 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

building blocks of competitive advantage the company needs in order to continue to maintain above-average profitability. Provide a rationale to support the response. After analyzing Federal Express’s value creation frontier, it can be determined that Fedex effectively exploited the amount of time it takes a package to be received by the customer. In 1977 Congress relaxed several regulations that controlled the air cargo industry. This was allowed Federal Express to be able purchase and control its

employer. I chose FedEx, formerly Federal Express, as the company that I will be reporting on this semester. FedEx’s presence in my text books is quite frequent as an example of entrepreneurship and I hope to learn more about the business brain of Frederick Smith, the founder, chairman, president and CEO FedEx. I have several family members employed by FedEx and I have always been impressed on how they treat their employees even though they are not unionized. As a global enterprise, FedEx embraces and

Becky Avilez Professor Fowler Graphic Communications 101 December 3, 2015 Corporate Identity: FedEx Bold colors, bold font, and simplistic design. This logo fly’s around town and its tag line rings so clearly in my mind “the world on time” whether it be the truck arriving at your house to deliver a much anticipated package, or being warehouse personnel watching a truck marked with the bold graphic speed off with a sense of urgency, its graphic is iconic and could be recognized at a glance. Formerly

FED EX and UPS Airfreight Industry Analysis 1. 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

structure evolved in recent years? How have the changes affected small competitors? The US express mail industry is highly consolidated. 85% of the market is served by 3 service providers. There are six second tier players who serve the remaining 15%. FedEx and UPS lead the industry in services and innovation. The following trends have been observed in this Industry. Services: A host of services are provided to suit the needs to different businesses. Overnight shipping and next-morning delivery are most