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Assessment of FedEx Express, 2004.
Provides an overview of the organizational structure of the FedEx Express company.
3,165 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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This paper breaks down and examines the management style of FedEx Express. In doing so, the paper looks at FedEx leadership style, group development, change management, and performance management. Based on this evaluation, the paper concludes with a positive assessment of the company's performance.
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"The characteristics are all observed within FedEx Express. This can be seen by considering the truck drivers employed by the company, where the truck drivers play a crucial role in providing services. Decision making is devolved to the lowest point possible because truck drivers are given responsibility for managing their own areas and developing their own routes. Truck drivers are also given broad instructions, where their overall goal is to ensure that packages get delivered to customers on time. Beyond this, truck drivers are expected to make their own decisions on how to best achieve this on-time delivery."
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FedEx Risk Assessment, 2007.
A discussion of the risk assessment performed by FedEx to determine what types of risks the company may face.
1,510 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines the risk assessment performed by FedEx, which measures the amount of risks that could impact the company. The paper also looks at how this process helps the organization identify risks and ways of treating them before a major disaster occurs. The paper explains that FedEx is committed to protecting its reputation and organization by implementing risk strategies that would possibly reduce risk and potential impacts that are related to disasters and other major threats. The paper also discusses how the company established an effective recovery capability to help re-initiate critical, core business processes following a significant, unplanned interruption of normal processing. The paper further points out that these strategies were implemented to help guard against unacceptable financial and operational impacts caused by unidentified risk and threats.
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"FedEx currently has many major facilities and stations around the world, with this FedEx is vulnerable to all kinds of risks. The company has hundreds of cargo and commercial airlines that are potential targets for bomb threats or terrorism attacks. Many of the company's critical facilities are located near water, and if a natural disaster like a hurricane strike, it could cause severe damage to the operations. Other potential impacts and threats the company could face are security issues, earthquakes, storms, bomb threats, and terrorism.
There are many potential risks and impacts FedEx could face that may leave the organization in a chaotic state. Nearly 60% of disasters usually come from non-catastrophic events. The company's airline fleet and hub locations at airports are targets for potential bomb and terrorist threats."
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Federal Express (FedEx), 2004.
Examines the branding of the overnight delivery company Federal Express (FedEx).
2,845 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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This paper investigates the qualities, which turn an ordinary brand into something special and then looks at how Federal Express (FedEx) became more than just an ordinary company providing an ordinary service. The paper underscores that the most important factor in building and maintaining the FedEx market image of being the street-smart, successful-against-all-odds, self-reliant company is delivered by its employees.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Birth of a Brand
Maintaining the Brand
The 11 Management Principles That Made FedEx.
Expanding the Brand
Conclusion
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"FedEx Home Delivery began operations in March 2000 through 67 facilities in 38 markets, which allowed the company to reach about half of the U.S. population. By adding 60 facilities a year over the next three years, all but a few residential addresses should be within reach. FedEx Ground handles both pickup and the line haul, but about 500 independent contractors complete the final delivery. This expansion is nearly complete and FedEx is beginning to tap into the large ground market dominated by United Parcel Service."
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Federal Express (FedEx), 2006.
A look at the history of Federal Express, more commonly known as FedEx.
2,729 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the background and history of the FedEx Company. The paper also takes a look at the COSMOS (Customers, Operations and Services Master Online System) system, a centralized computer system implemented by FedEx to manage people, packages, vehicles and weather scenarios in real time, offering the company real time decision-making opportunities.
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"The sense of trust and community that people identify with, pleasure associated with the pride of workmanship and of a task well accomplished; and, meaning is related to the quality of life for the individual and the others around him/her. A commitment to ethical operations is also espoused as important for FedEx. Safety on the job for the employee has helped the company maintain its reputation as being one of the best organizations to work for in multiple locations around the world. This proves that the company has a basic understanding of the ethics and social responsibilities needed when dealing with the issues of improvement and change in organization."
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FedEx and UPS, 2005.
This paper compare competitors Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) and United Parcel Service (UPS).
1,975 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper explains that, although historically United Parcel Service (UPS) is chronologically older than Federal Express Corporation (FedEx), UPS' revenues are twice the size of FedEx but they essentially perform the same function, the manner in which they operate is different. The author points out that, while UPS' delivery fleet is three time the size of FedEx' ground fleet; in the air, UPS' available air fleet is somewhat smaller than FedEx' air fleet. The paper relates that FedEx is using its own information technology (IT) to manage its various trade networks to provide customs brokerage, consulting and IT for trade facilitation solutions; whereas, UPS has taken a completely different approach in their pursuit of IT and its applications by partnered with four major computer manufacturers - Compaq, Dell, Gateway and IBM - to create the UPS OnLine Advantage program.
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"FedEx on the other hand didn't even start as a package delivery type of business. Fred Smith started it as a document delivery system primarily designed to service professional persons, particularly engineers, in the rapid movement of documents throughout the country. The company nearly didn't start at all as Mr. Smith had a terrible time finding backers for his venture that he was trying with every fiber of his being to get off the ground. Needless to say Smith got his company going but not before giving into the pressure of taking on the package delivery business, a venture he dreaded as he well knew his chief competition was and still is UPS."
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Federal Express Profile, 2006.
An analysis of the Federal Express Corporation (FedEx).
1,627 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 53.95
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This paper evaluates the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities of the Federal Express Corporation. The paper also reviews the threats that face FedEx. The paper further defines strategic options for the company and recommends relevant strategies.
Outline:
Overview
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Recommendations and Action Plans
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"Federal Express is a capital-intensive business and as a result has several significant threats that relate to both their top-line revenue growth and the continued ability to drop the cost-per-mile flown and cost-per-package delivered. The company has an impressive command of optimization techniques and approaches, yet is still vulnerable to other key threats. These include the following: rising and often unpredictable fuel costs; uncertainty of getting the Priority Mail contract from the US Postal Service due to be renewed in 2008; acquisition integration risks, or the risk of not being able to integrate key companies acquired; and lastly, the long-term challenge posed by home automation to print and mail packages overnight through other carriers is a significant threat."
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Case Study: FedEx vs. UPS, 2006.
A case study that examines the classic rivalry between overnight airfreight companies Federal Express Inc., (FedEx) and United Parcel Service of America Inc., (UPS).
3,050 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses some of the issues introduced in a case study presented by the University of Virginia, Graduate School of Business Administration, concerning the classic rivalry between FedEx and UPS. The paper interprets how the two companies evolved and competed over the years, and then defines the term "excellence" and suggests which company has it.
Table of Contents:
A Brief Background
The Competition
Globalization
Web Retail
Logistics
Information Technology (IT)
Integration
Performance Enablers and Inhibitors
The 1994 J.C. Penney's Announcement
Financial Analysis
Market Share
Stock Price
Financial Ratios
Beyond 1994
Conclusion
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"FedEx is still the technology powerhouse and the market innovators in the industry. Its brand recognition is tied to their slogan, "absolutely, positively has to be there overnight," which is still repeated after several decades. This advantage stems from a high degree of reliability that FedEx commands in the industry. This reliability ties right into its tracking system, which is the industry gold standard.
"The most important inhibitor facing FedEx has been pride. While speeding along at a lightning pace in the 1970s and 80s and making unsound decisions to stave off the competition, UPS was slowly but consistently catching up."
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Facial Expressions of Emotion, 2002.
A paper focusing on problems encountered in the attempted measurement of facial expressions of emotion using the judgment approach, examining what is thought to be the fundamental and universal types of facial expression and how facial expressions differ
2,893 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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In this paper the judgement-approach method of measurement for facial expressions of emotion (one of the most widely-used types) is analyzed, with comments on its validity (the correlation between two independently-measured tests) and reliability (concerned with the consistency of the test scores obtained). Ekman and Friesen, two pioneers in this field whose work is greatly respected, are used as a basis for this analysis, with examination of some of their studies and a look at cross-cultural differences in the facial expression of emotion. The question is posed of whether there is a difference between the experience and expression of emotion in the face and how frequently 'display rules' (which interfere with the expression of emotion in the face) cause confusion in the judgement of what emotion a person is actually experiencing.
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"The experience of emotion is integral to who we are as humans. Darwin (1872 in Ekman, 1973) defined emotion as essential to the welfare of group-living species. Without emotion, we would be unable to be attracted to one another, reproduce, or interact socially, amongst other things. Emotions also have distinct motivational properties (Izard, 1971). As humans, one of the primary ways in which we express emotion is through facial expressions (Ekman, 1975), acting as an indicator to others on whether a person is happy, sad, angry or any number of other things. Hence, it is an important nonverbal tool of communication between individuals. As there is no known physiologic test to measure the state of emotion in a given person, facial expressions are a useful way of determining this. The concepts of facial expression and the measurement of emotion were first seriously explored by Charles Darwin. Since Darwin, many people have investigated the measurement of emotion, via many different methods. Some have been met with more success than others. In this essay I will focus on a specific type of emotion measurement ? that of investigators studying the recognition of facial expressions of emotion via the judgement approach."
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Airborne Express, 2005.
A discussion of how Airborne Express functions in the express delivery industry.
748 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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A brief examination of a company called Airborne Express which delivers express packages. The paper looks at the company's competitors, the company's market share and what it could do to increase its business in the United States.
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"Competing with the giant, Federal Express has lead Airborne Express to consider it's marketing and business strategies. The company's goal is to broaden their market share among frequent and infrequent users. The company realized that in order to expand their market share they had to build awareness among consumers and so they aggressively pursued television advertising in the hopes of getting their name out there. Unfortunately, this created little more than name recognition among consumers and did not increase usage."
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'FedEx Delivers', 2006.
A review of the book 'FedEx Delivers' by Madan Birla.
2,574 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper takes a look at Madan Birla's book, 'FedEx Delivers'. The book takes an in-depth look at the Federal Express Company (FedEx). According to the paper, the book reports that Federal Express is a company that has based its reputation and its success on innovation and performance. The paper further discusses how the creation of the company itself was an example of entrepreneurial innovation, and the company has continued in this vein since and has responded to competition by developing new and better methods for meeting the needs of its customers.
Outline:
Introduction
Federal Express
Innovation and Creativity
Ongoing Innovation and Employees
Conclusion
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"The company started operations in 1973 with a shipment on 14 small planes to 25 cities, becoming the first transportation company dedicated to overnight express package delivery. By 1973, the company was delivering more than five million packages a day to 215 countries around the world. Revenues increased from $6 million in 1973 to more than $24 billion in 2004."
"Birla essentially finds that FedEx created a new industry, one that produced various competitors such as DHL, while Fed Ex continued to grow and become the key player in this new industry. The stock price has increased along with the company, and the company moved from a U.S. operation to a worldwide operation in a relatively short time."
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Online Retailers Count on FedEx for Improved Customer Service, 2000.
The following essay examines the way in which fedex.com enables on-line merchants to easily integrate popular FedEx applications into web sites.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines stock price trends for FEDEX. The writer chose FEDEX because of what happened to them since the invention of e-commerce. As more and more businesses become dependent on their services as the backbone of their own businesses, FEDEX will continue to experience growth as well. This paper analyzes whether their stock price will continue to soar or drop back down to normal levels.
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"Forecasting is the process of predictions a future event. For businesses they are used to predict production, inventory needs, personnel requirements and facilities needs. Time-series problems involve sequences of numbers (for example, the daily closing values of the stock market, EEG patterns of brainwave activity, or, as discussed in this paper, the value of stocks over time. Often the problem of interest is the prediction of some future value(s) in the sequence using only past values."
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FedEx and UPS, 2003.
A financial analysis of FedEx and comparison with its main competitor, UPS.
4,844 words (approx. 19.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 123.95
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This paper examines how FedEx is one of the leaders in the small-package transportation industry and how the global transportation industry, in all sectors, is highly competitive, especially in the slowing economy that the United States and other countries are experiencing. It looks at how, for the dominant small-package carriers such as FedEx and UPS, this means less freight to move, customers demanding more discounts, and competitive pressure never seen before. It examines how the differences between FedEx and its primary competitor, UPS, are stark, and how how customers and industry analysts alike equate FedEx and UPS as identical provider,s whereas they actually differ dramatically in culture, operations, and most importantly, financially.
Outline
Overview
FedEx ? Sometimes ?David?, Sometimes ?Goliath?
FedEx?s Future
Impact
Cost Considerations - The Need to be Nimble
Implementation
Getting It Done - Making Good Decisions
New Internal Data Engines
Relating to Customers ? Old and New
Preliminary Budget Considerations
Budget Footnotes
Conclusion
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"The differences in employee training and attention to operational details between FedEx and UPS are dramatic. For example, UPS knows how many times their driver shifts gears. FedEx is significantly less detailed in the operational vigilance. Therefore, the importance of making an investment in the research and training of their employees appears simple to stay competitive, but represents a task of enormous proportions. For employees, such dramatic improvements represent a huge cultural shift and for customers, it represents a more efficient playing field. Examining how UPS?s efficiency model works may reveal a successful foundation to build upon."
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FedEx-Kinko Merger, 2008.
This paper is an analysis of the merger between FedEx and Kinko.
7,709 words (approx. 30.8 pages), 36 sources, APA, $ 168.95
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This paper discusses the merger between Fedex and Kinko. Many companies in recent times have merged with various degrees of success and failures. The methods employed to successfully diversify an organization using mergers, acquisitions and takeovers have been extensively researched and studied. Disagreements exist between different schools of thought on the impact of mergers/acquisitions on organizations. This author makes the assertion that competitive advantage is no longer a factor of geography but rather the optimization of that of the workers and the process and that the best advantage that Fedex-Kinko's has is the fact that they provide complete service to their customers and also the convenience. Furthermore, the paper claims that strategy planning, sound leadership and commitment from the workforce will eventually be the road map that the company can use to get back on track and successful.
Outline:
Literature Review
Discussion: History of FedEx and Kinko's prior to merger
The FedEx-Kinko's merger
Synergies between the two companies
Financial consideration of the Fedex-Kinko's merger
Conclusion
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"The human capital is considered the most valuable resource for a modern organization and eliminating the barriers to worker development is important. When management and subordinates both have a common approach to dealing with cultural and value issues the ability to harmoniously work together during change is observed. The ability to 'conceptualize' a common goal for the organization by both management and employees can help identify the critical factors that are the drivers to the change process and also identify different courses of action that can be taken along the way by the company. An organization within an industry can display greater flexibility to change and improvement especially when this impacts the economic success of the organization if past and present work environment relationships are based on trust, respect, commitment and active involvement of the worker."
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American Express, 2002.
An examination of American Express as a financial corporation, its history and role in the economy today.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper analyzes and examines American Express Financial Corporation. Part II discusses the history of American Express Financial Corporation. In Part III, statistics concerning American Express Financial Corporation are examined. Part IV outlines American Express Financial Corporation?s philanthropy. Lastly, this paper concludes with suggestions for how American Express Financial Corporation may build upon and retain its position as one of the nation?s leading financial services companies.
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"American Express Financial Corporation is one of the nation?s oldest financial services companies, having been founded in 1894. What makes the story of American Express Financial Corporation so incredible is the fact that it had rather humble beginnings, originally selling only one product, the face-amount certificate. In addition, American Express Financial Corporation has been one of the few companies to succeed despite the fluctuations in the economy throughout the years. Today, American Express Financial Corporation offers a vast range of products and services including credit cards for businesses and individuals, financial advisory services, life insurance, travel services, etc."
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Assessing the e-Business and Strategy of FedEx, 2003.
Develops a strategic review of FedEx.
3,450 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 119.95
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This paper develops a strategic review of FedEx with some emphasis on e-commerce and IT (Information Technology). The paper describes company background and history and give an overview of the express transportation and logistics industry, as well as explores the company mission of Fedex.
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"This study examines the e-business models and strategies implemented by Federal Express. The study scope extends well beyond the e-business focus ..."
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