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Background
Basic Info
Number of Employees (2018)
Products & Services
Courier | Logistics | Freight | Sales | Marketing | Information Technology | Communications | Customer Service | Technical Support | Billing and Collection Services | Back-Office Functions
Competitors
United Parcel Service (UPS) | DHL International | Kuehne + Nagel | CEVA Logistics | Blue Dart | Royal Mail | C.H. Robinson | Deutsche Post | DB Schenker | GLS | XPO Logistics | Purolator | YRC Freight | Amazon | Uber Freight
Fun Fact
Did you know that Frederick Wallace Smith wrote the concept behind FedEx as a term paper when he was an undergrad at Yale University?
Strengths – Internal Strategic Factors
Variety of Services
FedEx Express:
Express transportation services
FedEx Ground:
Small- package ground delivery services
FedEx Freight:
Freight priority and economy services
FedEx Services
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Extensive Global Network and Supply Chain
Profitable Acquisitions
Watkins Motor Lines (2006)
Prakash Air Freight (2007)
Flying Cargo Group (2019)[5].
Weaknesses – Internal Strategic Factors
Overdependence on US Market
Delivery Drivers Behavior
Increasing Transport Costs
Frustrating Claim Policies
Poor Management of Capacity-Demand
Opportunities – External Strategic Factors
Expand into Emerging Markets
Focus on retail e-Commerce
Expand through Mergers and Acquisition
Threats – External Strategic Factors
New rivals: Amazon and Uber Freight
Anti-Globalization Movement
Government to Government relationships