FedEx built its business on quick, dependable delivery of items being shipped by air from one business

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FedEx built its business on quick, dependable delivery of items being shipped by air from one business to another. Its early advantages included global tracking of shipments using Web technology. The advancement of internet technology enabled competitors to become much more sophisticated in order tracking. In addition, the advent of Web-based businesses put pressure on increased ground transportation deliveries. Explain how this change in the environment has affected FedEx’s operations strategy, especially relative to UPS, which has a strong hold on the business-to-consumer ground delivery business.

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Operations management processes and supply chain

ISBN: 978-0136065760

9th edition

Authors: Lee J Krajewski, Larry P Ritzman, Manoj K Malhotra

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