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This 10-page paper focuses on a case study and literature review analysis pertaining to the operation management of FedEx's Supply Chain Services group. The discussion includes some supply chain models and FedEx's effectiveness in incorporating the models. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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File: D0_MTfedlog.rtf
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has become a highly evolved strategy and method. Thanks to expanding markets (especially expanding global markets), companies more and more are finding that outstanding supply chain/logistics management is the key
to certain success. This only makes sense - if a company doesnt get a product to its destination in a timely fashion, the company has no business being in business.
In 1989, in response to growing demand for services such as inventory and warehouse management, as well as general supply chain management
(SCM), Federal Express (FedEx) established FedEx Logistics Services. The purpose of this company group has focused on managing their corporate customers supply chain. Since that time, the group, now know
as FedEx Supply Chain Services (FSCS) has garnered many awards and accolades for providing solid logistics and SCM services. In this particular
paper, well examine FSCS abilities through a written case study entitled FedEx: The Leading Supply Chain Management Solutions Provider, which was written by Konakanchi Prashanth, under direction of Vivek Gupta,
for the ICFAI Center for Management Research. Well review the case study, then determine, through available literature, the effectiveness of FSCS from an operations point of view including infrastructure development,
response to the environment and provision of innovative solutions. Case Study Background From its earliest days during the 1970s, FedEx began offering
SCM services to customers on a limited scale - after all, FedEx made its niche as an "overnight shipper," under the slogan "when it absolutely, positively has to be there
overnight." Offering additional supply chain management services was simply a logical extension of what it offered. Basically, FedExs SCM division has been effective because, according to the case study, the
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