SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths:
Operational Efficiency
COSMOS ; First mover advantage
Leader in transportation
Weakness
Stiff resistance due to high prices
Constant machine breakdown
Garbled messages
OPPORTUNITIES
Physical distribution amounted for 10-30% of their revenue.
Demand for lower cost...
FDX is focused on three primary growth strategies.
A collaborative sales process that leverages their shared customer relationships, aggressive global marketing of the broad
FDX portfolio to targeted prospective customers, and a strategic application of information systems to reduce costs...
Federal Express has five strategies that govern business tactics. These are:
To improve service levels
Lower unit costs
Establish international leadership and sustain profitability.
Get closer to the customer,
Maintain the People-Service-Profit Philosophy.
MULTIMODAL/INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION:
Multimodal transport means using more than one modes of transport during the delivery of a particular consignment. It is a combination of more than one mode of transport.
For e.g.: if a consignment is been transported from one country to another like from...
air- truck
birdy back
container on flat car
elements of logistics
estination terminal
federalexpress
fishy back
intermodal transportation
land bridge
logistics management
mode of transport
mode of transportation
multimodal
multimodal or intermodal
multimodal transportation
piggy back
premium package services
relative costs
single modal transport
trailer on flat car
train ship
transportation
types of transportation
water transport