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Annual Reports
The two companies whose annual reports are being studied are FedEx and UPS. When looking at these two annual reports, we can see a few key differences. The FedEx report has positive tone. It discusses both the business and the state of the global economy, something that is highly correlated with the company's business. The section on global trade, for example, is almost entirely focused on the state of the economy, rather than on the FedEx business. Another key section is title FedEx Solutions, and this outlines the FedEx business and how the company helps its customers to improve their operations. FedEx also devotes an entire section of its report to energy efficiency, highlighting the company's initiatives and its successes. The Chairman's Letter that leads off the report is focused primarily on providing a summary of the company's business, how the firm fared in the past year and how the company expects to perform going forward....
"we are indispensable to global trade."
The UPS report is drier. The tone of the writing is less personal, as the company highlights its business operations and some of the operating statistics that indicate the successes that the company had in the previous year. UPS provides charts and graphs to help visualize the information. In contrast to FedEx, UPS does not expend much energy outlining the state of the global economy and tying that external environment to its business. UPS has no section on energy efficiency -- just a little blurb on community. There is more text in the UPS report and it is a thicker, more boring read overall. There is little sense of optimism conveyed about the company as a result, and one does not get the impression that the CEO has a true personal stake in the company, standing in direct contrast to Fred Smith.
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References
FedEx 2011 Annual Report. Retrieved February 20, 2012 from http://annualreport.ir.FedEx.com/
Jane, M. (2012). How to evaluate an annual report. eHow. Retrieved February 20, 2012 from http://www.ehow.com/how_7622513_evaluate-annual-report.html
UPS 2010 Annual Report. Retrieved February 20, 2012 from http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9ODUzODd8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1
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