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The Three Components of Customer Relations Management

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A Practical Application of Basic Concepts in Finance: The Guillermo Furniture Case Study

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FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) has grown from a package and freight forwarding delivery service to become one of the most vertically integrated logistics providers operating on a global scale today. FedEx was able to set an achieve a series of very aggressive growth objectives through acquisition, creating a global logistics and freight forwarding system unrivaled today. What the case analysis also implies is how well FedEx manages its global acquisitions through a highly integrated strategy of process and IT integration. FedEx is known for being one of the most advanced logistics companies operating today in their use of Information Technologies (IT) for the automation of supply chain operations (Alghalith, 2007). FedEx has struggled to unify their entire company into a single value proposition, allowing each business unit to have its own identity. While this has been very good for the two top-performing units, FedEx Express and FedEx Ground, the remainder of the company is not as clearly defined. This is one of the most strategic marketing challenges the company has today. FedEx is also formidable due to their strengths in large-scale operations, use of analytics to track performance and gain greater efficiencies, and exceptional brand value, FedEx still is struggling with the marketing challenge of transitioning into a global logistics provider. The intent of this analysis is to complete a SWOT analysis, provide a problem statement related to the case, define three strategic alternatives, provide a strategic recommendation and marketing implementation. FedEx's direction for the future will be defined.