2. Strengths
• Strong Brand Name/Image
• Strong Revenue Growth
• Large-Scale Operations

3. Strengths (contd.)
• New and growing use of Technology
• Three decades of Logistics Experience

4. Strategic Planning on
Strengths
• Meets needs for delivery
• Includes overnight shipping
• Independent Networks meet different customer
needs
• Sustain loyal relationships with customers and
investors
• Diversify the workplace

5. Weaknesses
• Relative small size
• Lower margin
• Less competitive ground shipping

6. Relative Small Size
• UPS is twice the size in terms of market
capitalization
• 2012 Revenue
• UPS: $54 billion
• Fedex: $43 billion

7. Lower Margin
• Net Profit Margin 3.1% - 2012 Annual Report
• Difficult to tackle rising fuel cost
• Current investments yielding lower than cost of capital

8. Less Competitive in Ground
Shipping

9. Strategic Planning
• Enhance integration between air and ground
shipping as well as information systems
• Cut environmental costs and launch
environmentally friendly campaign

10. Opportunities
Intermodal Freight Shipping and Online Shopping
Container Storage Globalization of trade
Use Cooperative Strategies Mergers and Acquisitions

11. Intermodal Shipping and
Storage
• Textainer Group Holdings and CAI International
have seen a consistent rise in demand for
container shipping and Storage.

12. Online Shopping

13. Opportunities
• Local Competitors with less-competitive service or
products.
• Cooperative Strategies in Foreign Countries
• Acquire smaller companies to increase market
share

14. Threats
• Increasing transportation costs
• Rising fuel Prices
• Economic slowdown in U.S. causing fewer
purchases
• Substitutions
• UPS, GDEX, PosLaju, ABS, TNT, USPS

15. Threats (contd.)
• Online Competitive advantage of rivals
• Increasing ease for companies to cut out “middle
man”
• Green initiators make it costly to keep up with
standards

16. Threat Solutions
• Ease into more electric transportation on domestic level
• Offer deals to promote purchases with less concern for
shipping costs
• Market services better. Constantly improve customer
service.
• Stay ahead of competitors with online shipping technology
and service
• Improve areas that lead customers to shipping solutions
other than FedEx
• Comply with Green standards to cut costs and attract
customers

17. Works Cited
• http://static.cdn-seekingalpha.com/uploads/2012/9/2214541_13467824927223_2_thumb.jpg
• http://news.van.fedex.com/fedex-named-among-fortune-magazine%E2%80%99s-2013-
%E2%80%9Cbest-companies-work-%E2%80%9D
• https://secure.bluenile.com/billing-address.html?track=overlay-guest
• http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2012/3/23/104409-13324970482757564-Bachar-Samawi.jpg
• http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures/assets_c/2009/04/Fedex%20Fleet-thumb-
450x322.jpg
• http://www.optimizationweek.com/reviews/shipping/fedex.gif
• http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml
• http://www.fastcompany.com/1716317/fedex-vs-ups-numbers
• http://www.atlasvanlines.com/fuel-costs/fuel-cost-chart.jpg

18. Works Cited (contd.)
• http://www.greenbiz.com/sites/default/files/inline/042010fede
x-inline2.jpg
• http://www.mbaskool.com/brandguide/transport-and-
logistics/2689-fedex.html
• http://www.fedex.com/us/investorrelations/financialinfo/2008
annualreport/msg_chairman.htm
• http://tedsgallery.com/pics/ups-fedex-usps-logo.gif
• http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-stores/logistics
• http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml