Federal Express
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(FedEx) under the leadership of Fred Smith has been innovative from its very beginning. The very idea of a hub-and-spokes distribution system was revolutionary. Smith saw the air freight industry in the early 70’s as inefficient and unreliable. In the early stages Smith was quoted as saying, ....
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.... the industry are two types of companies. There are combination carriers, which are primarily passenger airline companies that also carry cargo. And then there are “all-cargo” companies like Federal Express which only carry cargo, have fleets of planes, usually fly at night, have ground transportation, and personnel for door-to-door pick-up and delivery. The “all cargo” companies control 90% of the domestic cargo companies.
Competition in the “all cargo” segment ....
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