Question

After watching “How Overnight Shipping Works”, “How Budget Airlines Work”, and “How Airlines Schedule Flights” in the weekly reading, compare the Resource Management of Overnight Shipping to that of Budget Airlines. In what ways are FedEx, UPS, and budget airline carriers managing their resources? How are they similar? How are they different?

Answer 1

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) and FedEx Corp. (FDX) are two leading delivery services companies and main competitors to each other, at least in the public eye. However, to those following them closely, the two companies are quite different in their business models and strategies. While UPS is widely known for its domestic ground package delivery, FedEx is mostly recognized for its global air express freight. The two companies also differ in terms of their approaches to serving customers, how they have fared in the e-commerce environment, and the different business structures unique to each company. Package delivery and express service are where the two companies have made names for themselves. Although each company has other delivery services that make everything they do seemingly overlap. UPS is also a common carrier in air freight, and FedEx has a similar package delivery unit called FedEx Ground. In reality UPS' ground package business and FedEx's air express operations are, respectively, the bread and butter for each company.

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