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What is FedEx’sstrategy for success in the marketplace? Does the
company rely primarily on acustomer intimacy, operations excellence,
or product leadership customer valueproposition? What evidence
supports
your
conclusion?
What are FedEx’sfour main business segments? Provide two examples
of traceable fixed costs foreach of FedEx’s four business
segments. Provide two examples of common costs that are not traceable
to the four
business segments.
Identify oneexample of a cost center, a profit center, and an investment
center for FedEx.

Provide threeexamples of fixed costs that can be traceable or common
depending on how FedExdefines its business segments.
Compute themargin, turnover, and return on investment (ROI) in 2005
for each of FedEx’sfour business segments (Hint: page 99 reports total
segment assets for eachbusiness segment.)
Assume that FedExestablished a minimum required rate of return of
15% for each of its businesssegments. Compute the residual income
earned in 2005 in each of FedEx’s foursegments.
Assume that thesenior managers of FedEx Express and FedEx Ground
each have an investmentopportunity that would require $20 million of
additional operating assets andthat would increase operating income by
$4 million. If FedEx evaluates all of its senior managersusing ROI,
would the managers of both segments pursue the investment
opportunity? If FedEx evaluates all ofits senior managers using residual
income, would the managers of both segmentspursue the investment
opportunity?