Post#4 Supply Chain Management

Part A
FedEx Global Supply Chain Services offer various services turn supply chain management into a competitive strategy. Individual companies can outsource these services to resolve their logistic issues.

1) Critical Inventory Logistics
FedEx Critical Inventory Logistics is a comprehensive, end-to-end solution designed to optimize the management of your critical inventory and service parts distribution and returns process. It incorporates a hub-based central stocking location (CSL) and a global network of forwarding stocking locations (FSLs) integrated through extensive information capabilities.


2) Fulfillment Services
FedEx Fulfillment Services is a turnkey, modular, and scalable solution that, when integrated in your operations, provide you an end-to-end, supply chain offering designed and configured to meet your specific needs.


3) Transportation Management
FedEx Transportation Management is an outsourced solution that offers you end-to-end transportation management: optimized, multi-modal, and door-to-door. It leverages the FedEx family of companies (along with a select group of core carriers) to help you improve operational efficiencies and customer service.




4) Healthcare Shared Network
FedEx Healthcare Shared Network offers a premium, time-definite, temperature controlled delivery service to the pharmaceutical and diagnostics product industries. It operates within the US as a closed-loop network with chain of custody reporting processes and exclusive dock operators moving under a detailed schedule to and from strategically placed cross docks.

All the supply chain management programs are carefully selected matched to the requirements of individial business to gain improved supply chain performance. Services are designed to optimize availability and delivery of critical inventory and components through the network of forward stocking locations and central warehouses , to transportation management and dock services. FedEx Global Supply Chain Services supports to strengthen custodial control and optimize use of available transportation alternatives.


FedEx Global Supply Chain Services. 2009. Portfolio of Services. [Online] Available at: http://www.fedex.com/us/supplychain/services/
[Accessed 13 March 2009]


Part B
Fedex provides a numbers of systems which allows its customers to keep track on their orders.

1) Critical Inventory Logistics Login
To optimize the fulfillment and delivery of your time-sensitive parts and devices.

2) Transportation Management Order Administration
To enter, modify or cancel order information

3) Fulfillment Services Order Administration
To enter order information, view orders, inventory and shipment, status/details.

Its technology platform offers features such as:

Order administration – efficiently manage the processes associated with order fulfillment and transportation

Real time visibility – provides a view into inventory at rest and in motion throughout the supply chain

Connectivity – provides multiple access points to key members of your supply chain

FedEx Global Supply Chain Services. 2009. Online Tools. 2009. [Online]
http://www.fedex.com/us/supplychain/onlinetools/
[Accessed 13 March 2009]