Add to it the challenge of supporting the logistic needs of every new start-up, the task of being connected with global business hubs can prove to be daunting. Often, a lack of mutual understanding is detrimental to the success of the start-up. However, such is not the case with services provided FedEx Saudi Arabia with the highest numbers of offices in the kingdom, FedEx beats all its competitors to thrive in one of the world’s fastest developing regions.
It began in 1971 as Federal Express Corporation. Forty years later, in 2011, the company is known to the world as the largest express transportation company, providing fast and reliable delivery to more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. Globetrotting deliveries through a wellconnected air-and-ground network, FedEx provides delivery of shipments, usually within one to two business days with guaranteed delivery on time.
FedEx has a history of globally renowned employee relations strategy and customer satisfaction. It’s the inspiration for several business developers and management gurus and is always raising curiosity. The simple ideology seems to be of keeping people, internal and external, happy with timeliness and quality.
With annual global revenues of US$ 36 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through functional companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. It provides transportation, e-commerce and a host of other business services that make daily procedures, local or international, easier for many businesses.
Increasing online sales in the Middle East and North Africa regions reflect the importance of a company like FedEx who believe time is money. For many people exchanging holiday gifts over long distances, from imported electronics, to high-end jewellery and personal gifts, FedEx has strategically positioned itself at leading airports around the world to ensure customers have a choice of shipping options at different prices from one time zone to another.
With an excellent customer satisfaction track record and several best employee and workplace awards, the FedEx story has become a popular part of management classes where students learn about FedEx in case studies.
Fed Ex has the highest number of offices making it more widespread than its competitors to emerge as the best in transportation and related business services in Saudi Arabia.
People Philosophy
FedEx is a top notch company that, at its heart is all about people. Its efficient team members help make each FedEx experience a unique one. Their People-Service-Profit (P-S-P) philosophy is the fulcrum on which they balance the organisation.
FedEx has a history of globally renowned employee relations strategy and motivation. The company encourages its team members to grow within the company and provides them with the tools necessary to develop their careers and managerial abilities suitable to business demands.
Spotlight: FedEx Excels
With more than 285,000 employees worldwide, and some 1500 employees in Saudi Arabia, FedEx operations have the most widespread reach in the country beating all its competitors to emerge as the largest express transportation company in Saudi Arabia.
Fed Ex consistently has been recognised as a great place to work, a technology innovator and one of the world’s most admired and respected companies.