FedEx combines back shops, sets table to integrate ground, express
A lot of the sorting at the FedEx Ground hub in Olive Branch, Mississippi is automatic and done by laser, such as this bright crimson checkpoint packages sweep through on Dec. 2, 2019. This hub is a few miles from FedEx’s largest express sort in the world at Memphis International Airport. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
June 1 was a quiet, nearly unheralded milestone at FedEx Corp., the capstone of its work to integrate FedEx Ground, FedEx Express and FedEx Services into one operating company.
It is a defining illustration of FedEx’s work to integrate its networks — think fewer operating companies, one network — as it moves to improve margins and efficiencies in a world that still produces loads of packages, but increasingly different kinds.
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Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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