Changing How the World Does Business: FedEx's Incredible Journey to Success - The Inside Story by Roger Frock - ISBN: 9781576754139
Hardcover
For a long time, it looked like FedEx would never get off the ground. Roger Frock was with the company from the start. He is able to chronicle the hard-fought triumphs as only an insider can. With humour and insight, he describes how FedEx overcame impossible odds to become one of the world’s greatest success stories.

Changing How the World Does Business: FedEx's Incredible Journey to Success - The Inside Story

FedEx's Incredible Journey to Success - The Inside Story

  • Hardcover

    264 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2018

Summary

From humble beginnings, FedEx has literally revolutionized the way business is conducted. Not too long ago, overnight shipping was barely an option for even the largest companies. Today, thanks to FedEx, it’s available to every living room start-up. With annual revenues of $30 billion, more than 250,000 employees, 600 aircraft, and 70,000 surface vehicles, FedEx handles nearly six million shipments a day in two hundred countries. FedEx has become a household name, and has been named one of th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781576754139
ISBN-10:1576754138
Author:Roger Frock
Publisher:Berrett-Koehler
Imprint:Berrett-Koehler
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:264
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 January 2018
Weight:560g
Dimensions:241mm x 164mm x 22mm
Series:Berrett-koehler
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“This book is the manual for entrepreneurs with big dreams. Frock has documented, through personal experience and painstaking research, one of America’s most successful start-ups. He provides the critical ingredients for bringing a major dream to life—no matter what the business or endeavor.” — Michael Basch, CEO, Nature’s Lighting, author of Customer Culture: How FedEx and Other Great Companies Keep the Customer First Every Day “Early on, Frock recognized the value of international service and calculated that the global market would eventually need and support the FedEx business model. We worked closely with him to establish their first cross border network between the US and Canada. His vision helped us to become the most successful player in the Canadian market.” — Simon Caviezel, President and CEO, Cansica, Inc., Federal Express Canadian Licensee “[This book] explains the vital importance that enthusiasm and passion play in people who tackle seemingly overwhelming obstacles and find a way to make it work. In many ways, the Porsche turnaround that I [led] in the 1980s was an application of the management concepts detailed in Changing the Way the World Does Business. Properly applied, these concepts can people to rise to a performance level that achieves business miracles in an increasingly competitive world.” — Peter W. Schutz, former head of Porsche “The success-laden secrets of a corporate giant’s heart and soul are revealed as Frock shares his personal experiences and entrepreneurial views with a keenness that is at once exciting and enlightening… Changing How the World Does Business reflects [Frock’s] ethical nature from which success of gigantic proportions was realized as the global giant known to us all as FedEx.” — Linda G. Sapia, former Manager, FedEx “Tomorrow’s leaders will be encouraged by this exciting succession of experiences that ‘Changed the Way the World Does Business.’” —The Honorable Roger W. Kallock, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Logistics and Material Readiness, and Chairman, Chagrin Consulting Associates

About The Author

Roger Frock

Roger Frock is president of Quest Management, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in supply chain management. He has been a guest speaker at the National Council of Physical Distribution Management (now the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals), the American Management Association, and the American Trucking Association, and has made frequent presentations to other industry associations and private business groups on a variety of subjects.

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