Comment / Supply chain radar: Rewind – FedEx and fast cars

Building a car that can travel at 300mph is eye-poppingly complicated.

The immovable external forces of air pressure, lift, gravity, etc, conspire against exotic car designers, meaning every incremental 1mph requires an exponentially larger amount of power.

It can, of course, be done, but only with the application of great expense, time and creativity. (Click here, for more distracting details).

Moving on, then, to FedEx’s superlative-laden fiscal Q3 ’21 financial results – which follows our first take last week, where the focus was warranted ...