SCD: UPS, FedEx fuel surcharge hikes to heat up delivery prices
SUPPLY CHAIN DIVE reports: FedEx and UPS’ index-based fuel surcharges are adjusted weekly based on prices ...
As FedEx founder and CEO Fred Smith prepares to clear his desk to make way for Raj Subramanian as the next head of the Memphis-headquartered integrator, this article from Sky looks back at what is frankly, an extraordinary career: a contemporary of George Dubya Bush and John Kerry at university; a Marine platoon leader in Vietnam, where he earned a chest-full of medals and which he always said taught him the most important lessons when it came to creating FedEx; and the host of legendary stories and half-myths that have followed him as the company has grown to a global behemoth worth around $60bn.
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