Comment / Supply chain radar: FedEx conference call redux – next question!

fred smith

15/01/2020

Just before Christmas, FedEx held a conference call with analysts to discuss fiscal Q2 2020 results which the company’s own management described as ‘horrific’.

The call lasted over an hour and ran to almost 10,000 words, meaning most interested parties will have lost interest quickly and won’t know what went on.

No longer. About one month on, we’ve cut that word count by 90% without losing any of the meaning. Well, not much.

(Here is our previous, timely coverage of Merry FedEx and ...

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