Looking into the future which company looks poised for greater growth and success given their historical perspective and their current endeavors?
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FedEx plans to have its new home delivery operations serving half the US population by the end of 2005. UPS on the other hand was already the leader in this market and had a huge number of trucks and drivers already in their network. FedEx was placing its bets over the long term on the build to order revolution. The Internet would allow cheaper and easier to use interconnected systems using which suppliers would be able to directly ship to residences. Eventually FedEx hoped to become the brains and brawn of a global Internet based system that moved and tracked goods around the world, and made obsolete trillions of dollars in inventory. The problem was, its path to profitability in this business was unclear. Analysts worried that FedEx was infatuated with technology and this affected their earnings. On the other hand the future looks like there will be more and more of business to consumer operations and the company that is poised to take advantage of this phenomenon will be the one to do well. UPS has the strength in ground operations from business to consumer, even in the Internet based sales deliveries. They delivered 55% of the items ordered online and shipped home during Christmas 1999. Both FedEx and UPS were working to tie their tracking systems and warehouse and inventory software with the shipping needs of big and small companies throughout the country. But FedEx has a leg up in this business because their vision was to be the leader in this category. In conclusion it would seem that UPS could be the future leader in shipping to home and FedEx the leader in business-to-business solutions and supply chain management. There is enough space in the market for both companies to grow and compete healthily.
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Describe some of the key ways in which strategic CR communication enables corporations to create competitive advantage.
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