02-06-2013, 04:08 PM
The package sort stations Fed Ex uses around the world is core to how Fed-Ex works. In fact, the founder of Fed-Ex, Fred Smith, wrote a paper in economics class in college that became the core business model used by Fed-Ex today.
Remember the movie "Cast Away?" When Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) released the jet knowing a truck full of packages was a few minutes away. He says to his fellow Fed-Ex worker "First thing it's two minutes, then four, then six, then the next thing you know, we're the U.S. mail."
Speaking of US Mail, did you know that Fed-Ex delivers the mail to the Hilo Post Office under contract?
Remember the movie "Cast Away?" When Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) released the jet knowing a truck full of packages was a few minutes away. He says to his fellow Fed-Ex worker "First thing it's two minutes, then four, then six, then the next thing you know, we're the U.S. mail."
Speaking of US Mail, did you know that Fed-Ex delivers the mail to the Hilo Post Office under contract?