Case Study Spotlight: FedEx's Enterprised Purchased Transportation Strategy
Date postedJune 24, 2025
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FedEx's Enterprised Purchased Transportation Strategy
In today’s business environment, change is constant. Here at FedEx, we aim to continuously improve holistic category management by delivering scalable, sustainable solutions that deliver value and transparency of purchase decisions throughout the enterprise. Also, team members are always finding opportunities to Reduce, Replace, and Revolutionize our norms, which informs our approach to Practical Sustainability.
The Enterprise Purchased Transportation (PT) Strategy is an example of how FedEx Sourcing & Procurement department implemented sustainable purchasing that enables FedEx to more effectively manage the PT Motor category. This case study focuses on the economic dimension of creating transparency throughout the go-to-market lifecycle.
Through enterprise-wide collaboration, three pillars of focus areas emerged: 1. create visibility around and understand unique, operating company (opco) specific requirements to, 2. develop an Intelligent Dashboard to ensure FedEx reacts timely to changing market conditions, leveraging historical purchases and market insights and 3. streamline carrier onboarding activity. Click here to read the full case study*
The Enterprise Purchased Transportation (PT) Strategy is an example of how FedEx Sourcing & Procurement department implemented sustainable purchasing that enables FedEx to more effectively manage the PT Motor category. This case study focuses on the economic dimension of creating transparency throughout the go-to-market lifecycle.
Through enterprise-wide collaboration, three pillars of focus areas emerged: 1. create visibility around and understand unique, operating company (opco) specific requirements to, 2. develop an Intelligent Dashboard to ensure FedEx reacts timely to changing market conditions, leveraging historical purchases and market insights and 3. streamline carrier onboarding activity. Click here to read the full case study*
The FedEx case study was submitted to the 2020 SPLC Leadership Awards program. Visit the SPLC website for more information on the Leadership Awards Program.
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