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Title: Why does FedEx use a "hub-and-spoke" airline network, rather than a "point-to-point" network? ...
Post by: waynest on Dec 3, 2019

Question 1

Databases containing such variables as street maps, utilities, population age and income, and the software that analyzes such data for location decisions, are referred to as ________.

Question 2

Why does FedEx use a "hub-and-spoke" airline network, rather than a "point-to-point" network? Describe FedEx's approach to choosing the airports that serve as its hubs.

Title: Why does FedEx use a "hub-and-spoke" airline network, rather than a "point-to-point" network? ...
Post by: ririgirl15 on Dec 3, 2019

Answer 1

Geographic Information Systems or GIS

Answer 2

The hub system is more centralized, and allows for greater control; greater control reduces package mishandling and transit delays. Their U.S. hub in Memphis reflects a need to be geographically centralized, and in a location where schedules can more reliably be kept.

Title: Re: Why does FedEx use a
Post by: Arsh Sandhu on Aug 17, 2022

thanks