首页
登录
职称英语
Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of
Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of
游客
2023-06-24
58
管理
问题
Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of high-priority packages. The first company of its type, Federal Express was founded by the youthful Fred Smith in 1971, when he was only 28 years old. Smith had actually developed the idea for the rapid delivery service in a term paper for an economics class when he was a student at Yale University. The term paper received a less-than-stellar grade because of the infeasibility of the project that Smith had outlined. The model that Smith proposed had never been tried; it was a model that was efficient to operate but at the same time very difficult to institute.
Smith achieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was separate from the passenger system and could, therefore, focus on how to deliver packages most efficiently. His strategy was to have his own planes so that he could create his own schedules and to ship all packages through the centralized hub city of Memphis, a set-up which resembles the spokes (轮辐) on the wheel of a bicycle. With this combination of his own planes and hub set-up, he could get packages anywhere in the United States overnight.
What made Smith’s idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire system had to be created before the company could begin operations. He needed a fleet of aircraft to collect packages from airports every night and deliver them to Memphis, where they were immediately sorted and flown out to their new destinations; he needed a fleet of trucks to deliver packages to and from the various airports; he needed facilities and trained staff all in place to handle the operation. Smith had a $4 million inheritance from his father, and he managed to raise an additional 91 million dollars from venture capitalists to get the company operating. [br] It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his hub city because it_____.
选项
A、was near the middle of the country
B、had a large number of passenger aircraft
C、already had a large package delivery service
D、had a favorite passenger airport
答案
A
解析
推理判断题。第2段第2句提到通过中心枢纽城市孟菲斯(through the centralized hub city of Memphis)运送所有的包裹,由此可推断孟菲斯处于美国中部,选项A正确。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2780099.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]W:Goodmorning.Ipurchasedacomputerfromyourcompanylastmo
[originaltext]W:Goodmorning.Ipurchasedacomputerfromyourcompanylastmo
FederalExpressisacompanythatspecializesinrapidovernightdeliveryof
FederalExpressisacompanythatspecializesinrapidovernightdeliveryof
Anewanalysisoffederalmoneythatpublicschoolsreceiveforlow-incomes
Anewanalysisoffederalmoneythatpublicschoolsreceiveforlow-incomes
Anewanalysisoffederalmoneythatpublicschoolsreceiveforlow-incomes
[originaltext]Samhadworked30yearsforthesamecompanyandnowhehadt
[originaltext]Sinceaunionrepresentativevisitedourcompanytoinformus
[originaltext]Sinceaunionrepresentativevisitedourcompanytoinformus
随机试题
[originaltext]M:Jessica,couldyouforwardthisemailtoalltheclubmembers?
Hesuddenlytooka(n)______interestinallreligiousmatters.A、intensiveB、inten
关于非浸润性突眼临床表现的描述正确的是()A.双侧对称 B.眼征阳性 C.多
为了降低通过通讯线路来传达专用数据时带来的安全风险,公司应该应用:()A.异
学校应履行哪些义务?
关于氯贝丁酯理化性质的描述不准确的是A.无臭味 B.遇光变色 C.不溶于水,
按照考评周期的不同,可把年度KPI分解为()层次。A.半年指标 B.季度
人在每一瞬间,将心理活动选择了某些对象而忽略了另一些对象。这一特点指的是注意的(
省辖市人民代表大会常务委员会的组成人员可以担任的职位是()。A.市委政法委
银行承兑汇票的承兑银行,应当按照票面金额向出票人收取()的手续费。A:千分之一
最新回复
(
0
)