FedEx Tracking statement:

Date/Time Activity Location

Wednesday

10:04 am Shipment information sent to FedEx

4:00 pm Picked up ROGERS, MN

5:54 pm Arrived at FedEx location ROGERS, MN

Thursday

1:37 am Left FedEx origin facility ROGERS, MN

Sunday

3:47 pm Arrived at FedEx location HAGERSTOWN, MD

9:34 pm Departed FedEx location HAGERSTOWN, MD

Monday

4:52 am At local FedEx facility NORTH WALES, PA

7:30 am On FedEx vehicle for delivery NORTH WALES, PA

1:56 pm Delivered VALLEY FORGE, PA

1. Calculate the distances and time between the locations mentioned on the tracking
statement.
2. Identify the role that each leg of the journey plays (e.g. pick-up, line haul, delivery, etc.).
3. Identify the mode of transportation that is likely used.
4. Explain the routing between origin and destination (e.g. how much of a straight line
between origin and destination).
5. Analyze the efficiency of the routing (e.g. why the company likely chose this routing).
6. Express any areas of difficulty.
7. Reflect on what you learned in this assignment.

Answer:

1. Distance between ROGERS,MN and VALLEY FORGE,PA is 1169 miles.

Time taken is around 5 days, 3 hours and 52 minutes
2. Wednesday: Item got picked up from Rogers and arrived at FedEx Location, Rogers MN
using Motor Freight(Delivery vans) due to short distances.
Thursday: Item got picked from Fedex pickup facility, Rogers,MN and got into long haul
transportation like train as distance is aroung 1062 miles and taken effectively more than 1
day to reach Hagerstown. As it is in center of Western Maryland Railway, Rail transportation
is more convenient.

Sunday : Using Air Freight(Air plane)( Linehaul truck can be option if trucks operate in
night time.) at Hagerstown and arrived at Northwales fedex facility, PA and delivered at
Valley forge, PA using Motor freight(delivery vans) on Monday.

3. Within Rogers MN, motor carriers may be delivery vans then from ROGERS, MN to
Hagerstown intermodal transportation and after arriving in Hagerstown then Line haul
trucks/Air freight to Northwales and then delivery van to Valleyforge,PA.

4. Shipment Route: ROGERS MN to Hagerstown,MD, Northwales PA,Valley forge PA.

Total distance is 1169 miles.
This route is not a straight line. It actually moved to Hagerstown and then went to
Northwales,PA.
The shipment was picked from shipper in Rogers,MN and then brought to FedEx facility in
Rogers,MN , then it was moved in long line haul facility in Hagerstown and in FedEx facility
in Hagerstown shipment was sorted together with rest of the parcels and sent to
Northwales,PA, there shipment was deconsolidated and delivered to consignee.

5. Routing chosen by FedEx is quite efficient as they have used various modes of transportation
taking into account considerable time of delivery as well as cost effectiveness. So it helped to
reduce time and cost of company.

6. Various difficulty can arise during transportation especially for long haul transportation like
natural calamities, then flexibility of facility centre can also reduce which further can delay
delivery , social unrest, availability of vehicles on time for pickup and delivery etc.

7. Here I learned what are advantages of using various modes of transportation according to
urgency and needs and what type of transportation should be used for what purpose like for
long distance or short distance, whether speed is important than cost of transportation etc.