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Company Overview: <\/strong><\/p>\n

A third-party logistics provider, Expeditors International of Washington is a global logistics company satisfying the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade. The Company\u2019s primary services include air and ocean freight transportation and customs brokerage. The Company also provides additional services including order management, time-definite transportation, warehousing and distribution, cargo insurance, and customized logistics solutions.<\/p>\n

Industry Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The global logistics services industry is intensely competitive. The industry has recently undergone widespread consolidation with larger firms striving for stronger and more complete multinational and multi-service networks.<\/p>\n

The primary factors on which Companies in the logistics services industry have traditionally competed are customer service<\/strong> and price<\/strong>. According to industry research reports, customer service metrics for a typical 3PL provider will include reliability, responsiveness, expertise, convenience, and scope of operations.<\/p>\n

Business Model: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Expeditors\u2019 motto is \u201cYou\u2019d be surprised how far we\u2019ll go for you<\/em>.\u201d In line with its motto, Expeditors has recently been able to win business away from its competitors due to the emphasis the Company places on quality customer service. More specifically, the Company creates value as an organization by ensuring that its employees are uniquely abled to assess and respond to each customer\u2019s individual business needs.<\/p>\n

Operating Model:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Compensation Structure <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Company\u2019s compensation structure is built on an unusually aggressive profit-sharing plan that reward employees for profitably managing the things they can control. Expeditors\u2019 13,700 employees in 63 countries relentlessly focus on generating profits, and regional managers are entrusted to distribute 20 percent of all net income a regional office generates to her employees. According to the Company\u2019s public filings, its profit-sharing plan creates a \u201creal world\u201d environment through which individuals are not sheltered from the profit implications of their decisions. If these decisions result in operating losses, management must make up these losses with future operating profits before any cash incentive compensation can be earned.<\/p>\n

Integrated Systems <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Despite having regional headquarters set-up in London, Sao Paulo, Dubai and Shanghai, Expeditors believes that all company offices must be on a single integrated platform in order to deliver best-in-class supply chain management solutions. This notion has underpinned the Company\u2019s decision to remain focused on organic growth despite a notable wave of merger and acquisition activity across the logistics service industry. While competitors have pursued acquisitions as a means of boosting growth, Expeditors seeks sustainable growth by attracts top-notch employees to offices which, according to its website, are \u201cneat, organized and set up globally in accordance with our quality standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Financial flexibility afford by asset-light distribution <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Another notable element of the Company\u2019s operating model is that as a true non-asset based global logistics provider, Expeditors does not purchase any transportation equipment of its own. Rather, Expeditors partners with key air, ocean and ground carriers to provide its solutions. Because the Company does not need to invest in heavy capital expenditures or worry about costs typically associated with fleet maintenance, Expeditors is able to price the majority of its services below its competitors.<\/p>\n

The financial flexibility afforded by the Company\u2019s asset-light nature also position the Company more favorably than its competitors during times of economic hardship. In fact, during the 2009 and 2010 slowdown, the Company adopted a \u201cno-lay-off\u201d policy that simple would not have been possible had the Company been heavily invested in property, plant and equipment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conclusion: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Expeditors International of Washington is an example of a Company that is highly effective at driving alignment between its operating and business models. Customer service is at the forefront of everything the Company does. And by aligning the Company\u2019s incentive structures, systems, and capital investments with a simple philosophy, the Company has been able to long set the standard for excellence in global logistics.<\/p>\n

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Sources include: Company Website; Company’s 10-K; www.seekingalpha.com; http:\/\/theloadstar.co.uk\/expeditors-detours-acquisition-trail-focus-road-organic-growth; Macquarie Equity Research<\/p>\n

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