FedEx Supply Chain

FedEx Supply Chain
Formerly
  • H. Shear Trucking Company (1898-1940)
  • GENCO (1940-2010)
  • GENCO ATC (2010-2017)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTransportation
Founded1898; 126 years ago (1898)
FounderHyman Shear
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Scott Temple, President & CEO[1]
Dr. Udo Lange, President & CEO, FedEx Logistics
Products
RevenueIncrease US$45.2 billion (FY2020) [2]
Number of employees
11,000 (2017)
ParentFedEx Corporation
Websitesupplychain.fedex.com

FedEx Supply Chain,[3][4] formerly known as GENCO (General Commodities Warehouse & Distribution Co.) is a major third-party logistics (3PL) provider in the United States and Canada.[5] It serves various industries, including: technology & electronics, retail & e-commerce, consumer & industrial goods, and healthcare industries. The company was founded in the year 1898 by Hyman Shear as H. Shear Trucking Company in Pittsburgh.[6] Currently it is a subsidiary of FedEx.

FedEx acquired the company in 2015 and re-branded it as FedEx Supply Chain in 2017.[7] The company manages 130 Warehouse and Distribution Center operations in North America region with a total of 35 million square feet of warehouse space under its management. FedEx Supply Chain was recognized by Multichannel Merchant as a Top 3PL for 2018.[8]

  1. ^ "Scott Temple". About FedEx. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  2. ^ "GENCO completes acquisition of ATC Technology Corp". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  3. ^ "About FedEx Supply Chain - FedEx Supply Chain". FedEx Supply Chain. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  4. ^ "Spare Parts Logistics Market 2023 Global Analysis of Key Players - openPR". www.openpr.com. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  5. ^ Crandall, Richard E.; Crandall, William R.; Chen, Charlie C. (2014-12-11). Principles of Supply Chain Management, Second Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 9781482212051.
  6. ^ Kuglin, Fred A. (2015-07-29). Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: Drug Quality and Security Act. CRC Press. ISBN 9781482258943.
  7. ^ "GENCO Is Being Rebranded to FedEx Supply Chain". FedEx Supply Chain. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  8. ^ "About FedEx Supply Chain - FedEx Supply Chain". FedEx Supply Chain. Retrieved 2018-09-08.