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| With regard to Ground, exceptional story, exceptional performance from the team |
| John Dietrich We're quite pleased with the progress we've made at Express and the margin expansion |
| As a result of these efforts, we delivered operating income growth and margin expansion for the third quarter in a row despite declining revenue in a challenging market environment |
| In closing, we saw continued operating income growth, margin expansion despite lower revenue for the third consecutive quarter, and this is clear evidence that DRIVE is working |
| Thank you also to the FedEx team for their exceptional work in Q3 by providing superior service for customers and delivering strong results, all while advancing our transformation initiatives |
| For the third consecutive quarter, we delivered operating income growth and margin expansion in a declining revenue environment |
| This is a very positive dynamic and a unique one in our industry |
| It demonstrates clear progress on our transformation and ability to manage what's within our control through DRIVE |
| We're strengthening our value proposition, improving the customer experience and increasing profitability |
| This progress supports our long-term goals for sustainable margin expansion, improvements in ROIC and value creation for our stockholders |
| Our transformation is driving continued improvements in adjusted operating income, margins and earnings per share |
| At the enterprise level, we delivered a 16% improvement in adjusted operating income and adjusted margin expansion of 90 basis points compared to the prior year even as revenue declined 2% |
| Adjusted operating income growth was driven by continued strength at Ground and improvement at Express |
| At the segment level, I'm particularly pleased with the results at Ground where adjusted operating income increased 14% on 1% revenue growth and adjusted operating margin improved to over 11% in the quarter |
| This reflects continued progress controlling expenses and effective yield management, including the ramping benefits from DRIVE |
| At Freight, the team's continued focus on profitable growth and cost management delivered strong margins and mitigated year-over-year volume challenges |
| Service levels remain exceptionally high, demonstrating our differentiated execution capabilities |
| We're also making progress at Express where adjusted operating income increase enabled by our ability to remove structural costs |
| At Express, adjusted operating income increased by $134 million and adjusted operating margin expanded 130 basis points |
| So we feel good |
| And again, I also was really pleased with the peak surcharge capture |
| In closing, I'm very proud of our entire global team and how they continue to deliver outstanding service as we navigate a very dynamic market |
| Taking a closer look at our performance in the quarter on a year-over-year basis and at the enterprise level, adjusted operating income increased by $192 million and adjusted operating margin expanded by 90 basis points |
| The dynamics I just outlined create significant opportunities for us to improve our network utilization |
| Ultimately, this network design will enable us to improve the efficiency and asset utilization of the entire FedEx system; put the right product in the right network, taking advantage of our continental surface networks in Europe and our market leading FedEx Freight LTL network in the United States; and profitably penetrate new market segments at the right cost structure, including the premium airfreight market |
| We are encouraged by the early results we're seeing in the initial rollout as well so far Network 2.0 model on the whole [teed] approximately 10% reduction in P&D costs and maintained very strong service levels |
| Adjusted operating income increased by $120 million and adjusted operating margin expanded by 140 basis points due to cost reductions and yield improvement |
| Brie Carere And honestly, from lessons learned, I think the team feels really good about their execution to date, to Raj's point, we have seen kind of the P&D benefits that we anticipated as well as we've seen the team be able to execute from a service perspective |
| But we're excited actually about the end game here and that is our overall footprint will far -- the benefits of that will far exceed the investment and contribute to a really efficient network |
| Express and across the business, DRIVE remains a key enabler of improved profitability both in the near and the long term as we change the way we work and identify areas for structural cost reduction |
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| Second, weakness in global trade continues to constrain demand in our international business, which has remained challenged for longer than expected |
| And at FedEx Express, revenue was down 2% year-over-year, driven by continued volume softness, lower fuel and demand surcharges and a mix shift towards deferred and e-commerce products |
| Yield was also pressured by increased capacity in the market |
| As we have mentioned in previous calls, we are also experiencing a continued headwind for the United States Postal Service, which has reduced volume |
| And at Freight, while operating margin remained strong operating income declined by $46 million and operating margin declined by 170 basis points, driven by lower fuel surcharges, reduced weight per shipment and lower shipments |
| At FedEx Express, yields remained pressured due to a tapering of international export demand surcharges and an increasing mix of lower yielding e-commerce and deferred products |
| Revenue was also negatively affected by lower fuel surcharges and a decrease in weight per shipment, although the decline was partially offset by higher base yields |
| As Raj mentioned, postal volumes were a headwind in the quarter |
| In the United States conditions have been weaker than we anticipated and internationally, we continue to see softness |
| And at FedEx Freight, revenue per shipment was down 1%, driven by lower fuel surcharges and lower weights |
| At the midpoint of the narrowed range, we continue to assume a low single digit percentage decline in revenue for the full year |
| And from a momentum perspective, we do have some headwinds this year that will diminish next year, especially in the international market |
| At FedEx Freight, revenue declined 3% |
| However, the B2B environment remains challenged |
| If you think about calendar year '23 from an air freight perspective, the overall air freight market yields decreased between 30% and 40%, that is not going to repeat next year |
| And of course, there's been some competitive issues directly in your business |
| And third, this quarter express experienced over $200 million of inflationary pressure on a year-over-year basis |
| Freight shipments declined but they continued to moderate sequentially |
| As you can see, variable comp, for example, is down |
| When severe weather hits, it can cause a domino effect of delays and reduced service levels across our network |
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