"FedEx Invoice Online" completes suite of tools enabling customers to manage the entire shipping process online
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company, today announced the launch of FedEx Invoice Online (FIO) in the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait. FedEx Invoice Online is a tool that will allow customers to manage the entire FedEx invoice cycle in a seamless, streamlined process through a web-based application. It will eliminate paperwork for customers while providing flexibility and a greater degree of control over the bill payment process, completing a suite of tools to enable customers to manage the entire shipping process online.
Available free of charge to all valid FedEx account holders* on www.fedex.com 24 hours a day, FIO uses cutting edge technology to maximize efficiency for FedEx customers. The tool will enable users to:
-Receive and view invoices within 24 hours of issue
-Track the status of invoices
-File electronic copies of invoices and print out hard copies in a variety of formats
-Receive notification via email of new and outstanding invoices etc.
-Eliminate all paper-based steps to receive and internally route invoices
FedEx Simplifies Billing Procedures for its Users
"FedEx Invoice Online is another example of how FedEx is using technological solutions to help customers streamline their business processes," said Hamdi Osman, Regional Vice President, FedEx Middle East, Indian Sub-Continent and Africa. "By enabling our customers to manage their transactions efficiently and conduct the entire shipping process online, this tool can add value by helping them to save time and resources."
FedEx was the first express transportation company to have a presence on the Internet. Ever since its launch internationally in 1994, www.fedex.com has been acknowledged as one of the most popular and user-friendly sites on the Internet. Since then, it has been named as one of the "Top 100 Sites on the Web" in the commerce category by PC Magazine and selected by Yahoo! as one of the "25 Most Incredibly Useful Sites". FedEx also won the Best Transportation Web Site award in the Web Marketing Association's Web Awards for two consecutive years. According to Keynote, an Internet Performance Authority, www.fedex.com is one of the world's fastest Web sites.
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About FedEx Express:
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., connects areas that generate 90% of the world's gross domestic product in one to three business days with door-to-door, customs-cleared service and a money-back guarantee. The company's unmatched air route authorities and infrastructure make it the world's largest express transportation company, providing fast, reliable and time-definite transportation of approximately 3.2 million packages to 215 countries each working day. FedEx Express employs more than 137,000 employees and has approximately 50,000 drop-off locations, 663 aircraft and approximately 41,000 motorized vehicles in its integrated global network.
About FedEx:
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $27 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 250,000 employees and contractors to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. For more information, visit fedex.com.
* FedEx Invoice Online is a free service to all customers, subject to signing the FedEx Invoice Online license agreement, however, customers who already receive EDI invoicing are not eligible for the service.
© Press Release 2005
