Increase speed while reducing inventory carrying costs. FedEx always has the right solution. Our customers expect our product right when they need it, and FedEx lets us meet their expectations. — J.H. "Ben" Hur, Manager, PI Group, Samsung Electronics Logistics Consumer electronics, from laptops to mobile phones, are some of today's most valuable goods, and they are also among the most perishable. Personal computers alone have been estimated to lose about two percent of their value each week after leaving the assembly plant. All the more reason for a manufacturer like Samsung to get components exactly where they're needed exactly when they're needed. FedEx Express helps Samsung ensure that supply matches demand by operating the industry's first direct flight between mainland China and Europe. The FedEx Express daily westbound around-the-world flight connects Shanghai, China, to Frankfurt, Germany, and North America. It allows Samsung to produce chips in China and deliver them quickly — and on short notice — to assembly lines in key manufacturing zones, making production more efficient. For Samsung, one of the world's leading producers of computer memory chips, digital TVs and mobile phones, the service helps avoid millions in inventory carrying costs.