...Boeing Australia Limited Executive Summary My decision is to continue on the same course that Boeing Australia Limited (BAL) is on. I feel, after reading this case study that BAL has been on the correct path with regard to building their systems architecture. There is a need for a more sophisticated procurement process and the issue of a procurement application may be easily found. The key is the process by which BAL has implemented all other IT applications, they have been very successful. They are thorough and have processes in place to rationalize whether a new by-in application or an in-house developed program would be best. My thought is that at least one, if not more; of the current systems have an appropriate off the shelf application that would work for BAL’s procurement needs. Further investigation through the Materials Management Process Council should reveal an appropriate tool for BAL to use. In this case study I will outline the reasons for my decision and some of the potential cost savings involved. Statement of Issues The main issue of this case is to buy a new e-procurement application or to continue to wait for the best case scenario application to come along. It is an important decision that affects many aspects of the business. The potential to lose a client or a critical supplier is possible during this process. An in depth analysis of the situation must be conducted prior to any move toward a process change. Initially, change is difficult in...
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...Options Recommendation and Implementation Monitor and control Conclusion Executive Summary Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined, providing products and tailored services to airlines and U.S. and allied armed forces around the world. BAL’s capabilities include rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch systems and advanced information and communication systems. BAL’s reach extends to customers in more than 90 countries around the world, and they are a leading U.S. exporter in terms of sales. With corporate offices in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 159,300 people in 49 American states and 70 countries. Their enterprise also leverages on talents of hundreds of thousands more people working for Boeing suppliers worldwide. BAL however faced difficulties as it sought to upgrade its procurement systems and processes to improve operations. Russell, the new National Procurement Manager on realizing the new opportunities available through e-business technology, Russell needed to decide what BAL’s next step should be, should BAL invest in new system that would simplify procurement processes; should BAL sit on the fence? I am Russell Menere, the National Procurement Manager for Boeing Australia Limited (BAL)., my decision is to recommend that BAL pursue a cost effective e-procurement system that will interface with the legacy...
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...topic uploaded? Give us your contact info and we’ll get back soon with details. — Ashish Michael First Name *[pic]Last Name *[pic]Work Email *[pic]Phone *[pic] Address *[pic]City *[pic]Zip code *[pic]State *[pic]Country *[pic]Message[pic][pic][pic] [pic][pic]Cancel Bottom of Form Sending [pic] Your info has been sent to Ashish Michael. Loading [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] ‹› [pic]Case analysis boeing 787Document Transcript 1. ASHISH JUDE MICHAEL What went wrong? Boeing 787: Dreamliner A detailed analysis of issues causing delay of Boeing 787 and suggesting a model which would had prevented these issues. (This case analysis is only for academic purpose) P G P E x 2 0 1 2 -‐ 1 3 I I M S h i l l o n g Boeing 787:Case Analysis 2. 2 Boeing 787:Case Analysis Introduction (Extract from Case): In April 2008, Boeing confirmed a delay in the 787-‐airplane...
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...Qantas Airway Strategic Management BUSM 3125 Group Assignment 2 Jonathon Reid Sindra Hao Ming Lee – S3301727 Table of Content Executive Summary 3 Background Information 4 SWOT Analysis 5 PESTEL Framework Analysis 6 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 9 Qantas’ Strategic Capabilities 12 VRIN Model 14 Qantas’ Value Chain 16 Qantas’ Generic Strategies 17 Conclusion 19 Reference List 20 Executive Summary This report is going to provide a fundamental analysis inboth external and internal factors that influence Qantas Airway in competing in the aviation industry. The PESTEL framework is applied to identify how issues in the political, economic, social,technological, environmental...
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...(Johnson, Whittington & Scholes 2011). The external analysis is essential to determine Qantas’ opportunities and threats. Whereas the internal analysis includes understanding Qantas’ resources and competences that are likely to provide sustainable competitive advantage, identifying Qantas’ competitive position using VRIN model (value, rarity, inimitability and non-substitutability), examining Qantas value chain analysis by evaluating the primary and support activities that the company performs and analysing its weakness and strengths. Finally, Qantas’ generic business strategies are also going to be examined by analysing it strategic statement and objective. Background Information Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited) is...
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...The Boeing Company 2010 Annual Report At Boeing, we aspire to be the strongest, best and best-integrated aerospace-based company in the world — for today and tomorrow. The Boeing Company Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in more than 90 countries. Our products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training. With corporate offices in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 160,000 people across the United States and in 70 countries. Our leadership is strengthened further by hundreds of thousands of people who work for Boeing suppliers worldwide. Contents Operational Summary Message From Our Chairman The Executive Council Financial Results Form 10-K Selected Programs, Products and Services Shareholder Information Board of Directors Company Officers 1 2 7 8 9 134 141 142 142 Cover photo: 787 Dreamliner in flight test Photo above: F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strength Operational Summary Q Earned net income of $3.3 billion, or $4.46 per share, compared with $1.3 billion, or $1.87 per share, in 2009. Q Delivered 115 production military aircraft, two launch vehicles and four satellites, and increased backlog...
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...Write up on Case Study of Air India Airlines Group Members: Anukriti Dave Nitu Thomas Vishwa Patel Air Indian Airlines into trouble 1. Introduction Success of the Airline Industry depends on cordial relationship between the employers and the employees. Inflexibilities in deployment of the workforce, supported by rigidity in labor legislation, have all added to the woes and have now begun to affect employment generation as well. All these changes are believed to have impacted employment and employee relations and therefore, resulted in catastrophic breakdowns in industrial relations across the country. Being held at a time when the business scenario is proving to be a challenge for both employees and employers as businesses come under increasing pressure to keep stakeholders satisfied. These changes have implications both for the organization and the employees. As a consequence the nature of relationship between the employees and the employer is impacted. Industrial disputes are a menace to industry and society. Managing an Airline is unique and challenging, the quality of services of Airline heavily depends on the quality of human resource it deploys. Airline companies must have potential human resource policies that help the organization to attain its goals, enable it to employ the skills and abilities of the workforce efficiently, assist to bring about employees job satisfaction and self-actualization and establishing and maintaining harmonious Employer-Employee Relations...
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...Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool, the Straits Steamship of Singapore and Imperial Airways led to a proposal to the Colonial Straits Settlement government to run an air service between Penang and Singapore. The result was the incorporation of Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) on 12 October 1937. On 2 April 1947, MAL took to the skies with its first commercial flight as the national airline. Fuelled by a young and dynamic team of visionaries, the domestic carrier turned into an international airline in less than a decade. With the formation of Malaysia in 1963, the airline changed its name to Malaysian Airlines Limited. Soon after, Borneo Airways was incorporated into MAL. Within 20 years, MAL grew from a single aircraft operator into a company with 2,400 employees and a fleet operator using the then latest Comet IV jet aircraft, six F27s, eight DCs and two Pioneers. In 1965, with the separation of Singapore from Malaysia, MAL became a bi-national airline and was renamed Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA). A new logo was introduced and the airline grew exponentially with new services to Perth, Taipei, Rome and London. However, in 1972, the partners went separate ways. Malaysia introduced Malaysian Airline Limited, which was subsequently renamed Malaysian Airline System and took to the skies on 1 October 1972. It was later branded Malaysia Airlines and continues to be the country’s national flag carrier. Malaysia Airlines achieved a significant milestone in 2012 when it...
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...Business Proposal Professional Development II Prepared by: Casey Foo Don Lin Karen Lim Kim Hong Lawrence Lim 1 Executive Summary The airline industry is not young, and if it is not because of budget airlines who revolutionized how the industry works in terms of pricing strategies and marketing, it is honestly quite boring to fly! Since the September 11 attacks, airports around the world, including Australia has stepped up security measures extensively, which adds to the ʻhecticʼ experience of air travel. This is exactly the phenomenon what our proposal, called the WonderFlight program intends to address, by bringing our customersʼ flying experience to the next level. WonderFlight aims to bring our customersʼ flying experience to the next level by introducing themes into selected domestic B737-700 flights and each theme changes every three months. To start with, the launching theme would be Lady Gaga. For each WonderFlight, our flight attendants will dress up according to the theme and perform the usual in flight services such as serving meals & beverages. Passengers may also opt to take polaroid pictures on board with our well dressed flight attendants with a charge. On top of that, a custom flight safety demonstration will also be performed by our flight attendants according to the theme to encourage our customers of their interests in the safety features of the aircraft. Famous hits of that theme will also be played on-board to generate a fun and party going atmosphere. Passengers...
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...Strategic Management Group Project Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited Instructor: Mr. Audun Fiskerud Presented by: Mikael Tving Therkildsen - Jacob Brodersen – Jonas Ravn Nielsen - Gary Chuyu Fang Executive summary This report strategically analyses the Strategy Business Unit (SBU), passenger transfer service, for Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited. The strategic analysis contains investigation of certain key business areas of Virgin Atlantic, such as: defining whom the Virgin Atlantic customer is; understanding of the external environment issues of the airline industry; competitor analysis, and analysis of the Human Resources within the organization. Through the analysis of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited, some issues for the company were uncovered. Especially two main issues should be considered as potential problems for Virgin Atlantic’s business unit and so action needs to be taken within these areas: 1. Lacking economy of scale (size of the company). 2. Increasing environmental awareness among customers. 1. Virgin Atlantic lacks economy of scale because of the size of the company and limited routes available. To be able to compete effectively and gain greater profits through economy of scale, Virgin Atlantic has to expand by opening new routes. The implementation of this will require strategic financial planning and adjustment of the company structure. It is likely that this process will take several years; however, this change is necessary to increase Virgin...
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...Qantas Airways Ltd: A case study for Financial Statement Analysis Peter Wells* and Anna Wright. 12 February 2004 Not to be used or cited without the permission of the authors * Corresponding author: School of Accounting, University of Technology, Sydney, Broadway NSW 2007 Australia Tel: 61-2-9514 5295 Fax: 61-2-9514 5515 Email: peter.wells@uts.edu.au 6. Financial Analysis The aim of financial analysis is to present and summarise information contained in the financial statements in a manner that facilitates an understanding of the activities of the firm, and ultimately, forecasting future period financial statements. 6.1 Reformatting of financial statements A major problem with general purpose financial reports is the intertwining of the operating (and investing) and financing activities of the firm. Furthermore in the accounting analysis previously undertaken (section 5) accounting practices will be identified that are considered inappropriate or that obscure actual firm performance. These issues can be addressed through the reformatting or recasting of the financial statements of the firm. A consequence of the intertwining of the operating and financial activities of the firm is that summary measures of firm performance will reflect both operating and financial activities and management decisions, with this making interpretation of such measures problematic. Accordingly, a necessary first stage of financial analysis is the separation of...
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...INTRODUCTION Qantas is the acronym of the Queensland and Northern Territory Air Services. Qantas is the world's second oldest airline and was founded in the Queensland outback in 1920. It is Australia’s largest domestic and international airline and is recognised as one of the world's leading long distance carriers. It has pioneered services from Australia to North America and Europe. The Qantas Group today employs approximately 32,500 people and offers services across a network spanning 182 destinations in 44 countries (including those covered by codeshare partners) in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. [16] The Qantas Group’s main business lies in the transportation of passengers via two complementary airline brands – Qantas and Jetstar. The Sub-divisions of the brands are shown in the figure below: In addition to the airline brands, the Qantas Group operates Qantas Frequent Flyer and Qantas Freight. The Group has additional equity interests in airline and airline-related businesses. Qantas is also a partner with Australia Post in two jointly controlled entities: Australian air Express and Star Track Express, a national road freight business. [12] The Qantas Group’s long term vision is ‘to operate the world’s best premium airline, Qantas, and the world’s best low fares carrier, Jetstar.’ [13] To achieve this, the Group is focused on five key elements: * Safety is our first priority * Right aircraft, right...
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...enjoy through working two jobs, on a regular roster. I enjoy cultural activities with friends in Sydney and regularly getting to the beach for a swim. Australia is a beautiful country which allows me to enjoy the sun and beach on a regular basis. A combination of flexibility and structure allows me to financially support myself while studying full-time; work is enjoyable and adds to my social and physical well-being. The flexibility in university and work allows me to catch up with friends regularly, while maintaining my financial independence. The political environment enhances my wellbeing by provide an avenue to defer my university fees until I graduate and get a job. Risk is considered the probability of a specific loss of worth, against the prospect of gaining value through the intentional interaction with uncertainty (Slovic, 2000). Risk is associated with a given action and/or inaction, of a foreseen/unforeseen nature that can result in a loss or gain in regards to financial wealth or physical health. Slovic (2000) expresses that all human interactions carry some risk, but the degree of risk depends on the situation and the perception of its severity. An illustration of risk involves the possibility of massive technical failures in the production of a deliverable; in the case of Boeing 787, the company faced delaying issues in product development, generating massive losses through compensation measures, after product was not delivered...
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...externally with every Southwest Customer” Objectives Strategy The strategy that Southwest Airlines should use in order to continue its success is also based on the “Short-Haul” strategy. The difference is that the strategy must be inter-converted. Southwest can try its best to duplicate its “Short-Haul” strategy globally. For instance, it can do exactly the same business with the same strategy once again. But this time, Southwest has to do it in every part of the world. For instance, Southwest can expand its business in France, Germany, Australia, Russia, China, Japan, Poland, Greece, etc. All Southwest has to do is doing “Short-Haul” business in all the countries. Once the “Short-Haul” strategy has spread to almost all the nations with economic prosperity, Southwest can start its “Long-Haul” strategy. Its global network will be linked like the solid structure of an atom, from Russia to Germany, Germany to France, France to Australia, Australia to China, and China to...
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...Global Partnering: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Story? VERSION 1.2 This case was prepared using publicly available information by Sveinn Vidar Gudmundsson, Professor, Toulouse Business School, France. It is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Copyright © 2015 S V Gudmundsson, Toulouse, France. Global Partnering: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Story? C28-1-2015-1.1 "In retrospect, our 787 game plan may have been overly ambitious, incorporating too many firsts all at once -- in the application of new technologies, in revolutionary design-and-build processes, and in increased global sourcing of engineering and manufacturing content." Boeing CEO, Jim McNerney Speech in the Wings Club of New York on November 11, 2014 When giants learn to dance The world's second-largest commercial aircraft-maker, Boeing a Chicago-based aerospace giant, was founded in 1916 in Seattle by William Boeing. In 2013 the company earned $86.623 billion in combined sales for defense and commercial aircraft divisions. The U.S. aerospace industry achieved $273 billion in sales in 2013.1 All told, Boeing and its subsidiaries employ 168,000 (160.000 in 2009) people. Boeing is the 24th largest U.S. employer, including private companies and government. Boeing, with almost half of its workforce located in Seattle, was adamant that modern economics dictate a new strategic model for the company,...
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