...Ervianda 1406539601 1st Draft MOTORCYCLE TAXI SHOULD BE LEGAL AS A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN INDONESIA. Motorcycle taxi brings a lot of benefits that had never been provided by any other means of transportation. It offers innovative services that has never been thought of before by any other means of transportation, and could not be possibly be offered. Jakarta is notorious for it’s traffic jams. Motorcycles are one of the most efficient and convenient alternatives to get around the city compared to taxis. A motorcycle taxi service company, GOJEK, offers its customers a whole range of services starting from food delivery and courier services. These offers are not only pratical, but it basically revolutionized the way Jakartans perceive “Ojek”. Now it’s not only fast and cheap, it’s organized, reliable, safer than the most public transportation, such as Metromini, KPK, and taxi. Using those kind of public transportations only add to the traffic jam and you’re almost guaranteed to spend hours on the busy street in peak hours. Some people might say that motorcycles are not safe, considering the vehicles lacks protective structure and drivers who are sometimes crazy or notoriously reckless. This idea can be refuted by the reality that accidents and crime – related incidents are minimized in the pas few years by motorcycle taxi companies. How about people who also say that Transjakarta or Busway is more effective than motorcycle taxi as it holds lot of people in one bus. Well...
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...Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology October 26th, 2011 Aerial Capital Group (ACG) Organization Case Study DECLARATION This report is completed by Group 7 with five members all pursuing their Master of Engineering – Coursework degree. The organization was chosen with the consent of every member of the group and further each member was assigned an area to study to help contribute to the case study. Constant project meetings were held to make progressive outcomes for this case study updating information database from what had been accomplished since the last meeting and setting further tasks towards the final target. All references of published projects, data and facts had been verified before they were cited in this report. All members of the group contributed to the composition of this report. The task taken by each group members are as follows : Ravi Ochani worked on the details about the organization, its operational process and Scheduling techniques. Alaxandar Anandhan took up environmental background(internal & external) and Quality management followed in organization. Anith Abraham involved himself with the HR & Job Design and problem identification relating to the key 10 OM’s. Karthik Krishnanath was assigned with the Service Design, Inventory management and maintenance involved in the organization. Allah Bux took up the Layout and Location strategy. The solutions were discussed as a team and everyone’s opinion was considered before...
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...the companies get confronted with failure and huge losses. This essay will show a well example of an outstanding american company who did not satisfy the public opinion and failed partly while expanding in France. The above mentioned company is Uber Technologies Inc. Uber is the most popular mobile ride hail company in the world. It was founded by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp in 2009 in San Francisco. and now operates worldwide. The service of Uber is divided into three divisions: Uber Black, UberPop and Uber Taxi. There are different rates for the different services. Uber Black was the first offered service and it was concentrated primarly to have professional drivers in middle and upper class cars driving the customers. The company then soon expanded their service and offered an inexpensive service where people can offer their own cars and driving customers (Uber Pop). In some cities Uber has regular Taxis and Taxi drivers (Uber Taxi). Unlike conventional Taxis Uber cars are not recognizable as such. Contact between customers and drivers are only possible via the smartphone app or the website. It is extremely easy to use: Once you are a registered you can not only see where your Uber-driver is, but also how long the ride is expected to be and what it will cost. First a driver or private driver will be ordered. The way will...
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...in Singapore, a GPS based system like the iCall seemed like the perfect fit for Taiwan Taxi. The company had plans of expanding its membership to 20,000 and believed the iCall would help it achieve this goal. Unfortunately, the iCall did not bring the success that Taiwan Taxi hoped it would which left management questioning why the system worked so well in one country and not the other. The answer to this lies in the cultural differences and a lack of understanding of the Taiwan labor force that is currently working in the taxi industry. In order to successfully implement the iCall in Taiwan, management needs to tie value to the system in order to gain support from its employees and the public. This can be done internally through the use of incentive programs, as well as externally though marketing and advertising efforts focused on safety and efficiency. Problem Statement and Project Goals Management’s failure to understand cultural differences and their impact on the implementation of a GPS system in Taiwan has led to Taiwan Taxi’s failure in obtaining its 20,000 member goal. Analysis Management Taiwan Taxi based their implementation of the iCall after the success of a similar GPS system in Singapore. The company reasoned that since Singapore and Taiwan were similar in size and density that Taiwan would have equal success in the implementation of new technology in their taxi cabs. Management however, failed to realize that the severe cultural differences would...
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...INTRODUCTION Our group has chosen to cover the occupation of a taxi driver, Mr Chua Boon Teck, who drives a CityCab taxi that is under ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited. This essay will cover his job scope, identify the potential hazards using a risk and body map, and evaluate the risk using a risk matrix. Recommendations will also be made to reduce the risks and hazards that are identified. JOB SCOPE Mr Chua has three key tasks in his job. The first one is the daily checks required before operation to ensure that all taxi parts, such as the brake and windscreen wiper, are functioning well. The next key task is the routine maintenance of his taxi. This would include cleaning the interior and exterior, notifying the company’s mechanics of any problems, bringing it for servicing, and performing routine maintenance. Lastly, his main responsibility is to transport passengers safely to their destinations. The job requires Mr Chua to sit in his taxi and be on the road throughout his daily midnight shift of eight hours, between 4am to 1pm, with short breaks at his own time. As a taxi-driver, Mr Chua has to be familiar with the roads and landmarks in Singapore to increase his job efficiency. KEY HAZARDS AND ASSESSMENT OF RISKS As a taxi driver, Mr Chua is confined within his driver’s seat for long hours and constantly on the road, where accidents can happen anytime. Therefore, we will be analysing the risks and hazards from a macro and micro point of view. Macro hazards are...
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...our eyes throughout the story and all feelings and descriptions are from his point of view, which forces the reader to have certain impressions of the other characters. The story begins in medias res with Ian opening the door to his house finding an old alcoholic man standing on his doorstep. Ian reluctantly lets the man, Michael Phelps, into his house where Ian is alone with his daughter, Corinne, while his wife, Karen, is “staying at her mother’s for a while” (p. 2, l. 31). After asking the stranger a few questions including offering him a glass of water, Ian talks him into calling a taxi. While waiting for the taxi to arrive, Ian sees his chance to question Michael and it is revealed that Michael was associated with the former owners of Ian’s house. Ian also learns rather tragic information about Michael’s past with his family, when Michael tells Ian about his family’s rejection. When the taxi driver finally arrives and sees who his passenger is, he refuses to drive Michael. Back inside the house, Ian offers to follow Michael to his flat and therefore calls his wife to make her watch their daughter while he is out. Ian takes Michael to his filthy flat and the evening is finally over, as he returns home to his wife and daughter. The two characters, Ian and Michael, are both dealing with issues of their own, some more severe than others. Nevertheless, they are men of two completely different worlds. Ian is a loving father to his daughter Corinne. He seems to be a pleasant...
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... By the age of nine years Hinckley and his family had moved twice within the same State; however the second move at nine years of age seemed hard for Hinckley as he lost some of his friends and social status (Meyer, Chapman, & Weaver, 2009, p. 325). After graduating high school in 1973, he moved again to Colorado only to return in 1974 to attend college. Hinckley only attended college briefly as he struggled for the next six to seven years. Hinckley and Hollywood It was after his repeated attempts at college that he figured out that was not where he wanted to be and moved yet again to Hollywood to pursue another dream of becoming famous in the music industry in 1976. It was here in Hollywood that Hinckley saw a movie called “Taxi Driver” that...
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...ONLINE OJEK 1. Threat of entry For online motorcycle taxi, the threat of entry is high. There are some reasons which gives evidence to this reason: * There are many new online ojek : Online ojek owners need to think more as there are more numbers of non – Argo metered ojek and offline Argo metered ojek. Even though the ojek made new and better innovation, its competitors also made new and better innovation which made online ojek get pressured. This lead to high threat of entry as there is high competition among the ojek industry and better innovation from its competitors. * The best online ojek application : Online ojek compete among each other to make a simple, comfortable and good – featured application for their customers. As this happens, the online ojek owners need to make more creative and innovative application than the application which occurs now. The online ojek owners in this case need to make application with complete and unique features to make the consumers convenient, such as not only to order ojek, but also use for other services like delivering food and drink, ordering ticket, even until buying hand phone voucher or even token for electricity. This leads to high threat of entry as the ojek owner need to make more unique and more innovative application which many people like due to its easiness to access its complete feature. 2. Threat of substitutes Similar to the first one, the threat of substitute is also high. These are some reasons...
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...Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese’s, Taxi Driver is the definition of dark and gritty. The movie follows a military veteran, Travis Bickle, who lives in New York as he battles insomnia and some dark demons. Travis decides to become a taxi driver in order to make some extra money. Travis seems to have this infatuation with cleaning up the streets of New York from the filth and scum. Travis records his accounts and thoughts daily in his diary. Travis decides to work the worst neighborhoods in New York; just adding to his hatred of the drug dealers and prostitutes who run free. The film has its moments that are a bit awkward. Like Travis’s unhealthy obsession with porn theaters. Later in the film, Travis becomes obsessed with a girl who works as a campaign volunteer, Becky. After a misunderstanding between them and she no longer wants to see Travis, he comes enraged. I thought the movie could not get any darker, but Travis begins to train and mold his body to what I would assume is a killing machine. I suppose he saw himself as a super hero sent to clean up the streets of New York. He begins to purchase fire arms and train with them regularly. Along the film, he meets a young girl by the name of Iris, who is caught up in a prostitution ring. Travis becomes determined to free her of her abusers and after a violent shootout between her pimps, he is able to rescue her. I enjoyed the film very much. At first, I just thought it was going to be a memoir of a lonely New York taxi driver. As...
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...of the most untouched and rawest areas in the world – on a whim. I had arranged an internship with an Englishman by the name of Geoff who was doing his best to extend a helping hand to the locals, but this was the only security and comfort I had, and any other arrangements would be made by myself alone. What we did all have in common though, was that we had absolutely no idea what to expect! Touchdown. An hour of queuing for Passport control and Luggage claims and I had arrived. It wasn’t the sweltering heat or the fact that Lilongwe airport resembled more of a disused Primary school that sticks in my mind about my arrival, it was the Smiles. The most honest, genuine smiles in all the world. The taxi Journey to my camp for the night was like an interrogation. I bombarded the taxi driver with questions about every aspect of my new environment. I wanted to know everything! “Why was that man giving that goat a piggy back?”, “Is that the school that Madonna is...
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...DEA DESCRIPTION- GAS SERVICE DELIVERY We are providing durable, reliable and affordable to users of gas. Our service delivery would want to make gas readily available to these users for domestic, transport (like some taxi drivers) and commercial activities. This service creates an environment for taxi drivers to switch to gas instead of relying on petrol, hence, bringing change to the transport system. Product concept Concept A We provide the fastest –gas delivery service to your door step. You make the call, we get to you door step in seconds. You are concern about time; we make way for you to focus on your most pressing needs while we focus on providing clean and long lasting gas supply to you for various activities. Our 24/7 guaranteed services (with holiday inclusive) will lead to readily available service to customers, thus, constant supply of gas. We exchange our fully filled gas for your unfilled gas cylinder, so that there’ll be gas always available to use at the workplace, homes and other places. Concept B We provide the fastest –gas delivery service to your door step. You make the call, we get to you door step in seconds. We fill your gas cylinders to the brim and have a long last usage of the gas, all at an affordable price. Taxi drivers using gas are no exceptions. Our 24/7 guaranteed services (with holiday inclusive) will lead to readily available service to customers, thus, constant supply of gas. We exchange our fully filled gas for your unfilled gas...
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...My Son the Fanatic Short story by Hanif Kureishi * The narrative deals with the problems of Parvez, who has migrated to England with his son Ali. Parvez worries because Ali’s behavior has changed significantly. Early in the story, Parvez is afraid of discussing his worries with his friends because his son has always been a kind of showpiece son. Eventually, Parvez breaks his silence and tells them how his son has changed, hoping to receive some advice. After having a short conversation, they come to the conclusion that his son might be addicted to drugs and that he sells his things to earn money to buy drugs. After this meeting, Parvez goes to his taxi to drive home. But in his car he finds Bettina, a prostitute, who drives with Parvez very often and has become a confidante. Since Parvez has defended Bettina from a client who had attacked her, they take care of each other. Parvez tells Bettina what he has observed and that he and his friends assume that his son does all these strange things because he is drug addicted. Bettina instructs Parvez on how he has to observe his son to find out if there is anything physically wrong with him. However, after a few days of observations Parvez decides that his son appears totally healthy. The only physical change Parvez observes is that Ali is growing a beard. And it turns out that his son does not sell his things. He just gives them away. * Parvez notices that Ali prays five times a day, although he had not been brought up to be...
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...(Vanity Fair). Service The mobile application which is compatible on Android, iOS and Windows Phone enables riders to connect with drivers using their phones GPS capabilities. Thus, allowing both parties to know their locations and eliminating the question of when the ride will actually arrive. Payments are made through the mobile application via credit card – all in the background and completely cashless. Uber operates in 45 countries and cities from Abu Dhabi to Zurich. Furthermore, Uber offers this particular service at different levels:- UberX - which runs daily with economical cars that can seat up to four passengers and costs relatively lower than a taxi UberXL - which runs daily as well with economical cars however, it can seat up to 7 passengers. Thus, resulting in a cost that almost matches what a taxi would charge. UberBlack - which costs more because of the high-end town cars with professional drivers UberSUV – which charges a premium for larger vehicles UberLUX – which is the top of the line option. Customers will be able to ride in luxury cars such as Porsche and BMW 7 series sedans. UberEATS – a different concept launched by Uber recently, which...
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...lived about 30 minutes from the city centre and regularly got public transport in to the city for nights out. To get home A would share taxis with her friends who would get out at different stops along the way. A had experienced the journey home dozens of times and knew how long the journey should take. A was the last stop and was responsible for paying the taxi driver at the end of the evening. After A’s night had ended, as usual she joined her friends in finding a taxi to take her and her friends home. A and her friends found a taxi and agreed a price for the journey. A told the driver that they had half the cost in cash, but that A would withdraw the rest of the cash from the cash machine at the top of her road. A and her friends were actually putting themselves at risk by not pre-booking a taxi (finding a taxi on the street invalidates the taxi drivers’ insurance). A and her friends did not think anything of it; they were not particularly drunk, they just didn’t pay attention. There was only two stops that evening, A’s friend first and then A. After dropping A’s friend off safely at home, A was alone in the taxi. The taxi driver drove around a mile down the road and suddenly pulled over. He aggressively demanded full upfront payment from A. She reminded the taxi driver of their prior arrangement but he insisted on the money. The taxi driver got out of the car and locked A inside. During this time, he made a phone-call on his mobile phone and A overheard him arranging a...
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...Case Study Professor K Seung Joon Choi 32122606 Won Seuk Cho 32122603 Minh Nguyen 32145346 Yong Beom Park 32122594 4-29 Based on the Hotel Paris's competitive strategy "to use superior guest service to differentiate the Hotel Paris properties, I suggest these employee behaviors important for the Hotel Paris's staff to exhibit. 1. Employees show positive energy and be friendly with guests all the time, always look and talk to guests with a smile. Welcome guests with warm greetings, and end conversation with 'thank you'. 2. Employees remain calm and be supportive to guests regardless of situation. Know the standard of behaviors for various situations. Example: when guests are not happy, when guests have problems, etc. 3. Employees are ready to help/back up one another if needed, ready to collaborate to deliver superior value to guests. 4. Employees know how to deal with the unexpected, be aware of when, where, and who to call for help depending on the situation. For example: Know how to provide first-aid, call ambulance, how to evacuate people in case of fire, etc. 5. Employees are knowledgeable, know general information about the city, be able to suggest tourist information, where to eat, shop, as well as leisure activities and events going on in the city. Employees are encouraged to know a second/third language. 6. Employees know how to go beyond what is asked in a gentle and proper way to make memorable stay for guests. Example: Provide flower bouquet for wedding couples, small...
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