Group Research Project Sean Sullivan Glen Maguire Conor Reddington Contents Section 1: Background of the Organisation History-Airbus Products and Markets-Airbus Snapshot of current Operations-Airbus Future Prospects of Airbus Section 2 : Questions about Organisation –Airbus Section 3 : Bibliography Airbus history Airbus was formally agreed in 1967. Ministers from France‚ Germany‚ and Britain agreed “for the purpose of strengthening European co-operation
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Introduction Background of Airbus Corporation Airbus began as a consortium of aerospace manufacturers. Consolidation of European defence and aerospace companies around the turn of the century allowed the establishment of a simplified joint stock company in 2001‚ owned by EADS (80%) and BAE Systems (20%). After a protracted sales process BAE sold its shareholding to EADS on 13 October 2006. Airbus employs around 57‚000 people at sixteen sites in four European Union countries: Germany‚ France‚ the
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CLASSIFICATION Impact on Impact on Impact on Impact on Effect on Category Impact on flight OPS line maintenance shop maintenance environment flight PAX comfort : : : : : : : Low Medium Medium None None Economic Low RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION Airbus OPS documentation Airbus Maintenance documentation Other documentation CONSEQUENCE : The valve failure can generate: - PACK REGUL FAULT ECAM Warning associated to Bypass valve fault message when BPV is faulty‚ - COND TRIM SYST FAULT Ecam Warning associated
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Structure and Process: 1. Organizational Structure: Airbus utilizes a vertical hierarchical configuration of departments‚ authority and job within the company. Refer to figure 9.1. Airbus organizational structure “aims to fully integrate the functions at Airbus‚ by implementing transnational organizations for industrial operations‚ programs and procurement” (Karp). According to the C.E.O he state that his structures objective is “to make Airbus a real ’architect and integrator’ in airliner development
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55‚000 employees from over 80 different nations. This has however caused some issues within the organization also‚ as was the case in this case study. This particular case highlights the problems that arose within Airbus during the construction of it’s line of A380 Aircrafts where Airbus lost 2 Billion euros. Cross-cultural differences between French and German workers created an atmosphere of dis-trust amongst workers that can be relayed back to decisions made within management that could have
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Case Study: Airbus A3XX 1. Airbus considers building the A3XX a great opportunity to help the company enters VLA market‚ in order to increase competitive ability and make profits. There are three main perspectives to support this project: (1). A3XXX is the solution to meet increasing demand; As for increasing the according carrying capacity‚ Airbus believes that it is more realistic to develop “Very Large Aircraft” rather than to increase aircrafts frequency or to enlarge airport size. Industry
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2/7/2014 Airbus case study Airbus case study Introduction (Facts). Airbus is the company that deals with the manufacturing of aircrafts in the market. It was formally established in 1970 as a European consortium. It has a head office in Toulouse; France operates out of over 160 international locations. It include 16 main development and manufacturing sites in France‚ UK‚ Germany & Spain and three wholly owned subsidiaries in China‚ Japan and North America. The Airbus benefits from a
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Porter’s Five forces Porter’s five forces tool will assist in analysing the competitive nature of the airline industry in order to assess the position of Flyafrica. This will enable FlyAfrica to make strategic decisions in order to increase geographical presence and profitability. Entry Barriers (Threat of new entrance) Threat of New Entrants This aspect has a low threat for the Zimbabwean airline industry because there are extremely low switching costs. Additionally‚ there are no proprietary
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Strategic Management Airbus Analysis Executive Summary The goal of the following report is to provide a detailed analysis of Airbus using the following analytical tools: PESTEL‚ Stakeholder‚ SWOT‚ Porters Five Forces‚ VRINE‚ and Porters model of competitive advantage. In this report I will describe how each analysis supports the decisions of Airbus and helps identify any problems or issues facing Airbus based on the outcome of each analysis. This report
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there are concerns of high surge in fuel costs. The two market leaders Boeing and Airbus are gearing up to achieve greater market share by aggressive marketing and product innovations. As the market is duopolistic in nature‚ the rivalry between the two market leaders is on the rise‚ in their quest to attain leadership in the markets. An attempt is made here to perform a detailed analysis of key strengths of Airbus industry and recommend various strategic measures in order to overcome their problems
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