Industry IT Survey Project For Southwest Airlines Prepared for Rick‚ Turley CIS600: Information Technology and Project Management Prepared by Amr‚ Mutlaq Colorado State University April‚ 17th‚ 2013 Overview Southwest Airlines Co is a major U.S airline and the world’s largest low-cost carrier‚ headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. It was established in 1967 and adopted its current name in 1971. The airline has more than 46‚000 employees as of August 2012 and operates more than 3‚400
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Boeing Everett * Introduction * Lean Efforts * 777 Floor Grid Component Delivery Improvements * 747 Line Side Supply and Simplified Ordering System * Chemical Point of Use Stations * 767 & 747 Wing Seal Moving Lines * 747 Horizontal Stabilizer Project Introduction Boeing is implementing Lean projects in various ways throughout its Everett Plant. The Company created an overall Lean Group to assist in the development and implementation of Lean initiatives throughout the
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Porter’s five forces framework 1. The threat of new entrants. In terms of economies of scale‚ Southwest fleet grew to 537 Boeing 737 aircraft providing service to 64 cities in 32 states throughout the United States‚ with 397 city pairs being served nonstop‚ by the end of 2008‚ thus has reached sufficient economies of scale. And Southwest Airline gains its cost advantage through the implementation of “low-cost strategy”. It not only flew planes point-to-point—short-haul flights bypassing the
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Airlines) Established: 2001 Headquarters: Sao Paulo‚ Brazil Fleet: 127 airplanes‚ all 737s‚ including 737-300s and Next- Generation -700s and -800s. Customer base: Using a discount model similar to Southwest Airlines in the U.S. GOL holds about 35 to 40 percent of the domestic air travel market. Since launching operations‚ GOL has been South America’s fastest-growing airline. GOL’s initial fleet: 25 Boeing 737 series flying to 40 destinations In 2004 GOL entered into two capital markets: The New
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destination. It flies to smaller airports with less traffic. It does not transfer luggage to other airlines "interline baggage". Only drinks and snacks were served. It achieved excellent and populous labor/union relationship. Southwest only flew Boeing 737 jets. It achieved minimum "turn" time. Cost Control: Southwest supported that: "Airlines don’t have revenue problems‚ they have cost problems". Cost cutting: Pilots help with new ideas
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The Boeing 7E7 Boeing is one of the largest and one of the most well-know companies for their aerospace developments in the commercial airplane and integrated defense systems markets. At this time the company currently lost its number one position in the commercial airplane market to Airbus‚ whom has over 50% market share in units sold and in dollar value of sales received. Boeing’s company is composed 54% from their commercial segment and 46% from their defense system segment. Earlier this year
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create the best and safest aircraft. Airbus’ corporate values are; youth development‚ environment – biodiversity program and humanitarian and community support. Both company’s mission statements are similar in that they talk about their products‚ but Boeing also includes information on the countries that they are supporting through export‚ information on their employees and on their leadership. Airbus’ vision statement is just about their product where Boeing’s is about being a great‚ strong aerospace-based
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Southwest Value Chain Analysis Outcomes / Accomplishments: low price‚ convenience service‚ customer loyalty low turnover & low costs‚ great union relationships‚ customers are brand ambassadors. Southwest Airlines (SWA) is consistent in their culture‚ business model‚ and customer interactions and engagement‚ all collectively reducing costs and enabling their point-to-point‚ efficient‚ low cost‚ friendly service. Their culture favors personal connection‚ community‚ recognition‚ support‚ and
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Southwest Airlines Case Analysis Problem As a fledgling operation‚ how does a startup company compete within an established market in terms of price‚ performance and promotion Issues On February 1‚ 1973 Braniff airlines announced a half-price “Get Acquainted Sale” on all flights between Dallas and Houston. This was Southwest Airlines most profitable route. Southwest had to decide how to respond to Braniff Airlines move. Southwest Airlines is a startup business * They faced barriers to
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Southwest Airline Case ¨C Executive Summary Introduction in 1971‚ Herbert D. Kelleher with other few business partners started an Airline services. Up till 1991‚ Southwest served low-fair air transportation among 32 cities in 14 states with over 20 million customers annually in the United States. Although the industry suffered a major blow from the unfavorable economic conditions‚ the company was still holding strong; while other airline companies were in debt. The major success to their continued
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