HKU820 BENJAMIN YEN AVIATION SPARE PARTS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OPTIMISATION AT CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED We have 2½ billion Hong Kong dollars worth of spare parts on our shelves. Managing these spare parts effectively is instrumental in ensuring the efficient operations of our airline. This presents a significant challenge to the engineering department. - Robert Taylor‚ manager of inventory operations‚ Cathay Pacific1 A profitable and financially sound commercial airline‚ Cathay
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within 1983 and 1987 and requested that his outside employment be credited towards the completion of the initial apprenticeship program. The company denied the employees request. April 10‚ 1987 the Union filed a grievance against the company decision and the company also denied the April 1987 grievance stating that it was a binding arbitration. 2. Discuss and give your analysis of the case. A). The Union argues that the company has previously credited employee’s the time worked with other
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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps The Boeing B-17 bomber was an innovative plane introduced by the United States military in 1938. It was the most durable plane of World War II‚ and completed many successful missions in its ten-year commission. This four-engine bomber was developed for the United States Army Air Corps -4000 pounds of bombs -it can go at least 2000 miles -eight 50-calliber machine
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Business Decision Making Project‚ Part 2 Alyssa Hodgerney QNT/295 January 19‚ 2015 Negussie Nega Business Decision Making Project‚ Part 2 Based on the discussion with my learning team of the milk plant business problem‚ there is a variety of different products that are output from the plant. The amount of product that is produced everyday varies on what they are processing on that given day. The products that are produced are varieties of different milk‚ half and half‚ and manufacturing cream
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Evaluation of future development strategies for Boeing and Airbus Seminar Paper Transportation University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur Dr. Oec. HSG Andreas Wittmer 15th January 2010 Wanner Marco‚ Haag Marius‚ Mäder Liliane‚ Tinu Joseph & Schuler Christoph Table of contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Delimitation .......................................................................
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Development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Introduction In 2003‚ Boeing launched a project to build a new airframe that had the original designation of 7E7 Dreamliner. In January 2005‚ the aircraft was redesigned the 787 Dreamliner. Boeing’s intent was to utilize new technology and procurement processes to build two versions of the aircraft. The 787-8 was designed to carry 210 to 250 passengers on routes of 7‚650 to 8‚200 nautical miles and the stretch version (787-9) was designed to transport
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Airbus and Boeing - Aircraft Manufactures of all time The ultimate goal of any industry is to increase its revenue. Such is the case for the airline craft manufacturing industry as well. To the underlying structure of this aircraft manufacturing industry Five force analysis will help us indicate if firms will face strong or weak competitive forces. Let us use the five force framework to help identify the key structural features of industries that determine the strength of the competitive forces
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Boeing engineers union rejects contract offer Negotiations between Boeing and SPEEA began April 19. In the weeks since then‚ the company and union have continued to meet on a regular basis‚ focusing on specific issues each week. One SPEEA contract covers 23‚000 professional engineers in Puget Sound‚ Portland and Ogden‚ Utah; the other covers technical workers in Puget Sound and Portland. The two contracts are similar in many respects but not identical. Main issues included wage pools‚ medical
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of Boeing‚ manufactures their aeronautical components throughout Europe and consequently assembles them at a single location; this method provided Airbus with a significant increase in production capabilities. Boeing‚ following the Airbus manufacturing strategy‚ intended to achieve the same productivity benefits through a globalized component manufacturing strategy for the 787 Dreamliner‚ the company’s latest model. As a result of the competition between this two aeronautical titans‚ Boeing adopted
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BOEING CASE STUDY Studied by: Abdul Qureshi Durgesh Patel Kunal Sanghvi Executive Summary: Boeing has changed in every way in the past couple of decades and it is now one of the most successful aircraft companies in the world. The company leads the industry with technology and innovation. In the long run‚ success was rewarding yet very hard to achieve. The multibillion dollar company faced many challenges as it matured throughout past few decades. Boeing has clearly gone through many strategic
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