3110 L1 Case Report: Southwest Airlines What is SWA’s competitive strategy? What does it take to execute the competitive strategy? The SWA has adopted ‘Cost Leadership’ as its competitive advantage. And it has achieved low cost through numerous ways. To commence with‚ the Southwest workforce routinely turn around an aircraft in only 15 minutes and its gates are manned by a single agent and have a ground crew of six or fewer‚ which are much lower than other airlines. In other words‚ the SWA needs
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external vendors. I believe most of you are wondering why we are planning on such move‚ let us look at the possible factors between internal and outsource of our aircraft maintenance process. A) Factors for continuing aircraft maintenance and outsourcing it Currently‚ by managing our aircraft maintenance internally‚ our maintenance crews are able to learn and co-train for each type of aircrafts; hence this helps to improve individual’s competencies and knowledge. However‚ last year’s finance
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CHAPTER 1 Business Process Outsourcings Business process outsourcing (BPO) is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions (or processes) to a third-party service provider. Originally‚ this was associated with manufacturing firms‚ such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments of its supply chain. In the contemporary context‚ it is primarily used to refer to the outsourcing of services. BPO is typically categorized
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The human resource department of any airline is the backbone of the organization. The employees in this department are responsible for multiple tasks. These tasks can range anywhere from hiring and firing employees to developing a training system for all airline pilots to go through. Working in the aviation industry has shown me many ways in which having a human resource department is vital to an organization’s success. The human resource department knows everything there is to know about how
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Alaska Airlines ran its business satisfied with complacency and dependent on customer loyalty and goodwill (Avolio‚ Patterson‚ & Baker‚ 2015). While Alaska Airlines was thinking the business could sustain this practice‚ many changes were occurring that would have a ripple effect and adversely affect the airline (Avolio‚ et al.‚ 2015). One executive stated it started as far back to 1999 when the airline was succeeding despite themselves due to fortuitous fuel costs and a good economy” (Avolio
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of Delta Airlines‚ along with an industry analysis of the airline industry. The report uses current and past financial and statistical data for the company along with other up to date material to determine Delta’s current market position and future potential. The report finds that Delta Airlines has successfully emerged from its bankruptcy in 2005 to report successful returns in both 2007 and 2008. With its 2008 acquisition of Northwest Airlines Delta became the world’s largest airline‚ further
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levels. Outsourcing became one of the most popular tools of business transformation in order to adapt to a new world and a highly competitive market. Let’s try to explore what outsourcing is; when it began and how it evolved; the main reasons behind outsourcing and its types; the consequences and main concerns about certain types of outsourcing. Finally‚ I will analyse the major positive and negative effects of outsourcing. What is outsourcing? According to Brown and Wilson (2005) outsourcing is when
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The article by Janet Byron Anderson titled “The Enigmatic Semicolon” encompasses the often purposeless and incorrect use of the semi colon in literature and other writing works. With that being said‚ the article begins by setting the general idea for the article by comparing the effect of a semi colon to that of a mermaid. Comparable to the confusion and offset direction a semi colon may subject a reader to‚ a mermaid is said to put sailors in a state of hypnosis eventually leading them to their
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Solaris of Solaris Seethes by Janet McNulty is a spaceship‚ and the only companion of her creator’s granddaughter‚ Rynah‚ after their home planet of Lanyr is destroyed. Unlike most spaceships‚ Solaris has a personality. More importantly‚ she has a plan: gather the heroes spoken of in ancient prophecy‚ restore Lanyr‚ and save the universe. She summons these four strangers from the past‚ present and future of Earth‚ a forgotten planet in a “primitive” sector of the galaxy: Solon the philosopher‚ Tom
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Solaris Seethes by Janet McNultey is the first book in the four-book Solaris Saga. Our story almost instantly tosses the reader into a tragic event of heartbreak and betrayal. Rynah’s fiance‚ Klanor‚ tricked her into thinking he loved her when‚ in reality‚ it was all just a large scheme to acquire a very powerful crystal that could ultimately destroy their entire planet. Bitter and seeking revenge‚ Rynah happens along one of her grandfather’s most prized creations: a spaceship complete with a hyper-intelligent
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