Case Study of Airbus Amy West‚ Kylie Herriman‚ Gerrie Johnson‚ Ruth Littleton OPS/571 November 14‚ 2011 Doug Spunaugle Case Study of Airbus Introduction Airbus was first established as a consortium in 1967 when the French‚ German‚ and British government created a consortium to build European aircrafts. The originating goal was to challenge the American domination in the aerospace industry. They are headquartered in Toulouse‚ France
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could pose as a strategic opportunity for Airbus which it could utilize to build a competitive advantage combined with its technological resources and capabilities. However‚ its assumptions of a drastic increase in VLAs demanded in next 20 years along with its ability to satisfy most of this are too optimistic. Provided that these assumptions (inc. breakeven points‚ initial order requirements) are normalized‚ A3XX is a project worthy to pursue for Airbus in order to exploit a neglected spot on the
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In the Airbus case we are faced with a capital budgeting decision. It is the planning process used to determine whether a firm’s long term investments such as new machinery‚ replacement machinery‚ new plants‚ new products‚ and research development projects are worth pursuing. It is budget for major capital‚ or investment‚ expenditures. Capital budgeting decisions are crucial to a firm’s success for several reasons. First‚ capital expenditures typically require large outlays of funds. Second‚ firms
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Airbus A3XX case study Group E10‚ MBA 2011 Airbus A3XX case study‚ Group E10 Airbus objectives Both Airbus and Boeing‚ as well as industry experts expected worldwide passenger traffic to grow at an average annual growth rate of 4.8-4.9% for the next 20 years (up until 2019). Given that the traffic was expected to almost triple in volume‚ both manufacturers expected a significant increase in aircraft sales‚ although their views on the market structure were different. Airbus expected hub-to-hub
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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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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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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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Airbus’s success has been it’s employment of over 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
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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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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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