box” to come up with new products and better ways of doing things. For example‚ when Southwest Airlines wanted to improve the turnaround of its aircraft at airports‚ it did not examine other airline’s practices but went to the Indianapolis 500 to watch how pit crews fuel and service race cars in a matter of seconds. The result was that Southwest was able to cut its turnaround time by 50 percent. Such a drastic increase in productivity could hardly be accomplished by observing other airline’s practices
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What should be done? Derek Mather should act as the turnaround manager and get everybody involved in his solution under his direct command. The most urgent thing is to get rid of non-profitable products and cut cost. On the other hand‚ he should improve cooperation between departments and fully develop the control and financial system in order to achieve on-time delivery and reliable product quality. Why should it be done? First‚ the degree of shareholder commitment would be impressive if CED
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Question: 1. How does Southwest Airlines compete? What are its advantages relative to other airlines? 2. The plane turnaround process requires coordination among twelve functional groups at SWA to service‚ in a brief period of time‚ an incoming plane and match it up with its new passengers and baggage for a prompt departure. Please evaluate the plane turnaround process at Baltimore -- resource utilization‚ capacity‚ bottlenecks‚ information flows‚ etc. How is the process working? 3. Why is the
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Dear John: We definitively have some issues here at Fruitvale Branch‚ but there are not the ones you think. The main problems that I could identify are the followings: * TAT (Turnaround time) measurement: We are not measuring correctly the TAT. In exhibit #3 shows that the TAT for a particular week is 8.2 days (0‚6+3.4+2.0+2.2)‚ but this means that the process is carried as a batch process‚ every process must be finished in order to go to the next one‚ and that is not the case (The possibility
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Railways In 2006‚ when the then Railway Minister rose to address the parliament with the rail budget‚ he said “Mr. Speaker Sir‚ I rise to present the Budget Estimates 2006-07 for the Indian Railways at a point in time when‚ there has been a historical turnaround in the financial situation of the Indian Railways.” The sheer size and scale of the Indian railways in terms of the volume of passengers and freight it carries to the number of trains run and the scale of operations involved makes it a traditionally
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Ducati In: Business and Management Ducati Ducati feedback Q1. I wanted you to begin by recognising that this was a turnaround situation‚ with Ducati in 1996 close to bankruptcy. A new management team led by Minoli changed strategy with clear objectives of aggressive growth within a niche of the sports segment and competing as a focussed differentiator. The logic of the turnaround can be conceptualised as follows (a) Ducati reduced costs without affecting the WTP for the physical product (i.e.
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A Fall Before Rising by Jai Jaikumar is about a mountain climbing trip with Jai and his friend. They were suppose to turnaround and head back to high camp due to safety considerations but decided to continue climbing since they were not tired and they were also experienced. After reaching the mountain summit they began their descent - the cornice fell through‚ resulting in Jai and his companion to be separated on the other side of the slope. Jai fell on the snow in the Himalayas at close to 24‚000
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the merge they had high potential with both their backgrounds which helped them become the world’s fifth largest auto company (C-41). However‚ it was never foreseen that Chrysler which was part of the 3/4 of U.S. auto sales would have a complete turnaround in profits within a couple years (C-41). Being a strong company based upon brands and products isn’t everything for success as shown here. The merger provided the duo with a large variety of vehicle choices to different consumers. However the downfall
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OVERVIEW Health conditions in the Philippines remain among the poorest in East Asia because of unhealthy lifestyle There are an estimated 92.5 million Filipinos Only one in twenty adults consistently engage in the five most important health behaviors: Regular exercise Five daily servings of fruits and vegetables Healthy levels and types of fat intake Moderate drinking Non-smoking According National Health Care
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renewals do not present the same initial value of new policies‚ losing renewals still represents a significant loss of business. In addition to the poor renewal numbers‚ Manzana’s turnaround time is much longer than Golden Gate. Golden gate currently has a turnaround time of 2 days (with a promise for 1 day turnaround in
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