Southwest Airlines 2002: An Industry Under Siege Case Study “Discussion Format” MGMT 5113 Team 7 Dag Yemenu Sachin Gupta Michelle May Shaun Evans November 22nd 2003 Problem Overview Southwest Airlines has employed unique operational strategies‚ incorporating industry revolutionizing methodologies‚ while developing and sustaining a strong corporate culture that has allowed Southwest Airlines to be profitable for a phenomenal 30 straight years and capture the Airline Industry
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Portable heater unit Rank Item Reason 15 Box of matches No air on the Moon so matches will not burn 3 Food concentrate Efficient means of supplying energy requirements 6 25 meters of nylon rope Useful in scaling cliffs or in case of injury 8 Parachute silk Possible use as a sun shield 12 Portable heater unit Not needed unless sun goes down 13 Two 45 caliber pistols Possible means of self-propulsion 11 Box of milk powder Bulkier duplication of energy source 1 Two
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The Indian Carpet Industry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Indian Carpet Industry India‚ like many other countries‚ has always used wool as the basic material of the carpet. Other materials commonly used are silk and cotton. Silk carpets are particularly high quality pieces. In the beginning of the carpet making century‚ only natural dyes were used to color the wool. Madder‚ as well as other wild vegetables‚ was the most important
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Thomas Line Advanced Managerial Finance IPO Paper Spirit Airlines This paper will be about an IPO that was filed by Spirit Airlines for $300 million dollars in September of 2010. According to www.marketwatch.com‚ Spirit Airlines is the first airline to go public in 3 years. The last airline to go public before Spirit was Gulfstream International group in December 2007. Spirit plans to use half or 150 million for cash reserves ‚ working capital‚ and other corporate purposes.
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you are considering selling your home then you may want to consider the role that carpet can play in the selling process. It is true that there are other types of flooring that buyer wish for their home to have‚ but there are also a number of buyers that see the benefits of having carpet in the home. Due to the benefits that carpet offers a homeowner it can help to increase the value of the home. New carpet installation can add value to a home because it can provide the home owner with many
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Airline Crisis Communication Airline crisis communication is very important in saving the reputation of an airline company. The purpose of this presentation is to evaluate the reason why some airline loss their reputations and then make successful strategies in an airline crisis communication In this presentation‚ the definition of airline crisis communication will be given from two aspects‚ the aspect of practical way and the knowledge of the scholars. Then an example of an unsuccessful case
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relating to the Porter’s 5 forces framework that affect the Airline industry. M.Porter’s framework Source http://www.investopedia.com/features/industryhandbook/airline.asp A -Threat of New Entrants is low (=The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The airline industry is so saturated that there is hardly space for a newcomer even to squeeze its way in. The main concern for this is the cost of entry. The airline industry is one of the most expensive industries‚ due to the
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Collective Bargaining at Magic Carpet Airlines: A union perspective 2 - What did the union do to prepare for negotiations? How did the preparation impact the negotiation? PREPARATION * Set a negotiating team * The spokesperson (NBR): Dixie Lee has 14 years experience in negotiation and assisted with the previous contract negotiation in 1994. * The chairman: Ruth Boaz is president at LFA MEC at MCA * The other members of the team: Peggy Hardy‚ Marie Phillips‚ Jody Rogers
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capital and personnel. Currently‚ Westmills need a turnaround leader to bring order to chaos. Derek‚ VP of CED is a good candidate to satisfy shareholders and bankers. Secondly‚ Westmills has limitation in their equipment to produce multicolour carpets. Multicolour design is ill fit to the Calgary plat. In addition‚ due to imported material and exchange rate‚ its high cost forced Westmills into non-competitive situation. On the other hand‚ they can make a good solid color fabric and reasonable upgrades
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resources of our airline company? Wisconsin World Flights airline company resources can be divided into two types: tangible and intangible resources. Tangible resources Tangible resources are the assets we have in possession and the products we offer towards our customers. It can be divided into two main part which are physical resources and technological resources. Physical resources Since without aircraft‚ airlines could not function‚ aircraft become a major resource for any airline company. For
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