Question 1 Discuss the growing demand for logistics. (10m) The reason for the rapid growth of the logistics industry can be attributed to the fact that a majority of the companies dealing in logistics operations target clients of medium size instead of targeting the stalwarts of the logistics industry. Nowadays‚ the advance IT technologies had make the internet retail or online shopping is growing rapidly and this will be an increasing source of demand for both large and smaller logistics units
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E-Commerce in AIR ASIA 11 3.2 Benefits of E-commerce to Air Asia 12 4 Data Management 13 5 Organizational ISs 15 6 Enterprise Systems 17 7 Management Decision Support 19 8 IT/IS for Competitive Advantage 20 8.1 Porter’s 5 Forces 20 8.2 Value Chain Analysis 20 8.3 Competitive Advantages using IT/IS 21 9 Recommendation and Conclusion 22 REFERENCES 23 APPENDIX A: AirAsia’s Marketing Strategy 24 APPENDIX B: Potential Suggestion for AirAsia 27 Organization – AirAsia 1 Overview Air Asia
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AirAsia Berhad: The Rise and Rise of Asian Aviation ______________________________________________________________________________ Contents AirAsia Berhad: Sustaining a Competitive Advantage .................................................................. 2 AirAsia: A brief historical perspective ......................................................................................... 2 Company Growth Forecasts ......................................................................
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President‚ ASEAN until 2001 at Warner Music South East Asia. When Time Warner Inc. merged with America Online Inc.‚ he quitted his job and starts his journey to fulfill his childhood dream. This idea is generated when he was studying in England and wanted to go home during term break but was rejected by his father because the flights tickets that time are expensive. Later‚ he started a company under the name of Tune Air Sdn Bhd to take over Air Asia‚ Malaysia’s second national carrier with the tagline
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passengers to establish its own niche market due to the demise of Tan Sri Yahaya Ahmad and financial crisis. Hence‚ AirAsia was heavily indebted. In 2001‚ Tony Fernandes’s company‚Tune Air Sdn Bhd bought this airline from DRB-Hicom with estimation of RM 40 million debts. There are many continuous transformations that Air Asia makes in order to become outstanding‚ to accomplish its strategic mission and vision and maintain sustainability in the industry. Using the catchy and effective slogan of "Now everyone
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challenges which AirAsia is facing right now are competitive environment due to industry rivalry and the need to create differentiation to gain competitive advantage among other low cost carriers. Based on SWOT analysis‚ we can see that the company has been using an extensive of IT systems in their value chains. It has gain strengths in operations by implementing YMS‚ CRS and ERP systems. Analysing with Porter 5 Force on external environment‚ we could see that the major threats are increasing competition
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CRM Air Asia is using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) as their performance measurement system. This performance measurement system is putting customer at the heart of the business. It satisfies the customer needs and wants. It is strategy and process of acquiring‚ retaining‚ and partnering with selective customer to create superior value for company and the customer. This will then increase the shareholders wealth and company value in the long term. According to the Chairman of Air Asia
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Thesis statement: Air Asia flew 33.8 people in 2012. Body: I. More than 1 million of passengers have used the service by Air Asia. A. The passengers increased to 13 per cent for Air Asia Airplanes in year 2011. B. The percentages for load factor remain the same since last year. II. 22 new aircraft was added with Air Asia affiliates. A. Air Asia’s affiliates include Malaysia AirAsia‚ Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia. B. The increasing of passenger is to add
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further cuts its existing lowcosts at 2.5 US cents per ASK and accelerates our growth plans throughout Asia. The IPO also allowsAirAsia to expand its fleet of 18 Boeing 737-300s. Low cost airlines are anticipated to have greater potential in Asia as there are many Asian cities with apopulation above one million people each as well as a rising middle class population. This growth of middle class in Asia provides a huge market potential for AirAsia to grow. However‚ as the market isbecoming larger
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low-cost airline that provides both domestic and international flights. AirAsia started operating on 18 November 1996‚ it pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. In 2001‚ the airline which was heavily indebted was purchased by Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd. Under his charge‚ AirAsia has become one of the biggest low cost airlines operating in Asia today. Its main hub is based in the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). As such‚ AirAsia consumers tend
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