Chapter 01 Introduction to Operations Management True / False Questions 1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling and promoting the organization’s goods or services. True False 2. Often‚ the collective success or failure of companies’ operations functions will impact the ability of a nation to compete with other nations. True False 3. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that only one of the two
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The Airline Industry Annise Hawkins Strayer University ECO 550 Dr. Youngblood January 28‚ 2012 According to First Research (2010)‚ the main products or service in the industry is air transportation. This includes the scheduled or unscheduled transportation of passengers‚ mail or cargo. The bulk of the revenues in the industry (estimated by first research (2010) to be 70% of total revenues) come from the scheduled transportation of passengers. Cargo and express mail contribute
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Lean construction is an efficient way to design production system in order to eliminate the waste of material‚ time and bring more value to the project. The article used the example of Toyota production system to explain the lean construction. The engineer Taiichi Ohno’s pursuit of perfection and his redesigned production process reduced the cost and improved the value of the new production system. The article compares the lean construction with current practice in Toyota. As the result they
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Haryana‚ India. The airline started operations in August 2006 and currently holds the largest market share with 24.9 per cent in India. Ranking 11th among the 25 biggest low-cost airlines in the survey done by the CAPA (Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation) Indigo emerged as one of the largest low-cost airlines. Its capacity increased 34.6 per cent ; IndiGo and Indonesia’s Lion Air’s capacity growth is the second highest among all low-cost carriers ‚ only second to Spane’sVueling Airlines ‚ which added 40
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Malaysia Airlines system is the symbol of flag carrier of Malaysia and owned by the government which is shelter under Tan Sri Md Nor Yusof as the Chairman‚ Ahmad Jauhari Yahya as the Managing Director and Mohd. Rashdan Mohd. Yusof as the Resign member. This airline is founded in 66 years ago on 1 May 1947 as the name of Malayan Airways then after Malaysia gained independence the airline being renamed as Malaysian Airways and it is started the commenced of operation in 41 years ago on 1 October 1972
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Case Study Supporting Operations Management at Standard Bank A Case Study by Bloor Research Author : Simon Holloway Publish date : September 2010 Standard Bank‚ by using QPR software for their Six Sigma initiatives‚ were able not only to map the processes to a standard‚ but to produce measures aligned to higher level objectives‚ with targets that were realistic and achievable‚ resulting in hard savings Simon Holloway Supporting Operations Management at Standard Bank Introduction The
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entry DA is one of the oldest airlines in the United States‚ however‚ there are still threats from new entrants in the market because low-cost carriers (LCC) definitely going to affect the pricing strategy of DA. In contrast‚ DA has brand loyalty due to its long history of operation. Moreover‚ the entry barriers are still high due to the operating cost such as aircraft‚ airport cost‚ maintenance‚ route licenses‚ and taxations. The threat of substitution Since the airline industry is serving passengers
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IndiGo Airlines – A Case study in International Business Strategy The right thing to do is also the smart thing to do The success of Indigo is a mix of a clear brand promise of "on time" and supported with slick branding and signage‚ smart technology support and a passionate and young work force who multi-task. About Indigo IndiGo is India’s largest airline with a market share of 29.5 per cent as of June‚2013 as well as the country’s largest low fare carrier. IndiGo is the fastest growing
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2 C H A P T E R Operations Strategy in a Global Environment DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Human Resources 1. Global seems the better label for Boeing since authority and responsibility reside in the U.S.—the home country. Supply Chain 2. Six reasons to internationalize: Reduce costs‚ improve supply chain‚ provide better goods and services‚ attract new markets‚ learn to improve operations‚ attract and retain global talent. Scheduling 3. No. Sweetness at Coca-Cola is adjusted for
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1 Why has Southwest been so much more successful than its competitors? From the start‚ Southwest had the advantage of cheaper startup cost of aircraft due to Boeing overproducing its Boeing 737. Southwest’s key strategy was cheapest ticket pricing. Their goal was to charge fares at all times that were below the cost of driving a car. Another key strategy was the 10 minute turnaround time which enabled the airline to generate higher revenue. The airline then later adopted the airline with the fun
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