SOUTHWEST AIRLINE IN 2010: CULTURE‚ VALUES AND OPERATING PRACTICES CASE QUESTIONS: 1. Is there anything that you find particularly impressive about Southwest Airlines? Transported more passengers from U.S airports to U.S destinations than any other airline Consistently profitable- had reported a profit every year since 1972 Became a major competitive force in domestic segment 2. What grade would you give Southwest management for the job it has done in crafting the company’s strategy
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Forecast Presentation 2010. [Online] Available at: http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/Documents/economics/Industry-Outlook-PresentationJune2010.pdf [Accessed 25 July 2010]. Margot Sutherland and Bruce McKern‚ 2004. Singapore Airlines: Global Challenges. Case IB-34‚ Stanford Graduate School of Business. Othman‚ Z.‚ 2010. ‘SIA will not fly if it is not safe’. Today‚ 20 April. Available at: http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100420-0000100/SIA-will-not-fly-if-it-is-not-safe [Accessed 6 May 2010]. 28
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Just-in-time (JIT) is an inventory strategy of companies to increases the efficiency and decrease the waste by receiving goods only when there are needed for the production process. Thereby‚ the company can reduce inventory costs. The producers are required to forecast demand accurately in this method. The Just in Time (JIT) allows the movement of the products or materials to a specific location at the required time‚ just before the production process. The technique works when each operation is closely
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Harvard Business School Airborne Express Case Study Q1. How and why has the express mail industry structure evolved in recent years? How have the changes affected small competitors? The Express mail industry in the United States had a volume of $16-17 billion on expedited shipments in the year 1996. In the years before shipment volumes has risen 15-20% per year. However due to higher competition prices have fallen which resulted in a rise of only 10-15% in total revenues. As an example of
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CASE 17 Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute: Competing in the LASIK Eye Surgery Market* Dr. Mark Everett‚ clinic coordinator and optometric physician (OP) of the Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute (PCLI) office in Spokane‚ Washington‚ looked at the ad that Vancouver‚ Canada-based Lexington Laser Vision (LLV) had been running in the Spokane papers and shook his head. This was not the first ad nor the only clinic advertising low-priced LASIK eye surgeries. Dr. Everett just could not believe that
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DELL’S DILEMMA IN BRAZIL: NEGOTIATING AT THE STATE LEVEL MRKT4030‚ Tues CE Summer 2010‚ 6/23/10 In the case study Dell Computer Corporation is trying to negotiate a deal in Brazil to build a manufacturing plant in their country. Keith Maxwell‚ SVP of Worldwide Operations and his site coordination team took several trips to Brazil. They visited five of the twenty-six states in Brazil. When the team went to Brazil they were looking for specific qualifications to maintain their rapid growth
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Target Market SWOT Analysis v Strengths ÿ The name “Crush” is the first name people think of when they think of orange soda. ÿ World’s first soft drink marketer‚ now 4th largest one ÿ Schweppes brand equity support ÿ Crush has is a long life brand ÿ Crush has high awareness in big cities ÿ Crush is the most recognized orange flavored soda name ÿ It is used in many trendy pop-culture outlets (i.e. vintage clothing‚ popular restaurants ÿ Crush has sufficient resources v Weaknesses
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Business Studies Qantas Case Study CHAPTER 4 2. Situational Analysis Swot Analysis of Qantas Strengths: Extensive network / part of the One world alliance Excellent airport locations and facilities Globally recognised brand name and logo Excellent safety record – probably the best in the world (not one death on a Qantas flight) Operational excellence: Qantas has twice won the Cumberbatch trophy for engineering excellence. Weaknesses: Speculation that British airways will quit
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JetBlue Contents Memorandum 3 Summary of Strategy Assessment and Identification of Strategic Issues 3 Key Strategic Issue‚ Options and Recommendations for Action 3 Best Option Recommendation 4 I. Case Update (Exhibit 1) 5 Bibliography 7 II. JetBlue’s Strategy in Detail (Exhibit 2) 8 Mission/Purpose/Vision 8 Goals/Objectives 9 Major Policies 9 III. JetBlue’s SWOT Analysis (Exhibit 3) 11 IV. Analysis of JetBlue’s Financial Performance (Exhibit 4)
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ACC 3511 DECISION MAKING & CONTROL CASE STUDY INSEL INC. SECTION: 2 INSTRUCTOR: DR. ZAMZULAILA GROUP: 4 NO NAME MATRIC NO 1 FATIN ZATALINI ZULKURNAIN 1018900 2 HAJAR FARHANA AB RAHMAN 1010798 3 SITI NORTHAHIRAH MOHD PAUZI 1018094 4 SITI AISHAH ZAKARIA 0820084 5 NURUL AIN AHAMED MARZUKI 0917794 INSEL INC. SUMMARY Insel Inc. is one of few Malaysian manufacturing companies that marketed a wide range of electronic product from highly sophisticated integrated
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