DATE: SUBJECT: Ms.Rogers Kailin(Karen) Dong September 3rd‚ 2012 Recommend a cruiser behavior estimation system to improve CRM process As you requested‚ I have investigated the current competitive position and strategies of Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) and implemented the analysis. I suggest that CCL keep promoting the “Fun Ship” theme and make an IT investment in Cruiser Behavior Estimation system by analyzing the consumer behavior activity data. The IT improvement will help CCL to achieve
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Production-possibility frontier In economics‚ a production-possibility frontier (PPF) or “transformation curve” is a graph that shows the different quantities of two goods that an economy (or agent) could efficiently produce with limited productive resources. Points along the curve describe the trade-off between the two goods‚ that is‚ the opportunity cost. Opportunity cost here measures how much an additional unit of one good costs in units forgone of the other good. The curve illustrates that
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started to question organisations ’ practices and their environmental‚ social and economic impacts. With this in mind‚ companies started to pay more attention to business sustainability in order to improve the company ’s reputation. The Triple Bottom Line (TBL) concept is a methodology that focuses on the 3 P ’s: People‚ Planet and Profit. It was first introduced by John Elkington in 1994 and has increasingly become a basis for business sustainability. Not only has the world ’s Green mentality influenced
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The Toyota Production System Introduction Today‚ automobile manufacturing is still the world ’s largest manufacturing activity. Forty years ago‚ Peter Drucker dubbed it "the industries of industries." After First World War‚ Henry Ford and General Motors ’ Alfred Sloan moved world manufacture from centuries of craft production (led by European firms into the age of mass production.) His production innovation was the moving assembling line‚ which brought together many mass-produced parts to create
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Carnival Cruise Lines | Managing in a Global Marketplace: Individual Case Study | Jeffrey Barno | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Discussion 3 Conclusion 7 Bibliography 9 Introduction Carnival Cruise Lines was established in 1972 by Ted Arison. Over time‚ Carnival forged the concept of less costly cruises with shorter trips‚ making cruises a more viable option for a wider variety of vacationers. The company is currently based in Miami‚ Florida but has spread globally since its
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Abstract The current research paper was meant to give an in depth look at the Toyota Production System and its effects on the automotive industry. The automotive industry in America has gone through drastic changes over the last few decades and Toyota has set the standard for the rest of the auto industry to follow. Toyota has accomplished its goals of profitability and quality by implementing the various components of the TPS. Some of the common terms associated with the TPS are JIT‚ Kanban
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Toyota Production System High Quality and Low Cost Readings; g; James Womack‚ Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos‚ The Machine that Changed the World‚ 1990‚ Ch 3 and 4 J T. Black “The Factory with a Future” Ch 2 & 4 Michael McCoby‚ “Is There a Best Way to Build a Car?” HBR Nov-Dec 1997 1 COST VS DEFECTS Three Major Mfg Systems from 1800 t 2000 f to Machine tools‚ specialized machine tools‚ Taylorism‚ SPC‚ CNC‚ CAD/CAM 1800 Interchangeable Parts at U.S. Armories 1900 Mass Production at
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The Production Possibility Frontier Consider the case of an island economy that produces only two goods: wine and grain. In a given period of time‚ the islanders may choose to produce only wine‚ only grain‚ or a combination of the two according to the following table: Production Possibility Table Wine|Grain| (Thousand of bottles)|(Thousand of bushels)| 0|15| 5|14| 9|12| 12|9| 14|5| 15|0| The production possibility frontier (PPF)
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Capacity Planning & Aggregate Production Planning Capacity Planning • Long term strategic decision • determines overall level of resources • affects product lead times‚ customer responsiveness & operating costs Capacity Planning Three Basic Strategies for Timing Capacity • Capacity Lead Strategy – capacity is expanded in anticipation of demand – aggressive and used to lure away customers from competitors already constrained Capacity Planning Three Basic Strategies for Timing Capacity • Capacity
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Pakistan tobacco Company Ltd 2012 Efficiency and effectiveness of IT in Production and Supply chain Systems and Operations Management Aleem Arif www.ptc.com.pk Pakistan tobacco Company Ltd 2012 Efficiency and effectiveness of IT in Production and Supply chain Systems and Operations Management Aleem Arif www.ptc.com.pk Table of Contents Executive Summery2 Introduction2 Value Chain3 Competitive Advantage5 Production Process Structure6 Process Analysis and Design7 Supply Chain Design8
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