How One Airline Is Using AR to Improve Operations
Harvard Business
APRIL 5, 2022
Lessons in enterprise AR’s potential from China Southern Airlines.
Improving Airlines’ On-Time Performance
BCG
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
In the airline business, one late aircraft early in the morning can lead to more than 70 delayed planes later in the day. Shaving one minute off the time each aircraft is on the ground between flights can save $5 million to $10 million a year in freed aircraft time and hidden costs across the operation. Take on-time performance (OTP).
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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing
Tom Spencer
MARCH 8, 2024
Optimal pricing strategy The primary goal of pricing strategy is the same as the primary goal of any other management strategy – to maximize economic value over time. For instance, airlines typically try to practice price discrimination by charging higher prices for business travelers and lower prices for tourists.
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French Airline Pilots Call Month Long Strike in May to Protest Law Prohibiting Pilot Strikes
MishTalk
FEBRUARY 9, 2014
The French airline union, SNPL, has called for a month-long strike beginning in May. It''s main objective is to repeal the Diard Law which limits the right of airline pilots to strike. Via translation from Les Echos : An unprecedented month-long strike is the motto launched today by SNPL, the main union of French airline pilots.
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Venezuela Strengthens Currency Controls in Impossible Mission to Stop Capital Flight; Airlines Collapse; End of the Line
MishTalk
JANUARY 23, 2014
In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. One airline cancelled all flights. Venezuelan bonds plunged to the lowest in more than two years after the government announced the latest partial devaluation of the bolivar, this time for airlines and foreign direct investment.
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Book Review – “How the mighty fall” by Jim Collins
Tom Spencer
MARCH 24, 2018
A fine example of a company that passed through the five stages of decline to ultimately collapse was the one popularly known as “the king of good times” – Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher Airlines, once known for its best in class service, on board meals, and staff courtesy fell from grace due to excessive arrogance.
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101 Consultant Ninja: Whither art thou Marakon: Management.
Consultant Ninja
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Can anyone from Marakon weigh in and explain whats happening inside its "operating subsidiaries"? Management Consulting. Consultant Ninja. Wednesday, February 25, 2009.
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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities
Tom Spencer
APRIL 1, 2022
This includes not only commercial airlines, but also cargo planes and military aircraft. Most commercial airlines contain two engines, while cargo planes and some military craft generally require four or more (common engines for these large-scale aerospace vehicles include PW JT9D-7R4G2 engines, GE CF6-80C2B1, or RR RB211-524D4 engines ).
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88 Consultant Ninja: Future Histories: Management Consulting Blog
Consultant Ninja
MARCH 8, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Typical of its down-to-earth management ethos, NetApp early on ditched a travel policy a dozen pages long in favor of this maxim: "We are a frugal company. . Analysis.
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Consultant Ninja: Finally, two counter-cyclical markets: Management.
Consultant Ninja
NOVEMBER 11, 2008
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Alvarez & Marsals Bryan Marsal, Lehmans restructuring officer, ``is actually operating the company. Management Consulting. skip to main | skip to sidebar.
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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.
Consultant Ninja
MARCH 4, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. The Company’s cash flows and results of operations have been adversely impacted by these factors as indicated by its net loss of $5.3 Management Consulting.
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How Loyalty Programs Are Saving Airlines
Harvard Business
APRIL 2, 2021
The pandemic has cast a spotlight on a historically undervalued asset.
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8 Reasons that May Cause You to Loose Customers
Tom Spencer
MARCH 21, 2020
Over time, the executives get so engrossed in running the day to day operations of the business that they forget that the purpose of the business is to serve it’s customers. From airlines to banks we experience this all the time. You are not transparent or operate in bad faith.
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Consultant Ninja: The Strongest Navy in the World: Management.
Consultant Ninja
DECEMBER 11, 2008
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. To nuance what Gortney said, I think patrolling the Gulf of Aden is a police operation in an area with a lot of civilian ship traffic. Management Consulting. at 5:04 PM.
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Russia Ponders Russian Airspace No-Fly Zone for EU Commercial and Passenger Jets
MishTalk
AUGUST 5, 2014
The sanctions retaliation game took another big leap forward today with the EU in the spotlight: Moscow May Force European Airlines to Fly Around Russia. At the height of the Cold War, most Western airlines were barred from flying through Russian airspace to Asian cities, and instead had to operate via the Gulf or the U.S.
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8 Issues that May Cause You to Lose Customers
Tom Spencer
MARCH 21, 2020
Over time, the executives get so engrossed in running the day to day operations of the business that they forget that the purpose of the business is to serve it’s customers. From airlines to banks we experience this all the time. You are not transparent or operate in bad faith.
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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East
Management Consulted
APRIL 2, 2017
Bain’s major industries of importance in the Middle East include Airlines & Transportation, Media, Mining, Oil & Gas, Retail, Private Equity, Social & Public Sector, Technology, Telecommunications, Utilities and Alternative energy (the oil will run out one day!). in revenue (wow!). Bain & Company. Roland Berger.
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5 reasons to choose strategy consulting over financial advisory consulting
Management Consulted
JULY 2, 2013
First, a 101 on strategy consulting for you newbies to the site – having an insider view into the strategy and operations of a company requires that you quickly become an expert on day-to-day activities in light of the overall company vision. 2) Strategy consulting offers the opportunity to work for a global corporation’s CEO.
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Seabury Group Interviews and Culture
Management Consulted
JUNE 14, 2015
Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. In fact, one of our interview coaches, Michael Hecht, used to work for The Seabury Group and now works for Delta Airlines as a member of their Skymiles team.
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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies
Organizational Talent Consulting
JUNE 12, 2023
Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon the business. 3 Organizational Culture Company Examples Organizations with strong organizational cultures are defined by having their culture deeply rooted in how they operate. The Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (4), 763-781. References: Büschgens, T., Cameron, K.
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The Trend Is Your “Friend”
CaseInterview.com
APRIL 4, 2020
I’m not a banker nor an asset manager, so I can’t vouch for its validity in that context. However, I think that, in a recession, this concept has a lot of value in terms of managing one’s career or business. Most life, career, and business plans operate on the premise of continuing the underlying status quo. Here’s why.
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Why Hospitals Need Better Data Science
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Airlines are arguably more operationally complex, asset-intensive, and regulated than hospitals, yet the best performers are doing a better job by far than most hospitals at keeping costs low and make a decent profit while delivering what their customers expect. katyau/Getty Images. These examples are relevant to health care for two reasons.
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How to Build a Strong Client Relationship
CaseInterview.com
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
For example, I am writing this post from the airport where Alaska Airlines (the only major airline with a hub in Seattle) had a computer system outage. The system that failed was the flight management system -- the one that tells pilots when to fly, what routes to take, and when. Read Our Privacy Policy. No, Thanks!
Job Hub: Virgin Group Jobs and Culture
Management Consulted
JULY 15, 2015
The group’s travel-related operations, led by 51%-owned Virgin Atlantic Airways, are among its largest cash generators. Virgin Atlantic flies to 30 destinations around the world with a surprisingly small fleet of 40 aircraft, complemented by its Australian low-fare cousin, Virgin Blue, which operates a fleet of some 80 aircraft.
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Holier than Thou: Why Should Anyone Believe the US, Ukraine, or Russia? What is the US Attempting to Hide?
MishTalk
JULY 21, 2014
Challenge From Russia Please consider Russia Challenges Accusations that Ukraine Rebels Shot Down Airliner. Russia''s Defence Ministry on Monday challenged accusations pro-Russian rebels were to blame for shooting down a Malaysian airliner and asked the United States to produce satellite images to support its assertions.
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78 Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation (part 2.
Consultant Ninja
MARCH 5, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Unfortunately they locked them in at level that guarantees an operating loss. They locked in an operating loss, regardless of the price of fuel. Management Consulting.
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Consultant Ninja: What to put on a consulting resume (part 3 of a.
Consultant Ninja
DECEMBER 10, 2008
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. In my years of being involved with MBA recruiting, Ive never been able to hire a former special forces operator, but Ive been dying to come up with the right reason.
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Do You Have an Aligned Risk Culture?
LSA Global
JULY 5, 2023
Examples include hospitals, airlines, healthcare providers, law firms, and road construction. Regardless of the amount of risk that you want employees to take, aligned risk cultures do not hoard information and ensure employees feel safe to raise concerns without fear of retaliation from managers.
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Management Consulted
APRIL 24, 2016
By adding airmail planes to its fleet, in addition to servicing the rapidly expanding market for commercial airlines, Boeing saw sustained post-war success. Boeing Capital Corporation : This is the financial branch of Boeing, made up of highly specialized thinkers managing a multi-billion dollar portfolio. Prepare for interviews.
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Did the Rebels Have a Buk System? How About a Working One? Flight Diverted Over Restricted Space?
MishTalk
JULY 17, 2014
My guess still remains that the Ukrainians (unwittingly) repeated their Siberian Airlines stunt from 2001. Missile Claims Deepen Escalation Fears Please consider Missile Claims Deepen Escalation Fears Little is yet known about who targeted Malaysian airlines jet MH17. Questions Du Jour Is Anyone Telling The Truth? If so, why?
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Consultant Ninja: Stupid XP Fix (aka wasting time until Holiday Time.
Consultant Ninja
DECEMBER 23, 2008
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Theres no value in pointing out the idiocy of a super-advanced productivity-increasing operating system that forces the user to wait 5 seconds to delete a file. Xperience XP.
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Uber Shows How Not to Apply Behavioral Economics
Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2017
Checklists describe several standard critical processes of care that many operating rooms typically implement from memory. In a related paper published in 2013 , Alexander Arriaga and colleagues had 17 operating-room teams participate in 106 simulated surgical-crisis scenarios. following the introduction of checklists. The implication?
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Video of MH17 Hit by Missile; Update From Jacob Dreizin; Black Box Thoughts
MishTalk
JULY 20, 2014
The camera operator is able to record the moment of impact in the first 2 seconds of this clip. Question: How did this video operator know to have his camera running just prior to the missile explosion? Hello Mish This whole thing is a mystery of no lesser magnitude than that other Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared in March.
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Show report: CX and EX inextricably linked, with empathy as the glue
1 to 1
MARCH 21, 2023
Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian’s announcement that in-flight wi-fi would be free for loyalty members went over with flying colors, drawing hoots and rousing applause. The event, held live after a three-year hiatus, is so named because it focuses on the four pillars of experience management: customer, employee, brand, and product experience.
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How Service Companies Can Earn Customer Trust and Keep It
Harvard Business
APRIL 19, 2017
A case in point is the recent United Airlines public relations fiasco that resulted when security personnel forcibly removed a ticketed customer from his plane seat to make room for one of its employees. Identify and commit to a few crucial “nondelegable” decisions that must be kicked up to a senior manager.
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List: Global Strategy Firms 2013
Tom Spencer
JULY 22, 2013
Bain’s mission is to help management teams create such high levels of economic value that together Bain and its clients can redefine their respective industries. BCG is a global management consulting firm and a leading advisor on business strategy. In 2008, Booz separated its operations from the U.S. Website: bcg.com.
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Pepsi, United, and the Speed of Corporate Shame
Harvard Business
APRIL 12, 2017
United Airlines has leapt into a brand disaster of mythic proportions. The incident, along with some other recent brand missteps, highlight some basic realities about the world companies operate in today. United (and its airline peers) had better wake up fast to this new reality as well. Three themes seem critical.
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46 Consultant Ninja: Friedman Billings Ramsey and Tom Peters.
Consultant Ninja
MARCH 23, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Fortune called Tom Peters the "Ur-guru" of management, and compares him to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and H.L. Management Consulting.
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2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney
Tom Spencer
MAY 15, 2014
Nous service lines include business strategy, public policy, leadership & people development, organisational capability, and information management & technology. Services include Strategy Development, Operational Improvement, and Transaction Support. Pacific Strategy Partners. Website: pacificstrategy.com.au. Second Road.
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76 US Corporations Take Huge Losses on Venezuelan Currency
MishTalk
JANUARY 26, 2015
It blamed Venezuelan exchange control regulations that have restricted the ability of its operations in the country to pay dividends and obligations in U.S. At the end of the third quarter, for example, American Airlines Group Inc, had $721 million held in the Venezuelan currency, at a weighted average exchange rate of 6.41
Thinking Like a Consultant: People Skills
Management Consulted
JULY 5, 2015
The same is true in management consulting. The makeup of the team will vary from firm to firm, but it will usually look something like 1 partner, 1 manager and 3-4 analysts (pre-MBA) and associates (post-MBA). The manager (who is closest to your work) sees both what you contribute and what you bring to the team at large.
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Time to Eliminate Pilots in Aircrafts: Post Pilot Era Coming Up
MishTalk
MARCH 29, 2015
They fly daily over Afghanistan and Iraq but also over heavily trafficked airspace where they fly high above commercial airliners. Pilotless aircraft aren’t a distant sci-fi concept nor the wishful dreams of bean-counters at big airlines where the nattily-uniformed flight crew is a big cost just waiting to be cut.
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28 Sample Consulting Case Questions
Tom Spencer
JULY 2, 2015
Your client is a low-cost airline headquartered in Philadelphia with frequent service to cities along the East Coast of the United States. Emirates Airline is considering signing an agreement with Ben and Jerries Ice-cream, which would allow them to serve several flavours of ice cream on Emirates flights. Operations.
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Ukraine Rebel Commander Admits Having BUK Missiles; Damning Contradictions?
MishTalk
JULY 23, 2014
In an interview with Reuters, Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of the Vostok Battalion, acknowledged for the first time since the airliner was brought down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday that the rebels did possess the BUK missile system and said it could have been sent back subsequently to remove proof of its presence. I heard about it.
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