Bombay’s ubiquitous Dabbawalas lunch deliverymen have realized that they need to go high-tech after all -- not only to expand their business but also for their social security. The Bombay Tiffin Box Suppliers Association‚ an association of 5‚000 lunch deliverymen who are called Dabbawalas (literally tiffin box carriers) in local parlance have finally started their own Web site and a text messaging order taking system that enables them to bag orders real time instead of depending on secondary sources
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Valuation Case Analysis Ocean Carriers March 23‚ 2011 Executive Summary Industry Overview Capesize dry bulk carriers provide shipping services worldwide. Due to their size‚ Capesize carriers must sail around Cape Horn in order to travel between the Atlantic and Pacifica Oceans – the ships are too large to utilize the Panama Canal. In January 2001‚ there were 553 capesize vessels in service throughout the world. Demand for dry bulk carriers is determined by the world economy.
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had control over operations of their national carriers and bilateral agreements between states meant that full-fledged airlines could operate without facing any competition at all. With the reform in airline licensing and access to air routes highlighted in the report[1] of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) conference‚ new rules meant intra-Asian open skies and relaxation of ownership rules. This in turn led to the boom of low-cost carriers in the region. With the skies now clear of restrictions
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Low-Cost Carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills‚ discount or budget carrier or airline or cheap flight) is an airline that generally has lower fares and fewer comforts. To make up for revenue lost in decreased ticket prices‚ the airline may charge for extras like food‚ priority boarding‚ seat allocating‚ and baggage etc. The term originated within the airline industry referring to airlines with a lower operating cost structure than their competitors. While the
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companies (Wit‚ 2012). What measure of central tendency did the authors report? What are the potential issues with each measure of central tendency? Do you agree with the author’s choice? Explain. As explained in the second paper many low cost carriers (LCCs) continue to enjoy rapid growth and still have a fair number of new aircraft on order recently. There are signs however that the market for LCCs is limited‚ owing to increasing route density problems‚ primarily in Europe but seemingly also
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Masters Programs Assignment Cover Sheet Submitted by: 1367004 Date Sent: 16.04.2014 Module Title: Operations Strategy Module Code: IB9s60 Date/Year of Module: 24.03/2014 Submission Deadline: 28.04.2014 Word Count:
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The Report of Low-Cost Carriers Table Of Content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5.1. 6. 7. 8. Abstract ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background information ........................................................................................................................... 2 The Low-cost carriers Business Model ...........................................................................
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Introduction The airline industry has been plagued by factors such as overcapacity‚ commoditization of offerings or competition‚ high level of rivalry‚ entry of low cost carriers. other factors include several macro-level socio economic troubles‚ SARS crisis‚ 9/11 attacks‚ bird flu‚ Asian Tsunami and other terrorism concerns‚ due to this there has been a big impact on airline profit. As market condition is continuously changing‚ it is difficult to predict the future of the airline industry. the
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as the Guardian puts it – “perhaps the most ingenious” food delivery system in the world. The Nutan Mumbai Tiffin box Suppliers Association (NMTBSA) comprise about 5000 tiffin-‐lunch carriers(dabba wallas) who deliver 2 million lunch boxes from a customer’s home to their offices with a six sigma accuracy
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of by prominent meal suppliers in Mumbai where they ferry ready‚ cooked meals from central kitchens to the customers and back. "Tiffin" is an Anglo-Indian word‚ derived from obsolete English slang "tiffing" (to sip)‚[1] for a light lunch or afternoon snack‚ and sometimes‚ by extension‚ for the box it is carried in. For this reason‚ the dabbawalas are sometimes called tiffin wallahs. The word "dabbawala" when literally translated‚ means "one who carries a box". "Dabba" means a box (usually a cylindrical
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