and returning the empty boxes back to the customer ’s residence by using various modes of transport. "Tiffin" is an old-fashioned English word 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. Contents [hide] * 1 Etymology and historical roots * 1.1 The Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Trust * 2 Supply chain * 2.1 Appearance and coding * 2.2 Uninterrupted services
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their respective workplaces and returning the empty boxes back to the customer’s residence by using various modes of transport. "Tiffin" is an Anglo-Indian word‚ derived from obsolete English slang "tiffing" (to sip)‚ 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 closest meaning of the dabbawala in English would be the "lunch box delivery man". Though this profession seems to
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The idea to enter the world of the full cost carriers by low prices isn’t a new one. Already in 1977 Laker Airways founded the “Sky Train” between London and New York. Even if this service was never successful‚ more and more low cost carriers were founded during the progress of deregulation and the development of an own low cost strategy began. When we today have a look at the homepages of low cost carriers we cannot but state that nearly all of them are operating successful despite the issues of
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DABBAWALAS OF MUMBAI DABBAWALAS OF MUMBAI WHITE PAPER PREPARED BY MBA STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA’S KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL AT THE Authors Nishesh Patel (EMBA 2006) Naveen Vedula (EMBA 2006) Abstract Despite the current emphasis on high technology for solving complex business logistics issues‚ a group of largely illiterate Indian entrepreneurs known as dabbawalas has been coordinating the delivery of home-cooked lunches to thousands of Indian office workers for
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An Analysis of the Organizational Culture Prevalent Among The Dabbawalas of Mumbai The Dabbawala tiffin delivery system is perhaps a unique example of a world renowned business that operates with extremely high efficiency despite lacking the use of any significant technological tools. Tasked with delivering a large number of hot home-cooked meals from their client’s residences to offices‚ the organization has ingeniously used the Mumbai suburban train network in order to facilitate their operation
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February 2003 English and French only THE IMPACT OF LOW COST CARRIERS IN EUROPE (Presented by Albania‚ Armenia‚ Austria‚ Azerbaijan‚ Belgium‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ Bulgaria‚ Croatia‚ Cyprus‚ Czech Republic‚ Denmark‚ Estonia‚ Finland‚ France‚ Germany‚ Greece‚ Hungary‚ Iceland‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Luxembourg‚ Malta‚ Moldova‚ Monaco‚ Netherlands‚ Norway‚ Poland‚ Portugal‚ Romania‚ Serbia and Montenegro‚ Slovakia‚ Slovenia‚ Spain‚ Sweden‚ Switzerland‚ The former Yugoslav Republic
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fourth period we get half an hour for recreation and tiffin. I take some tiffin and play with my friends. The school closes at 4 P.M. I do not wait a minute after school hours. I come back home quickly without stopping on the way. At home in the afternoon—Returning home‚ I put my books in the proper place. Then! put off my school dress. After washing my hands and feet I take my tiffin. I do not read in the afternoon. So after taking my tiffin‚ I go out to play. I am very fond of playing football
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service was set up to bring them the food from their homes. Nowadays Indian Businessmen are the customers of these Dabbawalas‚ also called Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association (NMTBSA). 2. Statistics Number of people employed – 5000 Average level of education – 8th standard Coverage area – 60-70 km Number of tiffin boxes – 2‚00‚000 Number of transactions per day – 4‚00‚000 Delivery time – 9am to noon Monthly charges – Rs 500 Salary drawn
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the morning and wait the Dabbawalas to arrive and pick it up and they quickly deliver it to their husbands workplace so that they will be enjoy with the healthy food that cooked in house by their wives. Secondly‚ Dabbawalas collect and deliver the tiffin boxes from every corner of the city and they serving more than one million families. The boxes are coded with a specific set color which locate the area of delivery and reception. Finally‚ the important thing about delivery service is the time. If
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