How Air France could be differentiated from low-cost carriers?
Essay - 5 pages - Business strategy
The objective of this investigation project is to show, analyse and discuss about the way that Air France would fight against low-cost carriers in the same market. In our contemporary world, the airline industry is one of the most important tools in globalization, making possible travels...
Olympic accounting authority- cost control systems - published: 16/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Accounting
In your role as head management accountant, you have been asked to prepare a report for your new junior colleagues in the organization who are new to accounting and have little management accounting experience. In your report you may decide to focus upon a broad range of issues relevant to the...
Investigating if there is a correlation existing between the capacity and cost of a refrigerator, if the choice of the refrigerator is independent of gender or not and how a drink stays cold in the long run
Worksheets - 12 pages - Mathematics
Refrigerators are an accessory found in nearly every household, each household chooses the refrigerator they purchase based on their need (capacity) and budget (cost). Refrigerators in today's world are considered a necessity more than a luxury due to rising global warming, people need...
Strategy of cost leadership
Essay - 8 pages - Management
In a market where competition is at it's peak, companies perpetually seek to win over new customers, new markets and to generate strong profits. They have thus banked on a new strategy to be more competitive: cost leadership. The strategy of cost leadership aims at directing the...
Olympic accounting authority- cost control systems
Thesis - 3 pages - Accounting
In 2006 the Olympic committee decided to dedicate £400 billion in order to establish a Cost Control system. This system is composed of two core elements: a planning process and a responsibility accounting scheme. The planning process requires enumerating the Olympic committee plans of...
Time-cost trade-off in project networks through deterministic simulation
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
Traditionally, the time-cost problem is addressed by CPM-based analytical approach that involves lot of computation work. The method assumes unlimited resources and the existence of a continuous time-cost function. However, given the discrete nature of most resources, activities can...
Cost optimization of supply chain networks using particle swarm optimization
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
With increasing competitiveness in the business world, focus on supply chain has got greater attention. Therefore supply chain has to be made effective by reducing unnecessary losses occurring in the supply network. These losses are caused due to production, distribution planning and improper...
Constructive and equivalent variable cost heuristics to the multi-period fixed charge transportation problem
Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science
This paper addresses a multi-period fixed charge transportation problem (MPFCTP), which includes transportation, inventories and backlog. The transportation costs are represented in the form of a nonlinear function. The objective is to determine the size of the shipments in each period,...
Cost reduction tactics
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
In today's competitive market, companies are constantly trying to win new customers and new markets in an effort to generate strong profits. They thus opt for new strategies that will enable them to be more competitive and will facilitate cost reduction. The purpose of reducing...
The business-level strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, focused cost leadership, focused differentiation and integrated cost leadership/differentiation)
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
Big Lots Inc. can be taken as an example of a firm using a cost leadership strategy. This firm is the largest broadline closeout discount chain in the United States. It sells name-brand products which are less expensive than a discount retailer (35% less). Big Lots Inc. purchases its goods...
Strategic Analysis of Aer Lingus - low cost airline
Case study - 7 pages - Economy general
This analysis has been made to show the various key points that define Aer Lingus as an organisation, which results in choosing the most adapted strategy when they are in a difficult phase. The airline industry is currently facing the consequences of the global economic crisis, i.e. higher...
Managerial procedure methods for allocation of Job Costing
Thesis - 1 pages - Accounting
Learn the basics of accounting on how to use several kinds of accounting methods to define the cost of product and how it can be applied to profitability and overhead factors. Assessing the cost of goods is beneficial to profitability examination. In the production environment, many...
Marketing File: The low-cost company Ryanair
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
A developing market, the air transport industry is also very competitive, with rules of the game being completely transformed by the advent of lowcost airlines, first in the United States and then in Europe. Though Air France KLM is the world leader in the commercial air travel today, Ryanair has...
Ikea - Easyjet: a common low-cost concept
Case study - 8 pages - Management
How is the choice of a comparison between two companies which are not operating in the same segment motivated? Indeed, nothing (or almost nothing) seems common between Ikea and EasyJet, except that 'if you look closely, you can perceive a common basis, a concept that both companies have made...
The low-cost airline industry
Market study - 5 pages - Business strategy
In this paper we will analyze the airline sector using various theories and tools to examine it. As part of our strategic focus, we will first study the overall market and then, by using the example of Ryanair, look at the features of a low cost airline. The passengers of the airline...
Cost realism analysis
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Cost realism analysis is the process of evaluating the methodology by the offeror to estimate the proposed cost and is done by using information other than cost or pricing data (Cole, 2001). This technique is useful in selecting the offeror that best fits the awards of the...
The today health crisis poses the problem of its financing in large part by public debt - With the subprime crisis, how can the impact of such a cost be sustainable on the budget ?
Dissertation - 8 pages - International economy
According to an article published on April 28, 2020, in the newspaper Les Echos and written by Renaud Honoré, the current rate of French public debt is twice as high as that of the subprime crisis in 2008. In fact, we never reached these figures since the Second World War. European debt rules...
Health application project - Healthood
Case study - 4 pages - Digital & e-marketing
Setting up the project requires a needs analysis (financial cost, comparative table, market price, designer price, developer price). The communication plan (Facebook and kKckstarter) is then defined, and the project's stakeholders identified.
Sustainable remote work practices for progressive reductions of road traffic emissions
Dissertation - 68 pages - Ecology & environment
Although technology developments brought about possibilities for all work which could be done remotely to be done remotely within the Netherlands, limitations for additional and sustainable implementation of remote work practices remained. Secondary research sheds light on the extent to which...
Probate Challenges and Solutions in Texas
Litterature review - 6 pages - Family law
The probate process is a legal procedure by which the court is empowered to authenticate the will of a deceased person and monitor the distribution of the assets to beneficiaries. In Texas, probate is prone to being a complicated and time-consuming procedure with the possible difficulties of...
Scenario One: Cost Club
Case study - 4 pages - Human resources
This paper will show a review of the messages forwarded to the human resources department. In addition, this paper will show the issues that arise in the messages, answer the questions and requirements presented, and reference the legal principles or statutes where possible. Message 1:...
Advanced technologies for rapid, large scale and cost-effective sequencing of genomes
Case study - 3 pages - Biology
While low-cost, revolutionizing computers and gadgets seem to dazzle our eyes every time we look around, a recent and fairly rapid progression in cost-effective genome analyses is drawing quite a lot of attention, the world over. Similar to electronics, the prices for rapid...
Cost- benefit analysis of stochastic models of A 2-out-of-3 redundant system with inspection
Thesis - 10 pages - Accounting
In this paper two stochastic models for a 2-out-of-3 redundant system are developed and cost-benefit analysis is carried out by using semi-Markov and regenerative processes. There are three identical units in each model and the system is considered in up-state if 2-out-of-3 units are...
The declaration of one's insolvency: content, documents to join and cost
Essay - 4 pages - Administrative law
In 2005 French legislation, concerning the companies in trouble has recently undergone deep modifications (Law 2005-845 of July 26th, 2005 of the book VI of the Commercial Law). Henceforth, there are 3 collective procedures: - Safeguard procedure - Judicial recovery procedure - Winding up...
Navigating Flair Airlines
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Canada's heavyweight, Flair Airlines, is at the top of the flying world. It is famous for being a low-cost airline, so customers get reasonably priced flights. We will explore all the inner forces that push Flair onward in our tiny world. In our presentation, we will provide the...
Launching of the 'low-cost' car Nano by the Indian giant Tata
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The Tata Group is a powerful diversified Indian industrial conglomerate, which is worth over 28 billion dollars. Tata Motors, the automobile division of Tata introduced its new model in early January: an electric car which is priced at $2,500 or about 1,700 Euros. Tata Motors is already the...
Real estate closing
Course material - 3 pages - Heritage and real estate
The real estate industry is a complex and dynamic field that involves numerous terms and concepts, especially during the closing process. This paper explores four essential terms in real estate closings: HUD-1, escrow closing, deed, and closing costs. A standardized form called HUD-1 lists...
International operations management: global operations management strategies
Case study - 10 pages - Management
According to Witkowski (2017) innovation is an integral element in driving organizations' progress and modernity. Innovation's contribution to operational efficiency is premised on the fact that organizations have the option of pursuing different types of innovation that include product,...
Measuring the new prosperity, Jack Layton
Book review - 2 pages - Economy general
Prosperity always comes with a cost. If prosperity is to be questioned due to the existence of costs, there is no real prosperity. According to Jack Layton's essay, "Measuring the New Prosperity" (hereinafter referred to as "the Essay"), prosperity must consider the social...
Existence value: The theoretical case for and against its use in cost benefit analysis
Thesis - 16 pages - Economy general
The concept of existence value was first raised in one of the most influential papers in environmental economics by John Krutilla (1967), where he advocated a move away from the Pigouvian approach to conservation of natural resources in terms of the optimal inter-temporal utilization of natural...
