The industry wide capacity is growing much faster than the demand growth. Three main causes to the isolation of IT Department Strategy to the whole business plan are analyzed as follows. To begin with, the matter of money counted for the most obvious excuse for the blackout of previously on-going Leapfrog Project. Actually, the problem is that RCCL did not figure out how best to spend its budgets, not just to meet growing demand but to boost repeat bookings. Further more, the decision of shelving the whole Leapfrog plan indicated that RCCL lost its
* The benefits are price it’s cheaper than owning a whole WAN. And the limitations are speed depending on your provider and how much you’re willing to pay is the speed you will get. Exercise 7.2.2 What are the benefits of using a partial-mesh topology? When would a full-mesh topology be required? What is the difficulty in creating a full-mesh topology for sites in different geographical locations?
Off-the-shelf software is cheaper than developing custom software. Conversely, due to Boeing’s massive scope and size, outsourcing certain elements would be inefficient. Outsourcing payroll or sales force management with 158,000 employees in 70 countries would be an extremely difficult, let alone expensive, task. Processes like payroll and sales force management often require much human interaction in order to work properly, so outsourcing these elements could create major roadblocks for employees and employers alike. On the other hand, why would Boeing develop in-house some of the software applications used in conjunction with its products?
Question 1: Despite its growth and size, why is Inventec not very profitable? Inventec is not very profitable due to: 1. Extensive industry competition: a. ODMs are fragmented. There are many existing large ODM competitors such as Asustek, Compal and Quanta who all have larger economy scales than Inventec in terms of their sales revenue. Meanwhile, as OEMs tend to primarily outsource ‘commodity technology’, EMSs and ODMs are increasingly competing for the same client base.
Who is responsible? Cellular market build-up greatly reduced people’s need for Iridium’s service. Management did not properly account for the company’s revenue model. Iridium phones were too large and expensive, forcing the company to charge higher prices and compete in areas where cellular was unavailable. They could not compete with cellular service providers.
It would be too expensive and time consuming, and the IT staff would have to customize the interface leaving the staff more work to do with integrating the new system. Ch.6 1. Are the DFDs in PE Figures 6-1 and 6-2 balanced? Show that they are, or are not. If they are not balanced, how can they be fixed?
If their inventory levels are high, it means the cost of holding inventory is going to go up. The reason the inventory levels are high could be that the transit time is too high and they have to retain more safety stock to not run out of stock. They have a problem with reliability which means that they don’t have a consistency in transit-time, this is another reason to having too much safety stock, which results in higher inventory levels, therefor higher costs. Another problem they mention is the transportation costs. Maybe the type of mode they are using is not the most favorable for them.
The offer should meet the individual needs of each segment. Secondly, the pricing is another problem. The current offer is a monthly fee offer and the fee are very difficult to estimate in the contracting period, so they are frequently under estimated and consequently the contracts are unprofitable and on the contrary many customers consider the price of the service was too high. To define an optimal pricing system, Michelin needs more data on its customer even this could take more time. It demands a large customer database and efficient information gathering and data processing.
I believe the iPad meets each of these criteria. It costs more. The iPad is compared with both the Amazon Kindle and netbook computers and is seen as too expensive in comparison. It does not perform as well. The iPad is too heavy to carry around compared to a smartphone, and is missing important features when compared with a netbook, e.g.
Threat of substitutes from such services as internet providers is high and increasing as modern technology becomes more prominent, it is a driving force resulting in the disintermediation of traditional travel agency businesses. This consequently means that threat of new entrants is high, as anyone can now set up their own travel agency business online. Thereby the possibility of new entrants is greater now as opposed to in the 1990’s when the internet was not as prominent in the travel agency sector. Finally, rivalry amongst competition is high. This all concludes to the disintermediation of travel agencies.