...Cathay Pacific [Case Analysis] Due to substantial deregulation of the airline industry in the 1980s, a highly competitive environment arose for airline carriers. Cathay Pacific, for one, was particularly efficient in making the most of this new environment, and this is largely attributable to how the airline has managed its IT operations. By outsourcing (mainly non-strategic) functions that were not core competencies, for example, they did not only cut down on costs but they also effectively reduced risks. So as the airline continued to grow, it rigorously transitioned from “strictly building and operating to acquiring and managing.” Facilitated by its global linkages, Cathay Pacific now found itself in a better position to identify key suppliers and infrastructure. This new stance allowed the airline to narrow searches down to optimal combinations of suppliers that remained competitive. Although this would later become a hindrance, as newfound partners would hold “partner” statuses that made it difficult for the airline to issue standard requests for pricing, it had an overall significant effect that put the company in a stronger position to compete. Cathay, did however, eventually replace the “smart-sourcing” strategy around 2004, when the new theme of corporate purchasing process was competition. smartsourcing: Under this new strategy, the airline focused on using fewer and longer-term suppliers that consistently demonstrated flexibility and competitiveness...
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...| |Cathay Pacific | Memo To: Edward Nicol, Director of IM From: Anthony Yeung, General Manager of IM CC: Jakob Iverson Date: 2/05/2003 Re: Cathay Pacific Outsourcing Process Edward, Once again, welcome back to Cathay Pacific! I thought I would take time to articulate the current state of Cathay’s outsourcing processes and more importantly present my recommendations to revise our methodology in managing our strategic partners that will enable future success. Understanding we are in a mode to reduce costs to compete in this industry, Cathay has outsourced several key IT functions over the past 5 years, with now 65% of our operating budget being managed outside of Cathay. Our first two major initiatives, dubbed “smartsoucing”, were initiated in April 2007. We outsourced our infrastructure to IBM and our applications to SABRE Airline Solutions. Although these two vendors were not exclusive vendors, it was clear they were definitely preferred! In December 2007, we outsourced our data center that we had built in 1995 to IBM as well. In 2001, we outsourced our desktop environment also to IBM. We followed that up in November 2002, when we outsourced our e-business infrastructure to Hewlett-Packard. Edward, listed below is my assessment of the outsourcing...
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...Over the course of Pacific Northwest history, there have been various cultural expectations that have influenced the encounters between the many groups of peoples living in the Pacific Northwest. The Native Americans, Europeans, Mexican born Spanish, and American people have encountered cultural differences amongst each other for several centuries. First, curiosity was the driving force behind exploration. The New World still had an undiscovered area in the Northwest, the last frontier. The curious minds of expanding nations would send them on several endeavors to stake claim to this unknown portion of the world. According to Weber, the Spanish were the first to reach the Pacific Northwest, preceding all other European powers in exploring the coastlines of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia (Terra Northwest, 3). In 1493, through Papal donation, Spain staked claim to the west coast for the sole navigation rights to the Eastern Pacific. As Schwantes described, Spain was the preeminent power in the Pacific basin for nearly three centuries after 1493, but concentrated its attention on the Pacific coast south from Mexico and on equatorial trade routes linking its American empire and the Philippines (Schwantes, 42). Exploratory voyages were deployed on occasion over the next three hundred years. During this time Juan de Fuca discovered the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 1592 and later Juan Perez would explore and claim the Pacific Northwest for Spain in 1774—where the Nootka Sound...
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... especially football. I have been exposed to the Pacific Islander people. Whether I was socializing with them throughout my childhood schooling or playing with and/or against Pacific Islanders throughout my athletic career, the exposure that occurred between myself and Pacific Islander’s shaped my personal perspective on who Pacific Islanders are. In my perspective Pacific Islanders are: physically large, extremely family oriented, and very protective of their cultural ideals. Naturally I always saw Pacific Islanders as very intimidating because of their massive physical stature. This more than likely because the majority of my engagements with Pacific Island people was on a football field. The majority of Pacific Islanders that played football with or against me were very big and dominated the players that were more near the size of average high school kids. The Pacific Islander players were in most cases always the biggest players on the field. Pacific Islanders were taller, heavier, and stronger than the majority of the players they played with or against. It also seemed as if the best teams in the state always had the most Pacific Islander players, looking back on this claim it’s hard to believe that there was an authentic correlation between the amount of Pacific Islander players and the success of a team. I believe that my experiences with being extremely involved in sports and the relationships that I had with Pacific Islanders led to these beliefs in my perspective...
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...Alyssa LaFace ARTE 220 3/9/16 Totems of the Pacific Northwest Totems are carved Redwood Cedar trees and used in the Potlatch ceremonies of families of the Pacific Northwest. Paint for the totems comes from pigments in nature, and like the carved animals, colors are symbolic as well. The natural ingredients mixed with oil from salmon eggs created easy application. Totems were carved to represent the emblem of the family as a reminder of its history. A totem is carved and placed to honor its ancestors, the clan’s standings, rights and accomplishments, to record as memorable ceremony or record a spiritual experience. A totem pole is a symbol of the qualities, experiences, and exploits of the clan. The red Earth Museum states, “The totem carvings tells a story, revealed only if one knows the meaning assigned to various animals, fish, birds and designs. There were a number of reasons why a particular figure or design was chosen by a chan. The connection between the clan and the various figured carved into the pole may have been as a result a special gift from the animal, fish, or bird spirits.” Northwest Symbol states, “Understanding the symbolism and stories hidden within the totem pole is more than a simple exercise in learning the attributed meanings of the figures. Each crest or symbol has its own story and is carefully arranged beginning at the bottom. The viewer will recognize the design of each animal depicted, but in order to tell the story, you need to know the story or...
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...UNION PACIFIC INTRODUCTION In any industry a company must have a Sustained Competitive Advantage (SCA), something that differentiates them from their competition. When determining what a companies SCA is, we need to consider what it is that they do that is rare, valuable, non-substitutable and costly to imitate. In evaluating Union Pacific (UP) we were able to establish that their SCA was in their operations. Since there are limited competitors railroad operations are considered rare and without a doubt one of the most if not the most valuable part of running a successful railroad. In this industry there is no substitute for having an efficient and profitable operations and the reason there is limited competition is because it is very costly to imitate. When you put it all together having well running operation in place allows you to be successful; it allows you to make timely deliveries, increase volume, lower terminal time, repairs and most importantly make a profit. HISTORY UP was founded in 1862 and in that same year President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act, which chose UP as one of two companies to construct the first transcontinental railroad. UP was to build westward up the Platte River Valley from Omaha, Nebraska and the Central Pacific (CP) Railroad of California was to build eastward from Sacramento, the two met in Promontory Summit, Utah and upon completion in 1869 commemorated the...
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...funds and supports. They specifically talked about the Pacific Gender Justice Knowledge Exchange and announced their new website which starts a new Pacific Gender Justice Network for Pacific islanders to cooperate and work together on gender justice. The Australian government has agreed to donate more than $20 million tala (currency of Samoa) over ten years. Over fifty percent of this financial aid goes to programs and policies that focus of empowering women and young girls in the Indo-Pacific region. The reason why the Australian government is providing financial aid to these undeveloped pacific islands is because the Australian government believes that when a there is equal rights and opportunities for both men and women that this enables development to progress. They also believe that because there is equal opportunities and rights for both men and women that economically its an advantage for a country to provide the means for this type of environment to upraise because in the long term the economy would grow at a rapid pace then it would if only men were to have these opportunities. It was also mentioned that there would be less corruption when there is equal rights and opportunities among men and women. I think that this program will contribute to the movement of empowering and establishing native islanders in leadership positions within their own islands. In class we have emphasized of importance for Pacific Islanders to reclaim their identify and not only that but...
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...Pacific Island Countries (PICs) lie in an area known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire." Around 91% of the world's earthquakes occur within the Pacific Ring of Fire. This makes PICs extremely vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis. Furthermore information technology has played a major part in assisting the authorizes in helping , alert the people about natural disasters, organizing people during the natural disaster and assisting authorities and people in the disaster rehabilitation and recovery. To begin with, alerting people about natural disaster. As the information and communication technologies helps with that for example the latest disaster that occurred in the south pacific the earthquake in the Solomon Islands that was followed by the tsunami. The ICT was used to help inform the people of the south pacific region especially Fiji as the Vodafone and digicel send text massages to everyone’s phone informing about the tsunami. More over the radio and television were giving live coverage and times that certain areas would be affected. Moreover the ICT are used to organize people as they would be informed through the television and radio that which evacuation centers are open and nearby that they can seek shelter during disaster. Also it organize people in way for them not to go to certain areas that are affect badly by the natural disasters and also in which areas there would power and water cuts, so that people are able to store and backup their supplies. Together with it...
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...Analysis of Cathay Pacific Airlines General Environment Cathay Pacific was established in 1946 and is now the largest airline company in Hong Kong. It operates both passenger services and cargo services and operates in more than 30 countries throughout Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America to more than 80 destinations. From Hong Kong, where its headquarter is based, Cathay operates 36 of their destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. Therefore the general environment in especially Hong Kong and the rest of the Asia-pacific region has an effect on Cathay Pacifics business procedure. The general environment is composed of factors that can have dramatic effects on a firm’s strategy and events and changes in the general environment can he hard to predict and even harder to control (Dess et al. 2012, p.87). The demographic segment of the general environment is the genetic and observable characteristics of a population (Dess et al. 2012, p. 87). Hong Kong’s population was in 2009 7.03 million. About 95% of the population are of Chinese descent. The majority are Taishanese, Chiu Chow, other Cantonese people, and Hakka. The remaining 5% of the population is non-ethnic Chinese people and consists of a South Asian population of Indians, Pakistanis, Neplaese, Vietnamese refugees, Europeans, Americans, Japanese and Koreans. This means that the population of Hong Kong consists of many different nationalities and in addition Hong Kong is one of the most...
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...The first three major eras of the Pacific Northwest show some remarkable changes. What begins with the first people rapidly becomes a barrage of settlers, development and the harvesting of resources. Each period of time in the PNW brings changes in the people, the geography, and the culture. First is the Era of the First People. Scientific theories suggest that man first came to the PNW via land bridges from Russia or perhaps waterways. Some legends suggest a similar nomadic journey following the migrating animals or the work of spirits or Gods who created companions for a lonely human; usually a mother figure. However they came to be, the First People, while split into different geographical and cultural groups, had many things in common. These groups: the Costal, Plateau, and Basin Indians, all used the resources of the PNW to their advantage. For the most part, all depended on hunting and gathering for food and resources. The Basin Indians, with more limited resources, did have to forage for food and resources at times. Salmon was favored heavily for both a food source and in various ceremonies. Each group had domesticated animals: horses, dogs, or sheep. The changes in this era are more focused on the growth of cultures and of population; establishing societies. The Coast Indians were separated geographically from other native peoples. They had their own local forms of society and government involving a very class conscious social structure...
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...National Geographic Society. “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” National Geographic Society, National Geographic, 9 Oct. 2012, www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/. The National Geographic has been known of posting many articles and videos about the concern and awareness of the water pollution of the Pacific Ocean. The article that is chosen is about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the National Geographic has many photo evidence of the harmful effects of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The article puts in perspective of how serious the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is by using quotes from captains that have sailed by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and statistics of the mass size. The article will be supporting...
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...Introduction 4 Economic Integration: Definition 5 Background of Free Trade in the South Pacific 6 PICTA 7 PACER 7 Advantages and benefits of Economic Integration 9 Drawbacks of Regional Economic Trade 11 Resolution 15 Conclusion 17 Bibliography 18 Appendices 19 Declaration of Originality We declare that this is our original work and all borrowed works had been cited and referenced. s11061729 Elizabeth Pearl Blakelock s11074679 Ranjeeta Devi s93005349 Mosese Vosarogo Acknowledgement We acknowledge our Instructor Mr Atishwar Pandaram for for the learning, Mr William Kurt of Cost-U-Less for allowing us time to interview him and for the valuable information and also Mr Aslam Janiff of Kundan Singh Supermarket and Andrew Powell Rajendras FoodTown Supermarket for giving their time to attend to us. Introduction In this project, we will attempt to highlight the implications of free trade amongst the south pacific island countries that are under the auspices of the 'The Pacific Islands Forum'. PIF is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. Member countries are: Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia...
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...I. INTRODUCTION Business process reengineering (BPR), a recently popularized management change strategy, promises radical improvements in the business processes of an organization. This paper describes and analyses one of Pacific Bell’s successful reengineering initiatives, the Centrex reengineering project. The reengineering project describes the redesign and rollout of the new order-fulfilment process for a flagship product at Pacific Bell, Centrex. Background In late 1990, Pacific Bell, a subsidiary of Pacific Telesis Group and one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies, initiated reengineering. Due to the advancements of technology, the competitive environment for regional Bell operating companies was becoming increasingly complex. In 1990, Pacific Bell's CEO and President announced a long-term initiative called Competitive Readiness. The initiative called for 3 "R"s: restructuring, refocusing, and reengineering: * Restructuring led to breaking the once monolithic company into seven decentralized regional business units that served customers within specified geographic regions; statewide business units which focused on public and corporate customers with points of service throughout the state; and a product and technology support group composed of product and systems technology that permeated all facets of the firm's operations. * The refocusing program led to organizing the firm's priorities and resources around vision, values, and bold goals. Bold...
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...(2012) indicated the growth rate of China’s gross domestic product has resulted in a three-year low, a slow growth for industrial production as well as retail sales, contributing a slow growth rate at 4.4% in China's domestic passenger markets. In Lanman, S. and Panckhurst, P., (2012)'s news report, China’s export growth cooled to 9.2 percent in the first half of the year, a 24 percent decrease in the first six months of 2011, the figure reflected declining number in both cargo and passengers carrier for Cathay Pacific and China Southern Airways, accompany with the high jet fuel prices, the future in airlines industry is pessimistic.According to Wallis (2012), China Southern Airlines claimed there is 50% drop in net profit compare to last year, contributed by high jet fuel costs, losses in exchange rate (6.3760 against the dollar) and China’s slowing down economy due to Europe’s austerity measures and government debt burdens. On the other hand, its major rival Cathay Pacific announced billions dollars investment on more fuel efficient and nautical miles aircrafts airbus A350-1000. With better fuel efficiency aircraft and well-tailored flight patterns, Wallis (2012) believes it shall remain its competitive position in the industry.IATA (2012) believes that both the air travel and freight volumes are likely to show slow growth in the coming period due to deepening economic recession and consumer confident. Although the fuel price has a significant...
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...岛屿太平洋①环境史研究概述 [内容提要]岛屿太平洋环境史尚处初创阶段。相关研究主要从西方“他者”研究、殖民扩张需求，及二战后本土学者对西方“发展战略”反思的知识与现实基础中产生而来。20世纪90年代后，西方学者逐渐摆脱“他者研究”倾向。随着二战后，太平洋研究机构的建立，本土学者异军突起，在发觉自身历史独特性的同时，深刻反思西方“进步观念”、“发展战略”为岛屿未来的可持续发展提供借鉴。然而，初创中的研究仍存在“零散混乱”、欠缺对现实社会环境不公正的关注等问题。综上，未来的岛屿太平洋环境史有必要向中观综合区域性研究发展。 [关键词]岛屿太平洋 波利尼西亚 环境史学史 区域研究 本土研究 一、岛屿环境史研究的兴起 著名环境史学家约翰·麦克尼尔，在2001年出版的《太平洋世界环境史》论文集中曾用“正在形成中的领域”来形容当前的太平洋环境史研究。他亦坦诚指出：“当前，太平洋区域环境史其实并没有真正形成。”[1]( pxiii)尽管，其所谓“太平洋区域”是指包含东亚、澳洲、北美等更为广阔的区域，但仅就小范围的岛屿太平洋区域来说，能将环境史研究与日益博兴的太平洋区域研究相结合的岛屿太平洋环境史尚在草创之中。 尽管，相关研究尚未完全形成，但近现代相关考古学、博物学、历史学、人类学、自然科学等领域却成就辉煌；这为岛屿太平洋环境史研究提供了重要的知识基础。早在16世纪中期，伴随着太平洋航海探险的进行，欧洲人急需了解神秘瑰丽的太平洋岛屿区域。于是，早期的船长日记、探险家游记便成了西方人有关岛屿太平洋历史的最早记载。18世纪，卢梭的浪漫主义所谓的“高尚的野蛮”（noble savage）[2](p5)，直接影响了西方人对热带岛屿的认识，并逐渐演化为《东方学》中揭示的：18世纪末19世纪初，欧洲对太平洋岛屿进行统治和改造的“殖民话语”。19世纪末20世纪初随着全球资本主义体系的形成，欧洲在太平洋地区为帝国主义霸权与商品市场展开激烈争夺，殖民帝国纷纷在太平洋岛屿上建立自己的海外殖民地并推广单一种植园等生产方式。同时，西方学者则大多从“他者”角度认识和编撰岛屿太平洋的历史。二战后，相关研究有了新进展。特别是20世纪90年代末，帮随着环境史研究的兴起岛屿太平洋历史研究出现了反话语霸权、反权力的后殖民、后现代倾向。一方面，西方著名环境史学家们，通过环境史研究视角考察当地人与自然互动的历史关系；更加尊重岛屿环境因素影响下文化和历史发展的特性；尽可能还原当地历史演变过程的连续性，并将“岛屿区域”放在全球范围内考察其间的复杂联系。另一方面，本土研究如雨后春笋般大量涌现。夏威夷、斐济等地纷纷建立起“波利尼西亚文化研究中心”以及“太平洋学术研究中心”等学术机构。本土学者纷纷成长起来，对欧洲殖民统治之下的历史认识、“进步观念”和“发展战略”进行深刻反思；并以著民视角重新审视历史上岛民与岛屿自然环境之间的互动关系，逐渐认识到岛屿特殊的地理、气候条件，在塑造岛国历史中所扮演的至关重要的角色。通过艰辛努力本土学者们的研究既发出了岛国历史“自己的声音”；又从更加整体、有机的角度，将西方传统上的“他者”研究，扩展为复杂联系的岛屿太平洋环境史。 值得注意的是：20世纪70-80年代，仍被西方人看作“人间天堂”、“世外桃园”的岛屿区域，并没有出现与西方相似的大规模环保运动。这也在一定程度上导致岛屿环境史研究对发展战略反思有待深入；相关研究对社会“环境不公正”等现象关注不够充分等问题。 二、岛屿环境史研究的相关成果 ...
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