...Summary Union Pacific is the largest freight railroad in North America. In 2007 they transported over one trillion ton-miles of freight earning revenues of $16.28 billion. They operate on 32,000 miles of rail covering the United States west of the Mississippi. Union Pacific is a successful firm both externally and organizationally. The Class I Freight Railroad industry encompasses the seven largest railroads in North America. In the U.S., where Union Pacific operates, Class I Freight Railroads move more than 40% of the freight transported per year, measured in ton-miles. The industry is in the maturity stage, experiencing slow consistent growth. For companies in this industry, it implies tightened operations and good human resource management are essential for success. The industry incumbents benefit from high barriers to entry due to the amount of capital requirements. Substitutes play a moderate role in the industry, while buyers and suppliers are on neutral ground with the railroads. Lastly, rivalry varies from area to area, but is average as a whole. This is shown in the analysis of captive versus noncaptive customers. Union Pacific mainly transports commodities in five primary industries; agriculture, automotive, chemical, energy, and industrial. These customers look for competitive pricing, on time delivery, and good customer service. In order to be successful in this industry, a railroad must have the resources to serve all the needs of these customers. Since Union Pacific...
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...Conceptualizing a business Roneika Stewart BUS/475 October 18, 2011 Kwadwo Ofori-Brobbery Conceptualizing a Business The Union Pacific Railroads is one of the most leading transportation companies across the United States. The railroad provides service in Mexico. The railroad covers 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country and serves many of the fastest growing U.S population and providing a safe mode of freight transportation (Union Pacific, 2011). Union Pacific franchise provides strong pricing opportunity, dependable service, and shareholders with higher return. This paper defines the Union Pacific Railroad service, states the company’s mission statement, values, and address customer needs. Mission Statement According to Union Pacific Railroad (2011), “Men and women are dedicated to serve, the Union pacific works together for the good of our customers, shareholders, and one another; our commitment defines us and drives the economic strengths of our company and our country. Union Pacific’s vision represents the experience for people who the company inspired. The vision also connects the importance of rail transportation to America’s economy, acknowledge the generation prior to us and promise for the generation that will follow. ” The Union Pacific strives to build America. The Union Pacific Railroad transport freight across the western part of the United States by rail. The railroad service has been in high demand for many years and years to follow. Therefore...
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...Agricultural Marketing Service February 2014 Railroad Concentration, Market Shares, and Rates Marvin Prater • Adam Sparger • Daniel O’Neil, Jr. Summary Since the passage of the Staggers Act in 1980, many railroads have merged. The market share of Class I railroads has increased since then, while the number of Class I railroads has fallen to only seven. Through railroad mergers, rail-torail competition has been reduced, railroad market power has increased, and rail costs have fallen by over half in real terms. Over much of this period, most of these reduced costs were passed on to shippers as savings through lower rates. Since 2004, however, average rail rates per ton-mile for all commodities have climbed 36 percent, negating some of the savings over the period. Although some of these real rail rate increases have contributed to record rail profitability and capital investment, most of the rate increases are the result of increased railroad costs; real rail costs, adjusted for productivity, increased 29 percent during the same period. Although deregulation of railroads in 1980 produced more than 550 regional and local railroads throughout America, the 7 Class I railroads originated well over half the grain and oilseed shipments in 2011. Introduction For many years, railroads have been merging in order to increase efficiency and develop financially stable rail businesses large enough to compete with other modes of transportation, mostly trucks and barges. Following...
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...In the 1800 there were tons of railroads but none of them connected the pacific ocean to the atlantic ocean. Tons of people tried to connected the pacific ocean to the atlantic ocean but there plans never came threw. In 1862 Abraham Lincoln signed the pacific railroad act. That's when they started building the transcontinental railroad. The transcontinental railroad would connect the two oceans. With the help from the central pacific railroad company and the union pacific railroad company they started the build for the railroad. Leland Stanford got a lot of credit for starting the build for the Transcontinental railroad. He was the president of the central pacific railroad company. His company would work west from Omaha Nebraska. The union pacific railroad company would work east from sacramento,california. The two companies worked at different side of the country and met together in the middle of the country to build the transcontinental railroad faster....
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...from or refused to join unions in the fight against capital, which angered and threatened the white European immigrants who constituted these organizations. Unions such as the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor supported legislation that limited or excluded Chinese immigration. By the mid-1880s, a wave of anti-Chinese violence grew and spread into the Pacific Northwest.[2] Rock Springs[edit] Main article: Rock Springs massacre Rock Springs was just the first outbreak of many in the West of anti-Chinese violence. It occurred in Rock Springs, in the Wyoming Territory. In the 1870s, the Union Pacific coal mines began firing white strikers and replacing its previously all-white work force with cheaper Chinese laborers. The incident occurred on September 2, 1885. Fighting broke out in the mines between white and Chinese laborers. A mob destroyed and set aflame many Chinese homes, causing an estimated $140,000 of damage, killing 28, injuring 14, and sending the remaining immigrants fleeing into the surrounding area. Later, Governor Francis Warren telegraphed President Cleveland requesting federal military assistance, due to a report that had surfaced that the Chinese, who had fled the town earlier, had now regrouped in nearby Evanston and had armed themselves. The Chinese and anti-Chinese mobs were set to meet, which prompted the commitment of federal troops to Rock Springs. The soldiers were not under orders to protect the Union Pacific Railroad or to protect the...
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...The General Plan Student’s Name Institution of Learning Every city has its vision, goals and strategy. That’s why, they need to make some plan in order to set policy guidelines for every future action and to work for particular results. This document describes implementation steps and direction of city development. The general plan of city is its constitution and policy guide for the future. I have chosen a city of Fresno in California to analyze its general plan and how they are dealing with problems. This community is facing some noise issues, especially traffic sound. It might look like not so important problem in the fast-growing world, but often it can be annoying and even harmful for mental health. That’s why, it is useful to know how to deal with such problems. Furthermore, issues of noise are widely spread in Fresno, because there are three airports, four state highways and also some major streets, carrying large vehicles and truck traffic. It is important to note that industrial facilities in the city also generate noise from equipment. Due to the general plan, the goal of the community has been made in relation to this issue. They want to promote a city of Fresno with safe and comfortable streets and to have a lot of opportunities to relax. A vision is to make Fresno an ideal place for living, working and relaxing or to improve the quality of life there. In the general plan there are a lot of solutions to deal with noise problems. For example, state...
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...of selling. Moreover, they betrayed their tradition. * Homestead Act: Homestead Act was granted in 1862, because the government wants to encourage people settle in west. In the act, the government provides tracts, which are 160 acres of public land for a small fee and land to encourage people to work or live for five years. * Exodusters: It refers to those African American who migrated from the south to the Great Plains after the civil war. Many African Americans fled to search and find a better life. Some of them ahead to the west and became farmers. * Populist Party: It is a party established in 1892. It basically is requiring the government to enact new police to protect working people. Put in order and explain * Pacific Railway Act: It enacted in 1862 and 1863 Help promote the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Because during the 1850s, many people are demanding for a better, more convenient and faster transportation, which can help the commerce between west and east. * Completion of 1st transcontinental railroad:1861 Four wealthy merchants from California...
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...Appendices, and 9. Any footnotes. Coast4Life Cruises Business Case Analysis Business Case Analysis Introduction Coast4Life Inc. was incorporated federally on June 3, 2000, and is in the business of offering ocean cruises along the Canadian west coast, with stops at interesting ports of call in British Columbia. The business has a September 30 year end. In 2007, the original owners sold all their Coast4Life shares to the senior management group. Between 2001 and 2010, the company grew steadily from 135 to 574 employees and from $9.4 million to more than $55.7 million in revenue. Vision Coast4Life will be the first choice for vacationers who are seeking a safe, enjoyable and unique cruise experience in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Mission Coast4Life meets the needs of North American vacationers by offering safe, enjoyable and unique cruises along the coast of British Columbia at affordable prices and at a high-quality level of service. Coast4Life also strives to minimize the effects of cruising on the ecology along the BC coast and maximize the safety of customers, staff and marine life by ensuring that the ships used are well maintained and that environmental and safety regulations are not only met, but exceeded. Quantitative analysis The main revenues in the Coast4Life are generated for the most...
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...Mary Ann Bellinger Eng 121 Instructor McKoy -Taylor Descriptive essay My First Cruise I remember like it was yesterday the year I decided to take my first vacation without the kids. My fiancé and I went on a week long cruise to Mexico. Neither one of us had ever been on a cruise so it was a new experience for the both of us. We needed to be in New Orleans for departure so we drove the six hours from Jonesboro, Arkansas to New Orleans, Louisiana. My fiancé and I used this time to talk, make plans for the future and fantasize about our week away from the kids and work. We left before the sun was fully up when the sky is blue with fluffy white clouds and not a sign of rain anywhere not to mention Hurricane Irene. We enjoyed the night on bourbon street eating famous Louisiana gumbo and poor boy sandwiches, drinking wine and sight seeing. We rode the trolley through the famous garden district. We walked the pier where we to board our cruise ship. There was so many cruise ships docked there some were coming in others were waiting to depart. The boarding of cruise ships takes as long as boarding an airplane. First you have to check in then go to your boarding area. Then you have to go through customs and check your luggage that is not seen again until you arrive at your cabin where it will be waiting for you. From there everyone is to meet at the emergency exits to hear the proper procedures to follow in case of an emergency. After the brief introduction...
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...Assignment Porter’s five force |Suppliers power |For stubing enterprises the key suppliers are the cruise manufactures, as there are not many | | |manufactures in cruise business. The power is in suppliers side, so if they increase their cost | | |of ship and other facilities. It would be a problem for the travel companies to buy ships and | | |maintain. If stubing enterprises think of renting cruise and run the business, then it would be | | |problem from the renting companies because they might charge more for the cruise. Not only the | | |manufactures, the suppliers who supply other facilities like food, beverages, band people etc. | | |They also affect the business, if they increase their prices the prices of ticket will also go | | |and the people might not be interested in the cruise market. | |Buyers power |Buyers are the most powerful in any business, because they have many choices to select, which one| | |is more affordable they will choose. So they play a major role in price setting, because as a | | |travel enterprise it should attract customers based on low prices and...
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...Cruising has recently gained significant importance as one of the fastest growing niche sectors within the tourism industry around the world. In Bangladesh we have started it with a longer vision. Modern cruises with ever-larger vessels have transformed the ship from merely transporting tourists to various destinations to become a resort in its own right (Kester, 2002; Papathanasis & Beckmann, 2011; Weaver, 2005). With the extended facilities offered, competitive pricing and aggressive marketing campaigns we think our cruise business will give its guests an elite type of vacation which they can remember for their rest of life. HR Strategy of Cruise Business Cruise business is simple managing a floating resort. This business is very closely related with hospitality rather than sport, recreation, entertainment, beauty, health and therapy. On the other hand if the human resource management is not proper in such case this would not bring any effective result for such kind of business. The HR personnel of this cruise will also maintain different partnerships with different department of this cruise liner in order to serve all parties in the best interest of the business. By confronting different issues and getting feedback it will report to the manager so that the performance of the overall team can be better. HR personnel also should develop business strategies that are in alignment with the cruise’s business objectives, by focusing on all aspects of the human asset. Continuously...
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...Railroad Era and Economic Growth The Central Pacific Railroad was originally meant to make it easier for people from the East Coast to travel to the West Coast. In reality the Central Pacific Railroad made it easier for four men, Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, to be greedy and deceitful, while trying to control the government. Central Pacific Railroad The Central Pacific Railroad was the vision of Theodore D. Judah but he could not finance it himself so he went looking for financial backing in both San Francisco and Sacramento. In Sacramento there were four men that were interested in Judah’s idea but were afraid to invest until the project had Congresses backing. Those four men were Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, and they came to be known as the “Big Four”. The “Big Four” were willing to finance the Central Pacific Railroad by any means possible. There were a total of 1530 stocks sold at $100 a share to get the railroad started. Huntington, Stanford, Crocker, Hopkins and Judah bought 150 shares each and were able to start their company with only ten percent down which equaled $15,800. Thanks to the help of Judah the Congress passed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 and President Lincoln signed it. Just two short years later the Act was amended so that it would be even more generous to the railroads. The Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads received federal loans and land grants...
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...Labor Laws and Unions HRM/531 07/26/2012 L. Robinson Labor Laws and Unions In this paper I will briefly give background information on Union Pacific Railroad. Identify any legal issues and obstacles that Union Pacific may have or encounter. Discuss if any federal, state, or local laws were broken because of the legal issues and why. I will also provide recommendations to minimize any litigation. The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 was approved by President Abraham Lincoln, it also provided the construction of railroads. Union Pacific Railroad is a transportation company chartered by Congress to build the nation’s first transcontinental railroad line. Because of the Pacific Railroad Act, Union Pacific was approved to build a line west from Omaha, Nebraska to California-Nevada line, there it was to join with the Central Pacific RR, which was being built at the same time from Sacramento, California. Each company after completion of the railroad was to be granted 6,400 acres of public lands. The Union Pacific Railroad has their headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Union Pacific Railroad is the leading railroad system in the United States. The Company has employees of more than 45,000, and operates at least 9,000 locomotives on 32,000 miles of track across 23 states in central and western United States. Union Pacific has purchased a large amount of railroads. Union Pacific’s main competitor is BNSF Railway. Union Pacific is one of the most powerful railroads in the country. It...
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...Chapter 24-25 Overview 1. Loans and large land grants 2. A) northern pacific railroad B) New York Central C) central pacific railroad 3. Pools 4. The judicial branch/Supreme Court 5. Interstate commerce act 6. A) steel industry, vertical B) oil baron, horizontal C) banking, interlocking directorate 7. Bessemer / Kelly 8. U.S. Steel Corporation 9. 14th amendment 10. Railroad corporations and unions 11. Cotton & textiles; not unionized, cheap labor 12. Corporations 13. A) 2 B) 1 C) 3 14. Nationwide spiritual and moral revival, sexual purity, protected the moral fiber of people 15. It became smaller 16. Reproductive rights, suffrage, 17. Prohibition 18. The ornamental style of architecture such as skyscrapers, and large buildings 19. They found it very important and tried to preserve it. They did in-home rituals, developed religious schools and ethnic enclaves, and were responsible for their practicing privately. Also an increase in nativists attitude. 20. They were in favor of the laws because they were trying to protect American values from immigration. 21. The Knights of Labor 22. National Labor Union 23. American Federation of Labor 24. They are all related in the fact that mostly immigrants lived in them A) slums- area of great poverty inside of cities B) Dumbbell Tenements- apartments that are shaped like a dumbbell that are dangerous to get out of in case of fire C) homes where unemployed citizens, transient, or new citizens...
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...The Transcontinental Railroad was the first railroad that spanned the nation from east to west. The railroad was comprised of the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies. Together these two railroads were able to bring the nation together, and the railroads contributed to the economic success of a growing nation. In 1839, the Corps of Topographical Engineers was created as a unit of the United States Army.[1] The purpose of this branch was to explore the continent with the hope of achieving the concept of manifest destiny. In 1853, Congress sent out a group of people to explore the west and to find a suitable route for a transcontinental railroad. However, there were other groups that went out on private expeditions. One of the members of this group was John C. Fremont, who made five major expeditions into the west.[2] Once California became a state in 1850, the government wanted to ensure that California did not break away from the Union.[3] One way to ensure this was to build a transcontinental railroad to provide transportation and communication between the eastern and western states. Since an effective route for the railroad had not been officially decided Congress appointed this job to Jefferson Davis, who was the Secretary of War, on March 3, 1853. Congress gave Davis the task of finding the potential route along four different lines of latitude. The people involved in the expeditions faced many problems including Indian attacks, long journeys...
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