main competitor, Carnival, through the entirety of the study. The most discussed issue in the case is of Royal Caribbean and its situation relative to the world economy as its recovering from one of the worst recessions since the great depression. From where the timeline of the case begins (2Q of 2010) it had made a large recovery in profit and had cut costs as well. However, even despite the forecasts predicting a further increase in profit, Royal Caribbean along with the cruise line industry is still
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Centralized Planning in Cruise Industry Abstract This paper identifies the conventional supply chain planning system MRP (materials resource planning) and the complexity of global cruise supply chain management and suggests a contemporary centralized ERP (enterprise resource planning) to solve supply chain issues. Introduction and background The ever-expanding cruise ship industry seems to have no end to its own growth. In the 1980s the growth beat every expectation and since then, the sustained
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1. The growth of cruise-line industry has been influenced by factors like: -increase in and expansion of technology (refurbishment of cruises, installation of discos and casinos,etc..) - liberalization of cross border trade and resource movements (international field, ship crews from over 100 countries, use of locally product from all over the world, treating the world as a source) -increased globally competition (development of air-service had changed the objective of Carnival Corporationidea
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Date Justification report Assignment 2.1- Justification Report(Part 1) Problem statement The main problem that employees face in Carnival Cruise Line Company is a hostile environment. This hostile environment in Carnival Cruise Line Company is also a form of harassment. A good number of other employees in Carnival Cruise Line Company normally think that issues that bring about the hostile environment in the workplace include; bosses who are irresponsible, rude coworkers, privileges
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Exhibit 1 Annual Passengers Year Carnival Passegers Carried Anual Growth CLIA Lines Passegers Carried Anual Growth 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 1035037 1185588 1343356 1517330 1535359 1837764 2044563 2290801 2482231 2854476 3037948 15,33% 14,55% 13,31% 12,95% 1,19% 19,7% 11,25% 12,04% 8,36% 15% 6,43% 4448000 4378000 4656000 5051000 5428000 5894000 6882000 6906000 7640000 8300000 8980000 -0,71% -1,57% 6,35% 8,48% 7,46% 8,59% 16,76% 0,35% 10,63% 8,64%
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I. Strategic Recommendations A. Pause Strategy (CI#1, 2, 3): Carnival Corp has been known for health and safety records, a key component in consumer decision-making in the cruise industry. In order to begin improvements, a pause strategy needs to be utilized to allow the company to take a step back from aggressive growth and focus more towards consumer necessities. Many complaints stem from issues like sanitization of rooms, quality of food, and ship malfunctions. Keying in on ship maintenance
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Alicia Trezza Zak Jones Carnival Cruise Lines 1. Conduct a SWOT analysis for Carnival: what are its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats? In doing so, please evaluate its major competitors. Strengths - Carnival has 75 ships in its fleet and is continuing to brand the company as the “fun ships” - There are large barriers of entry into the cruise businesses. Ships are extremely costly and time consuming to build. - Carnival cruises provide a vacation that includes all activities
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Carnival Cruise Lines 1-3. The global forces that have contributed to the growth of cruise-line industry are the nationality of competitors. Companies can obtain ‘flags of convenience’ from about 30 different countries, and travel to many different ports. This can tend to make it easier for companies to be based out of other countries and save money on taxes and such. 1-4. Legally, Carnival is a Panamanian company, and Carnival’s revenue is not subject to U.S. or Panamanian income taxes. 1-5
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Thank you for your DB post this week. You offered some good ideas on planning, fads, and the transitional model in your post. You also used your research well to support the views. While the ideas are good, the piece has many writing problems that are taking away from the ideas you are offering. Please see some example edits below and please begin using the writing center as it is a great resource. 80% DB Forum 2 Part 1 1. How do you think planning in today’s organizations compares to planning
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