In the article “United Airlines Is Giving Its 6,000 Customer Service Reps The iPhone 6 Plus,” Jon Russell mentions how Apple allies with United Airlines, the major American airline headquartered in Chicago, while providing customer service representatives with iPhone 6 Plus. Due to the complaints from the airline staffs, the company decides to allocate better tools to serve the customers, especially during busy travel times with approximately 4,000 flights per day across over 350 airports and 6 continents (Russell 2015). Approximately 6,000 staffs are now using iPhone 6 Plus as a device to assist their customers. Moreover, in 2011, United Airline gave its pilots iPads and 23,000 flight attendants iPhone 6 Plus in late 2014. This not only allows airline staffs “to print out luggage tags, …show more content…
Without this partnership, United Airlines might not be able to assist as much passengers per time, have over 4,000 flights per day, or even obtain $4.8 billion net income in the third-quarter 2015 financial results. United Airlines effectively uses this opportunity to cooperate with the famous multinational technology company, Apple, to provide work efficiency and productivity for its employees and customers while increasing their brand presences. In my opinion, this alliance between Apple Inc. and United Airlines is a savvy move since both sides get what they want, which is a win-win situation. By equipping additional 6,000 iPhone 6 Plus devices for United employees, the agents can provide auxiliary attention to passengers or customers with more complex needs at their fingertips. The handsets give flight attendants the ability to “provide information to employees in a quick and convenient fashion” (Hughes 2015). This is indeed a significant investment in their employees while creating better job satisfaction and customer
Airline travel is arguably safer than that of car travel, with not only less risk for in motion issues and collisions of any sort, but not issues about missing the turn off. Airline travel issues do not usually persist during travel, yet can sometimes happen before the take-off even begins. The issue with Airline travel is not travel hazards, but instead travel protocols often carried out by the airline companies. United Airlines specifically has gone through too many CEO switches and un-transparent business ethics leading to customer complaints and needs to reevaluate business ethics.
When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at the Macworld convention in January of 2007, a tidal change in the way users communicate with one another was unleashed. The phone, which combined the already popular attributes of an iPod with the traditional cell phone, was an instant success, selling millions of units even at the initially haughty price of $599 each (Vogelstein, 2008). The theory behind the creation of the phone was deceptively simple: combine an MP3 player with a Blackberry, camera, and regular cell phone operating on a sleek touch-screen controlled software system. Consumers were finally freed from carrying separate devices to perform all they tasks they now wanted to away from home. In one simple hand-held device they could take pictures, listen to music, play games, communicate with friends and family, and even surf the Internet. This one device changed the way that people began sharing information, allowing them to instantly access information anywhere in the world while also transmitting it just as quickly. The iPhone is now universally recognized and has become a cultural artifact in our times.
Southwest Airlines represents a rather unique organizational force that has driven the company to success since its inception in 1971. One of the most unique features about the organizational structure is that it is largely decentralized and employees are openly welcomed to express their opinions on a wide range of organizational issues. However, despite the "hands off" management strategy, the company consistently ranks as one of the top airlines in regards to customer complaints; in 2008, for example, the company received 0.25 complaints on average for every one hundred thousand passengers who used the aviation services (Triangle Business Journal, 2009). This analysis will look at some of the organizational factors that have contributed to the success of Southwest Airlines over the course of the last few decades.
The five universal competitive plans include overall low-cost provider strategy, broad differentiation strategy, focused low-cost strategy, focused differentiation strategy and best cost provider strategy (Bethel, 2017). Southwest Airlines popular competitive strategy is keeping customers happy by being low cost, employee driven, future-minded, and differentiated. The overall low-cost provider strategy that is being used at Southwest is a low-cost airline that focuses on no-frills service (Investopedia, 2015). Southwest prides itself on being a people-oriented airline that operates with warm and helpful employees and team members. The most valuable competitive interest has been being its intense focus on hiring the right people (Investopedia, 2015).
Grand strategies, often called master or business strategies, provided basic direction for strategic actions. There are many grand strategies that Southwest Airline can chose from when considering which strategies match with their company’s strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
This way of dealing with things may not go through as well with other organizations. Also this may sometime in the future not workout so well with American Airlines as well.
This proposal addresses the needed steps to be taken in order for Southwest Airlines to see continued growth in the airline industry. Southwest Airlines has been able to remain one of the most profitable airlines in the industry for an extended period of time. Even with the hindrance of the 2001 terrorist attacks involving airplanes and the U.S recession of 2008, Southwest has continued to see strong revenue growth. Meanwhile, other companies were experiencing major losses and in some cases folding. Southwest Airlines has capitalized on the company’s strength of being the top low cost
What is Southwest's competitive strategy? What are the sources of its success? How does it make money in this business?
On June 29, 2007, Apple Inc. launched sales of the iPhone at Apple and AT&T stores across the country. Many hours earlier, enthusiastic customers lined up outside stores to get the first iPhone in their hands. The iPhone is more than just a breakthrough mobile-phone device. It is a strategy that may expand Apple's sphere of influence. Apple elegantly combined a mobile phone, mp3 player, and personal digital assistant (PDA) on the same machine characterized by its unique, innovative design.
Today many companies do their business directly from the iPhones. Business people and non-business people alike are using the iPhone in order to achieve
With Apple being so far ahead of their competition, the only problem one can foresee in Apple’s future is how long they can sustain such innovation before they plateau. Apple does a phenomenal job at releasing their innovative products before their competition, but if their innovation cannot hold steady, this may lead to changes in demand for their products considerably. This can be seen with their release of the iPhone, the first successful touch screen cellular phone. Although people swarmed to the iPhone when it was first released because of its advanced technology, as the years have passed, other similar designs, including those with android and windows based operating systems, have drawn a considerable portion of the market. A clear representation of Apple’s attempt to regain some of this market can be seen when the iPhone was released to Verizon Wireless’ customers in
Employee satisfaction remains strong at Apple, with designers and engineers being well compensated. They remain committed to the company not because of their salaries, but because of the amazing products they are able to create. The work challenges the mind and the teams are passionate and dedicated to the focus of the organization. Apple’s future success largely hinges on the ingenuity of these employees to overcome the iPhone adversity and present an alternative antenna design that has less signal loss when held by the human hand.
It has announced that 2011-2012 was a 24th consecutive year of profit for the Emirates Airline and the group. At present, the airline covers 72 countries with 122 destinations and has around 190 aircraft, while it network is escalating continuously. More than 1,200 flights leave to destinations into six continents.
In 2007, Jobs invented the iPhone, a user friendly smart phone, which launched the smart phone market as we know it today. Until the emergences of other companies in the smart phone industry Apple monopolized the smart phone market. Although, other competitors are producing smart phones, Apple still continues to be successful when it comes to sales. For instance, Apple’s new iPhone 5S models sold more than 9 million units in their first weekend, and the company has earned praise for
Steve Jobs once said, “Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. It's very fortunate if you can work on just one of these in your career.” On January 9th, 2007 Apple changed this society by introducing the iPhone, virtually putting the world in the palm of society’s hands. IPhones provide individuals with the latest technology, allowing one to do anything from chatting with friends to measuring ones heart rate. This innovation is excellent and makes society’s lives a lot easier by the simplicity and instant gratification. Although helpful to everyone, iPhones have become addictive. This current generation has become attached and less self-reliant, now relying on the technology of a phone. IPhones