1. I would invest in xCraft because I see the versatility and multiple routes with this investment. As stated by the owners. They have the X PlusOne with a solid investment of $170,000 on Kickstarter. We can also market the X PlusOne to other cliental such as oil companies, people with large acres of land, and even movie directors considering how fast the drone can go. We also have the potential star, the PhoneDrone Ethos: With about $350,000 in investments from Kickstarter and Indiegogo, I can…
Hunnington Ingalls Industries is America's largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professioinal services to partners in government and industry (Hunnington Ingalls Industries website). There are a variety of types of career oportunites at HII. A few examples of career oportunities would be craft careers, supervisor careers, contractors, and engineering design careers. There are many more types of career oportunities at Ingalls which leads to why there are thousands of people who…
This article is about the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II with it’s specs. Overview The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a two seater, twin engine, long range supersonic jet interceptor, and fighter bomber. It was originally built for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. Its first days of service was in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. With its outstanding performance, it was adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force, and by the mid 1960s it had become a major part of their…
Response The three companies that I choose to discuss include Boeing, General Motors, and Dell. Boeing designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites worldwide. General Motors designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts. Finally, Dell manufactures, sells, repairs and supports computers and computer parts worldwide. These three companies are the prime examples of giant multinational manufacturers headquartered in the U.S. Unit costs…
The Boeing Company is one of the many industries that inspired me to pursue Industrial Engineering. Their successes in technological advances and business through investments and perseverance inspired me to ask myself numerous questions; one being, how I can be just as useful. For example, Boeing introduced their newest success, the 737 MAX airplane that was designed to be structurally efficient and provide customers with a considerable amount of savings in cost. Addressing two important…
Reliability Centered Maintenance started when a preventative maintenance plan were developed for the Boeing 747 airplane in the 1960’s by the maintenance steering group. In the RCM process in maintenance not only ‘what can be done’ is considered but also ‘why should it be done’. To facilitate the RCM process seven questions should be asked to complete the process. • What are the functions and performance standards of the asset in the operating environment? • How does the asset fail to perform…
SWOT Analysis American Airlines SWOT Analysis American Airlines The SWOT analysis is a widely used tool used to scan the internal and external environment to achieve a systematic approach and support for strategic decision-making (Ebonzo Menga, Lu & Liu, 2015). An organization strengths and weaknesses can be identified by examining internal factors. The opportunities available to the organization and the threats it faces can be determined by examining external factors (Simoneaux & Stroud,…
1. For the opponent Boein: From 1969 to 2005, Boeing was the only supplier of super jumbos. However with the entry of Airbus into the wide-body aircraft market the monopoly position of Boeing broke apart as Airbus was given the opportunity of entering the super jumbo market with subsidies from the EU. The financial aids of the main investors France, Germany, Spain and Great Britain, of $4 billion for research and development for the A380 forced Boeing to share the product division with Airbus…
The airline industry is extremely competitive, safety-sensitive and a high technology service industry. Human resource management in the airline industry is directed at a unique kind of manpower that strongly addresses the typical needs of this industry. Consider British Airways as an example. British Airways, one of the largest, most progressive & quality-based airline in the world, services primarily Europe & the North American continents. The British Airways' management strategy is to…
What makes a city beautiful? Every city is beautiful in their own unique way. Seattle is just like any other city to visit, but what makes it unique is not just that is called the Jet City due to the influence of Boeing. Downtown Seattle is interesting to visit through the year there is always something different each time. Downtown Seattle is full of sight, sound and smells to enjoy in different parts of the year. Walking through downtown from far away the space needle is visible with the…