netrashetty
Netra Shetty
Aloha Airlines was an American airline headquartered in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii,[2] operating from a hub at Honolulu International Airport. Operations began on July 26, 1946, and ceased on March 31, 2008.
The steel for the new aircraft carriers needed to meet a very high specification. Materials for warships have to be able to endure the unique conditions in which they operate, such as extreme temperatures or high seas. This contract required grades of steel with strength and toughness higher than those Corus had put forward for its previous contract bid. This represented a new product opportunity. Product development ideas may come from:
competitors - developing a product in response to competitors helps the industry as a whole to move forward
changes in technologies - arising out of research and development
innovation - using new ideas to make new products
employees - who see opportunities from working with products
the market - where customer demand suggests new products.
In this case, the customer, the Royal Navy, drove demand. It wanted a single preferred supplier for all the materials it needed. Corus satisfied the contract through research and innovation based on its continuous improvement processes.
During the bidding process, Corus worked with the Aircraft Carrier Design Team. This is known as “early vendor involvement”. Corus did this to make sure that it understood, could direct and could meet the final product specification requirements. It is a high-risk strategy as Corus had to invest money, time and effort before knowing if its bid was successful. However, this process gave Corus the time to develop the steels which had the increased levels of strength combined with toughness that the design team desired.
To add to the challenge, the Royal Navy changed the product specification during the period of the bidding process, creating new factors for Corus to overcome:
Design requirements changed to make the ships lighter and improve speed. To save on weight, the steel plate needed to be higher strength but thinner.
The maximum thickness of certain critical parts increased by over 40%. As the thickness of steel increases, its ability to meet the required high strength and resistance to fracture becomes increasingly more difficult.
This meant Corus had to develop a completely new product to meet this much higher specification if it was to win the contract.
Although continuous improvement usually focuses on small increases, Corus' established systems and quality procedures helped it to meet this step change:
Its Research & Development expertise and knowledge came up with the new steel formula that had the required toughness and strength.
Lean production principles helped to minimise waste.
Just in time procedures helped to meet tight deadlines
at the material contained in this Project is the end result of my own work and that due acknowledgement has been given in the bibliography and references to ALL sources be they printed, electronic or personal.
(2) the Word Count of this Project is: Part A …..... Part B …...
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In the event of the service detecting a high degree of similarity between content within the service this will be reported back to my supervisor and second marker, who may decide to undertake further investigation which may ultimately lead to disciplinary actions, should instances of plagiarism be detected.
(5) I have read the University Policy Statement on Ethics in Research and Consultancy and the Policy for Informed Consent in Research and Consultancy and I declare that ethical issues have been considered and taken into account in this research.
The steel for the new aircraft carriers needed to meet a very high specification. Materials for warships have to be able to endure the unique conditions in which they operate, such as extreme temperatures or high seas. This contract required grades of steel with strength and toughness higher than those Corus had put forward for its previous contract bid. This represented a new product opportunity. Product development ideas may come from:
competitors - developing a product in response to competitors helps the industry as a whole to move forward
changes in technologies - arising out of research and development
innovation - using new ideas to make new products
employees - who see opportunities from working with products
the market - where customer demand suggests new products.
In this case, the customer, the Royal Navy, drove demand. It wanted a single preferred supplier for all the materials it needed. Corus satisfied the contract through research and innovation based on its continuous improvement processes.
During the bidding process, Corus worked with the Aircraft Carrier Design Team. This is known as “early vendor involvement”. Corus did this to make sure that it understood, could direct and could meet the final product specification requirements. It is a high-risk strategy as Corus had to invest money, time and effort before knowing if its bid was successful. However, this process gave Corus the time to develop the steels which had the increased levels of strength combined with toughness that the design team desired.
To add to the challenge, the Royal Navy changed the product specification during the period of the bidding process, creating new factors for Corus to overcome:
Design requirements changed to make the ships lighter and improve speed. To save on weight, the steel plate needed to be higher strength but thinner.
The maximum thickness of certain critical parts increased by over 40%. As the thickness of steel increases, its ability to meet the required high strength and resistance to fracture becomes increasingly more difficult.
This meant Corus had to develop a completely new product to meet this much higher specification if it was to win the contract.
Although continuous improvement usually focuses on small increases, Corus' established systems and quality procedures helped it to meet this step change:
Its Research & Development expertise and knowledge came up with the new steel formula that had the required toughness and strength.
Lean production principles helped to minimise waste.
Just in time procedures helped to meet tight deadlines
at the material contained in this Project is the end result of my own work and that due acknowledgement has been given in the bibliography and references to ALL sources be they printed, electronic or personal.
(2) the Word Count of this Project is: Part A …..... Part B …...
(3) that unless this Project has been confirmed as confidential, I agree to an entire electronic copy or sections of the Project to being placed on Blackboard, if deemed appropriate, to allow future students the opportunity to see examples of past Projects. I understand that if displayed on Blackboard it would be made available for no longer than five years and that students would be able to print off copies or download. The authorship would remain anonymous.
(4) I agree to my Project being submitted to a plagiarism detection service, where it will be stored in a database and compared against work submitted from this or any other School or from other institutions using the service.
In the event of the service detecting a high degree of similarity between content within the service this will be reported back to my supervisor and second marker, who may decide to undertake further investigation which may ultimately lead to disciplinary actions, should instances of plagiarism be detected.
(5) I have read the University Policy Statement on Ethics in Research and Consultancy and the Policy for Informed Consent in Research and Consultancy and I declare that ethical issues have been considered and taken into account in this research.
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