Case Study: Maersk Traveling Line

The guarantee of work, an excellent benefit that offers to employees and the quality of training program at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship are the reasons why I want to be a Merchant Mariner. A Merchant Mariner career provide an established job and the outstanding of income to the seamen moreover, it also offers a great benefit to cover their family. With the prospect of jobs demand a merchant mariner has opportunities for growth in the marine jobs and it has high level demand to serve the maritime shipping industry, particularly in the private sector like a cruise ship and cargo industry that operate around the world. These private sector depend on the Merchant Mariners to perform preventative maintenance on equipment and delivery cargo on time. Base on the world consumer and the US economy depend on cargo ship and Cruise ships to support gross domestic product.

The company has been pioneer in field of business and also been responsible. The company has kept its objective very close to its heart and its initiative to reduce Carbon Footprint and water wastage to Zero by 2040 and Sustained source of supply for its food business by 2020 shows its commitment towards external stakeholders as well. They have been pioneer in field of business and have worked to improve its business

W. W. Grainger, Inc. is recently thinking of redesigning the supply chain for shipments from China/Taiwan. The reason being as an obvious to reduce costs, lead times and to improve supply chain efficiency. The major issue identified was the lead time and a huge fixed overhead because of small shipments which then were consolidated by the company to make a full 40-feet container load. Through a thorough cost analysis and weightage of pros and cons of three alternatives, the team recommends to use an NVOCC (Non-Vessel operating common carrier) for small shipments which will lead to a lot lesser lead times and will help reduce costs as well. Along with this, the recommendation is also to increase packing efficiency for

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withstanding a large recession, and commanding high market share. In the last five years, the company’s

Doc’s Shipping Ltd is a small organization that is run by the founder. The organization is setup as a direct response to the emerging trends in the dynamic Maritime/Oil and Gas industry of the West African Sub region. Additionally, Doc’s shipping takes advantage of the Nigerian Coastwise trade and the Maritime and Oil Gas sector of the economy (Austensgroup.com, 2016). It has a relatively small workforce of only 45 employees.

This research led me to compare the current strategy of the company and visualize the gap between this and the key issues that they have to tackle. Furthermore, in order to conclude this

The present Chief Executive Officer (CEO), A.G. Lafley is experiencing some level of difficulty in increasing sales since 2013 due to the fact that there is slow growth in the consumer goods industry and also there is a high level of competition (Patton, 2014). In 2013, the company’s sale rose by 2% which did not make much impact on the profit for the year because profit dropped by 48% to 1.9 billion (Coolidge, 2013). Although the company is advancing in their plan for cutting costs in 2014, their sales have fallen by 0.2 percent to $20.6 billion and their net sales dropped in some of their business units such as beauty and grooming, health care and baby care and the feminine and family care units (Patton, 2014). At the third quarter of this year, the company remained flat in their recorded total sales of $20.6 billion while recorded profit of 2.6 billion which was an increase of 2% from the previous year of 2013 (Coolidge, 2014). This shows that the company seems to have made some level of progress in increasing their profit but there is still the need to increase the

The Maersk Group had originally started out as a small size Danish business family, but has, throughout the years, become a publicly traded world conglomerate. Throughout its years of operation, the company had been acknowledged as a quality employer and proof in this sense has been represented by the low employee turnover rate in the firm.

In 1972, Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) was found by entrepreneur Ted Arison. Mr. Arison’s vision involved making cruising, a vacation experience once reserved for the rich, available to the all individuals. Carinal Cruise Lines achieved the ability to carry more passengers than any other cruise line, which lead to Carnival becoming the largest cruise line in the world. By 1987, Carnival Cruise Lines earned the distinction, “The Most Popular Cruise Line in the World.”

This necessitated clients to preserve a buffer inventory in the event their consignment didn’t arrive on time. “With these figures in hand we could go to the clients and say, ‘Now the voyage will take 23 days, but in exchange we propose a much greater reliability’,” says Harling, head of Network Design at Maersk Line. From 2011 onwards, slow steaming has become a keystone in Maersk Line’s offer to its clients: unconditional reliability. Ultimately, the prophecies of a few enthusiastic employees became realism and transformed the world through teamwork and because of the many paybacks from slow steaming; Maersk is committed that slow steaming is here to stay.

Today, container ships are used as major transport method between countries, and most of products, which are called dry cargo such as daily products, processed food, timbers and metals, are transported by container ship.

All ports in “South Africa” play a very important role as they are the main connection to trading with other countries. “About 96% of our country’s exports are done by sea”. The company’s efforts are expected to improve ‘Transnet’s” ability by providing safe and efficient services. This will also satisfy the requirements laid out in the shareholders journals. “Transnet” is the largest and most important division of transport that delivers stocks and goods to all citizens. The company is responsible for loading goods onto ships for exportation and it also removes goods from ships that have imported. “The Company is focused on creating a recognized name as a rail transport company that delivers reliable, low cost, integrated and safe service that enhances the economy”.

This is not a complete list of tasks needed to achieve the full potential of our transit potential. If this is done, Kazakhstan will step into the new level of development where not only the freight turnover will improve, but Kazakhstan’s producers will spend less on logistics costs which will allow them to be more cost efficient and compete better on international market.