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Presentation Structure
1. Benchmarking: A refresher
2. Case study
3. Challenges, paradigms, and benefits
4. Benchmarking scope in airlines
5. Role of international institutes
6. Beyond benchmarking
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Benchmarking
A Refresher
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What is benchmarking?
Benchmarking is the continuous process of
measuring products, services and practices
against the toughest competitors or those
companies recognised as industry leaders (best
in class)
There are numerous
essentially it involves
definitions
of
benchmarking,
but
Learning
Sharing information
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RTK/Emp ('000)
650
620
600
500
400
300
Year 1
year 2
year 3
Annual trend
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Last Year
This year
Industry
LEADER
Competitor
Internal benchmarking
internal benchmarking is likely to meet with less resistance from managers
Cross Industry
some measures could be compared with best performance of any industry
e. g. Finance, HR measures
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Benchmarking
Case Study
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Internal benchmarking
International benchmarking
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Internal Benchmarking
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800
millions
700
610
820
640
600
500
400
300
420
500
460
540
200
100
0
Year 01
Year 02
Capacity/Emp (ATKM)
Year 03
Year 04
Load/Emp (RTKM)
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120
105
percentage
120
100
80
60
30
40
22
20
0
ATK
RTK
Selecting
appropriate
measures
and
intelligent
interpretation/modelling is vital in building effective Management
Decision Support Tool
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International Benchmarking
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Year 5
600
Year 4
550
245
Year 3
500
248
Year 2
450
245
250
400
Year 1
240
350
10
00
95
0
90
0
85
0
80
0
75
0
70
0
65
0
60
0
55
0
50
0
300
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International Benchmarking
Load carried per employee ('000 RTKM)
Cluster 01
% Narrow-body fleet
@ 35-50%
% domestic capacity
@ 3-8%
Avg. distance flown per Pax (Km)
<= 3000
Capacity per aircraft (million ATKs)
Avg. aircraft utilisation (hrs)
<= 10.5
Capacity per employee ('000)
<= 500
Load carried per employee ('000)
<= 400
1000
900
160
800
Airline
XX
700
180
Cluster 02
600
Almost all
services
inculded
500
245
400
200
175
300
Cluster 01
200
340
14
00
13
00
12
00
11
00
10
00
90
0
80
0
70
0
60
0
50
0
40
0
30
0
20
0
100
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Cluster 02
ZERO
ZERO
> 3000
>= 150
>= 11
>= 700
> 400
Excludes
certain
services
(e.g.
Catering)
Benchmarking
Challenges
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Benchmarking Challenges
Business Model variations
Differences in annual periods
Accounting methodologies and data reporting
Environment impact
Identifying right measures
Balancing lag and lead indicators
appropriate analytical tools and techniques
Management commitment & Leadership
Employee engagement and motivation
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Benchmarking
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Spying or espionage
Industrial tourism
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Benchmarking
Benefits
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Benchmarking
Scope in Airlines
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Airline Scope
Financial Measures
Yield, Unit Cost, break even load factor, Value add and profitability
Operational measures
People Measures
Process Measures
Recruitment lead time, annual accounts closing lead time,
Service delivery GAP analysis models
Benchmarking has become a management tool that is being applied almost anywhere..
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Benchmarking
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and leadership
All of us:
AGIFORS:
working group
Research Institutes:
Vendors:
Airline
R&D
consortiums:
Partnering
extending expertise
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in
sharing
information
and
Beyond Benchmarking..
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Beyond Benchmarking
Benchmarking is a process and not an end in itself
Management through Key Performance Indicators
Balanced Score Card
Continuous improvement as the way of life
Reengineering
Six Sigma
Embrace new systems and technology
Invest in new capabilities and facilities
Above all..Engage Employees
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Questions?
Contact:
ramakrishna@emirates.com
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