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Automotive Outlook Steady as She Goes
By: Lou Kren
The past decade has been rocky to say the least for the automotive industry, domestically and abroad. Certainly, better days have arrived and should continue, with those OEMS and suppliers able to up capacity and differentiate themselves via emerging technologies most likely to reap the benefits.
Photo courtesy of Ford Motor Co.
To recap the ugliness of yesteryear: By December 2008, U.S. auto sales from all carmakers fell 37 percent from the year prior. General Motors and Chrysler fared the worst, with Ford's drop similar to those by Honda and Toyota.
The sales decrease directly resulted in a GDP drop of greater than one percent. According to the Dept. of Labor, in April of 2006 automobile and related parts manufacturing had employed 1.1 million workers. By June 2009, that number had fallen to 624,000.
Most of us were neck deep in that crisis. Automotive has turned around, but many in the industry do not see it as solid. Though the recent past has reshaped the auto-manufacturing landscape, it's left in many a void of true optimism. But what do the numbers tell us? Will the industry continue to solidify and progress upward? In a word, yes.
IHS Automotive, headquarted in Englewood, CO, recently provided analysis to the Precision Metalforming Association, MetalForming magazine and the metalforming industry via its 2016 Automotive Industry Outlook: Navigating the Water with an Eye on the Horizon. There is reason for continued optimism, reasons author Mike Wall, IHS director of automotive analysis.
Worldwide Economic Outlook: Modest Pickup Ahead
Expect automakers worldwide to produce 91.5 million vehicles in 2016, up from 88.6 million last year. China, North America and South Asia countries will account for the lion's share of that gain. By 2023, production may total 108 million units, with China, South Asia and Europe responsible for most of the increase. Photo courtesy of Toyota Motor Sales USA.
Though the general world economy is expected to remain in low gear with only a modest pickup through 2016, automotive continues to rebound around the globe. Regionally, China's economy will continue to slow this year due to imbalances in credit, housing and industrial markets. In Europe, expect slight growth, aided by monetary stimulus, currency depreciation and pent-up demand across various sectors, according to Wall. Russia and Brazil are two emerging markets that are slowly reversing negative GDPs, but aren't expected to be in positive territory until 2017.
Oil prices continue to affect the world and domestic economy, and also affect consumer and automaker choices. Expect oil prices to rise after bottoming out this year, but oil prices may not return to 2014 levels until about 2025.
Zeroing in on automotive, Wall reads the world market as flat heading into 2016, with weaknesses in emerging markets such as Brazil and Russia only temporary. He expects the market to lift 2.3 percent this year, with sales totaling about 100 million by 2020. Through 2023, according to IHS, sales in mature markets will decline by 1 percent, with China sales increasing by 33 percent and sales in emerging markets rising by 49 percent. Expect automakers worldwide to produce 91.5 million vehicles in 2016, up from 88.6 million last year, with China, North America and South Asia countries accounting for the lion's share of that gain. By 2023, production may total 108 million units, with China, South Asia and Europe responsible for most of the increase.
U.S. and North America Holding Steady
Housing and business fixed investment in the United States will gain strength, while consumer spending continues to grow steadily, IHS finds. A slight rise in oil prices will give a boost to the producer side of the U.S. economy, but not so much as to shock consumers into altering their driving habits or vehicle choices significantly.
On the producer side, as Wall notes, falling commodity prices have reduced automotive production costs. Material costs in a typical 3500-lb. U.S.-produced vehicle—including steel, aluminum, plastic resins rubber, glass and iron−have dropped by 51 percent since 2011, to below $1200.
Falling commodity prices have reduced automotive production costs, with material costs in a typical 3500-lb. U.S.-produced vehicle−including steel, aluminum, plastic resins rubber, glass and iron−dropping by 51 percent since 2011 to below $1200. Photo courtesy of Tesla Motors, Inc.
Given that general economic backdrop, Wall offers a detailed forecast for U.S. automotive production and consumption. With the economy looking up, U.S. consumers are increasingly planning to buy new vehicles. The increase is not just based on need, according to Wall, but genuine want.
He notes the strong correlation between new housing starts and full-sized-pickup sales. As mentioned, housing is strengthening, with housing starts recovering though they aren't expected to reach the previous peak of 2005-2006, when starts approached 2.5 million. In that same timeframe, U.S. sales of full-sized pickups topped out at nearly 350,000. By 2009 and into 2010, housing starts and pickup sales dropped below 100,000. In 2016, with housing starts expected to top 1.5 million, full-sized-pickup sales should reach 150,000. Sales are boosted by improving commercial-fleet sales, redesigned vehicle offerings and low gas prices.
Active Launch Schedule
Wall sees U.S. light-vehicle sales reaching about 18.2 million units in 2016, up from 17.5 million in 2015. Higher interest rates, legislated vehicle content and urbanization of the population will combine to slow sales momentum. Compared to last year, the traditional Big Three—General Motors, Ford and Fiat/Chrysler—are expected to boost North American light-vehicle production by 2.5 percent to 9.5 million units in 2016. GM features an active launch schedule, including the Cruze, XT5, Acadia and Bolt, among others, while Ford rolls out new versions of the F-250/350 and the Continental. Chrysler introduces the all-new Pacifica to its production schedule. Toyota, Honda Renault/Nissan and Hyundai, tagged the Asian Four in IHS's report, will increase North American production 6.1 percent to 6.8 million units. Look for new-domestic launches including the Honda CR-V and Ridgeline, and the Suburu Impreza. The German Three, Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler, will boost production 3.9 percent to 1.3 million units.
Captial needs are expected to increase with a new wave of launches on the horizon. From 25 North American program launches in 2017, expect 40 in 2018 and 49 in 2019−quite a jump.
Mexico Production to Continue Rising
By country, from 2016 to 2023, expect Mexico to boost North American light-vehicle production by 5 percent, an increase of more than 1.4 million units. Production in Canada may drop 4.6 percent, representing a decline of 669,000 units. U.S. production is expected to decline by 0.1 percent, a drop of 86,000 units. These numbers reflect the ongoing shift of production to Mexico. In 2018, Mexico is expected to produce 2.4 million Big Three vehicles and 2.1 vehicles from the new domestics, increasing to 3.0 and 2.0 million, respectively, by 2023. The Southern United States should stay steady as a major producer. In 2018, expect the U.S. South to produce 1.4 million Big Three and 4.1 million new-domestic vehicles, and 1.3 and 4.2 million vehicles, respectively, by 2023. U.S. Midwest production also should remain steady—4.7 million Big Three and 1.7 million new-domestic vehicles produced in 2018, and 4.8 million and 1.8 million, respectively, in 2023.
Overall for North America, the production outlook follows a demand recovery, and growth prospects exist for OEMs with further expansion plans.
Opportunity Targeting is Critical
Summarizing the worldwide automotive industry in 2016, IHS's Wall sees the following:
• North America and Europe serve as critical offsets to the volatility and lackluster growth presented by emerging markets.
• The influx of new-product offerings creates margin pressure for weaker players. Competition will only intensify, yet opportunity targeting is critical.
• Technology will be a key differentiator for automakers and suppliers. Opportunities exist in the areas of advanced driver-assist systems, infotainment, powertrain and lightweighting. MF
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Q: Solve equations with sympy e numpy in python I'm trying to solve a system of equations that should have (infinity)^1 solution. But I get only the solution trivial solution.
This is the system:

The matrix A is defined as follow:

From the first equation follow that the system has (infinity)^1 solutions.
The code I implemented in python is:
A = np.matrix([[0.15, 0.15, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4],
 [0, 0.55, 0, 0, 0.45],
 [0.3, 0.05, 0.05, 0, 0.6],
 [0, 0.4, 0.1, 0.5, 0],
 [0, 0.3, 0, 0, 0.7]])
w1, w2, w3, w4, w5 = symbols('w1 w2 w3 w4 w5')
w = [w1, w2, w3, w4, w5]

p = np.dot(w, A)

eq1 = Eq(p.item(0), w[0])
eq2 = Eq(p.item(1), w[1])
eq3 = Eq(p.item(2), w[2])
eq4 = Eq(p.item(3), w[3])
eq5 = Eq(p.item(4), w[4])
sol = solve([eq1, eq2, eq3, eq4, eq5])

but I get sol = {w1: 0.0, w2: 0.0, w3: 0.0, w4: 0.0, w5: 0.0} instead the correct solution should be something like

Furthermore, I have to impose that
w1+w2+w3+w4+w5 = 1;
So in conclusion, the solution should be
w1 =w3 = w4 = 0 and w2= 0.2,w5=0.6
but when I change code to include the last equations in this way:
A = np.matrix([[0.15, 0.15, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4],
 [0, 0.55, 0, 0, 0.45],
 [0.3, 0.05, 0.05, 0, 0.6],
 [0, 0.4, 0.1, 0.5, 0],
 [0, 0.3, 0, 0, 0.7]])
w1, w2, w3, w4, w5 = symbols('w1 w2 w3 w4 w5')
w = [w1, w2, w3, w4, w5]

p = np.dot(w, A)

eq1 = Eq(p.item(0), w[0])
eq2 = Eq(p.item(1), w[1])
eq3 = Eq(p.item(2), w[2])
eq4 = Eq(p.item(3), w[3])
eq5 = Eq(p.item(4), w[4])
eq6 = Eq(w1+w2+w3+w4+w5=1)
sol = solve([eq1, eq2, eq3, eq4, eq5, eq6])

I still get the wrong solution, in fact I get sol = []
I can't understand where I'm going wrong. Any suggestions?

A: Problem
The thing is you are using floating points values, and, as you said, the rank of your matrix is less than its dimension. Said otherwise, you have a redundant equation. Which is not a solution (since you can't just remove one equation randomly), but an explanation.
Try to solve only the 4 first equations
solve([eq1, eq2, eq3, eq4])

And you get what you expected
{w1: 0.0, w2: 0.666666666666667*w5, w3: 0.0, w4: 0.0}

Or almost so. You said 2/5, and it's 2/3, but I guess you made an error somewhere. You can easily check that np.array([0,2/3,0,0,1])@A is indeed [0,2/3,0,0,1], when np.array([0,2/5,0,0,1]) @ A is not [0,2/5,0,0,1].
Again, not a solution. It happens to work here, because eq5 happens to be redundant. But you can't assume that.
But let's check equation 5.
0.4*w1 + 0.45*w2 + 0.6*w3 + 0.7*w5 = w5

Together with what we have, that is w2=2/3w5, and w1=w3=w4=0, equation 5 becomes
0.45*2/3*w5 + 0.7*w5 = w5

So, it is indeed 0.3*w5+0.7*w5=w5 <=> w5=wg a redundant equation.
Except that you are using floating point values.
So, in reality, what we had after solving the 1st 4 equation is
w2=0.666666666666667*w5

And 0.45*0.666666666666667*w5 + 0.7*w5 is not exactly w5. Ok, if you type that in python, you get 1, because we get lukcy with rounding. But that is not necessary what happens when sympy solve. For example, if I had solved first eq1, eq2, eq3, eq5 and let eq4 for the end, the problem would have been more obvious (but my message more painful to write)
solve([eq1,eq2,eq3,eq5])

{w1: 3.48077760823041e-18*w5, w2: 0.666666666666667*w5, w3: 9.86220322331948e-18*w5, w4: 9.02101530133047e-17*w5}

So, at the end, sympy, with all 5 equations, endup trying to solve
0.99999999999999999*w5 = w5

Which has only 1 solution (w5=0), strictly speaking.
Solution
You must use an exact type for sympy to be able to have an exact (useless, but that an information) w5=w5 equation remaining.
One way is to use integers, which, in your case, is feasible.
A100=(100*A).round().astype(np.int)

is matrix 100A, with integer values (so, not 45.0 or so, but 45)
So w.A100 is
p=w@A100

(Just taking advantage of the situation to introduce '@' operator here. But that is the same as your np.dot(w, A100)
And now, we can use your equations, that are not p.item(?) = w[?] but p.item(?) = 100*w[?] since p is 100.wᵀA, not wᵀA
equations = [Eq(p.item(i), 100*w[i]) for i in range(len(w))]
# Again, I take advantage of the occasion to show how to compact things,
# but I could have also wrote, as you did
# eq1 = Eq(p.item(0), 100*w[0])
# eq2 ...

And now, we just have to solve that
solve(equations)

to get the answer
{w1: 0, w2: 2*w5/3, w3: 0, w4: 0}

Or, adding your extra constraint
equations.append(Eq(w1+w2+w3+w4+w5, 1))
# Note: you wrote "=" but you obviously meant ","
solve(equations)

which gives
{w1: 0, w2: 2/5, w3: 0, w4: 0, w5: 3/5}

So all together
from sympy import solve, Eq, symbols
import numpy as np

A = np.matrix([[0.15, 0.15, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4],
 [0, 0.55, 0, 0, 0.45],
 [0.3, 0.05, 0.05, 0, 0.6],
 [0, 0.4, 0.1, 0.5, 0],
 [0, 0.3, 0, 0, 0.7]])

A100=(100*A).round().astype(np.int)

w1, w2, w3, w4, w5 = symbols('w1 w2 w3 w4 w5')
w = [w1, w2, w3, w4, w5]
p=w@A100
equations = [Eq(p.item(i), 100*w[i]) for i in range(len(w))]

# General solution without constraint
print(solve(equations))

equations.append(Eq(w1+w2+w3+w4+w5, 1))
# With constraint
print(solve(equations))

Note
If your objective was to play with sympy, fine. That's a noble objective (and if I answered, lengthily, to your question, that was in the same objective, since I discovered sympy by anwering to another question a few days ago).
But, if your objective was just to find the solution to wᵀA=wᵀ, well, that is overkill.
You have two, pure numerical solutions (that wouldn't have put you in that trouble about exact values) to do so, without symbolic computation.
1st other solution
One, would be to find the null space of w↦wᵀA-wᵀ, that is, as you said of w↦wᵀ(A-I).
And wᵀ(A-I) = ((A-I)ᵀwᵀᵀ)ᵀ. So, this is 0, when (A-I)ᵀw=0. Said otherwise, you are just searching the null space of (A-I)ᵀ
Which is done easily with
import numpy as np
from scipy.linalg import null_space
A = np.matrix([[0.15, 0.15, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4],
 [0, 0.55, 0, 0, 0.45],
 [0.3, 0.05, 0.05, 0, 0.6],
 [0, 0.4, 0.1, 0.5, 0],
 [0, 0.3, 0, 0, 0.7]])
I=np.identity(len(A))
ker=null_space((A-I).T)
print(ker)

Which gives
[[-0.00000000e+00]
 [-5.54700196e-01]
 [ 1.66533454e-16]
 [-1.26287869e-15]
 [-8.32050294e-01]]

Which you can then easily normalize for your extra constraint
print(ker/ker.sum())

array([[ 0.00000000e+00],
       [ 4.00000000e-01],
       [-1.20088981e-16],
       [ 9.10674775e-16],
       [ 6.00000000e-01]])

Note that this is a 2D array, because you could have had ∞²,∞³, ... solutions, not necessarily the ∞¹ you announced at first
And note that this time, it is a numerical solution. So, no problem with exactitude (and, the given solutions contains some 10⁻¹⁶ that you have to decide to ignore.
2nd other solution
wᵀA = wᵀ, is the same as Aᵀw = w. So what you are searching is whether 1 is a eigen value of Aᵀ, and, if so, you want the eigenspace associated.
You can also do that with numpy
import numpy as np
import numpy.linalg as lin
A = np.matrix([[0.15, 0.15, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4],
 [0, 0.55, 0, 0, 0.45],
 [0.3, 0.05, 0.05, 0, 0.6],
 [0, 0.4, 0.1, 0.5, 0],
 [0, 0.3, 0, 0, 0.7]])
lin.eig(A.T)

gives
(
array([ 1.        ,  0.53771372, -0.04671525,  0.25      , 0.20900153]),
matrix([[-1.01241e-16, -1.04493e-01,  7.97421e-01, -2.28843e-15, -1.03239e-01],
        [-5.54700e-01, -2.07800e-02,  6.08791e-02,  7.07106e-01, -6.74602e-01],
        [-5.61815e-17, -1.35044e-01, -5.22882e-01, -7.15136e-16, -2.03043e-02],
        [-1.65466e-16, -5.54139e-01, -2.91713e-01,  9.68185e-16,  7.09556e-02],
        [-8.32050e-01,  8.14457e-01, -4.37037e-02, -7.07106e-01,  7.27190e-01]]))

(I removed 3 decimals to that it displays nicely)
So you get 5 eigen values (the 5 λ such as wᵀA=λwᵀ has non-zero solutions). Some may be complex (if diagonalisation in ℝ is not possible), but one, at least, should be 1, or almost so. The associated eigen vector(s), that is the column(s) of the following matrix, is (are. "is" here, because you have ∞¹ solutions) the one you are looking for (the same one we got from null_space(A.T-I). Which is not surprising, given that one definition of eigenspace associated with eigenvalue λ of matrix M is Eλ=Ker(M-λI))

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Sat July 9, 2011
Everything is flowering in Israel at the moment. Bursting with a full spectrum and combinations of colors only nature can provide. Blossoms are everywhere, from trees to bushes to lowly grass, in gardens, yards, construction sites, on the roadside and in the most unexpected places. No one will forgo celebrating a spring showing off its natural beauty and a chance to escape dormancy for a short, extraordinarily beautiful while.
Life grabs the moment and lives to the fullest, opening up and delicately discovering a world, bestowing its natural beauty as a gift, not to oneself but to others. It is an intoxicating feeling of sharing, one that should be encapsulated and put aside for safekeeping for colder, darker or grayer times.
I am surrounded by colors, smells and the singing of birds, and I stand still, wishing to take more of this exhilaration inward, capture the moment and not let go. But it matters not how much I enjoy, there is more, an abundance of goodness for all to share, and for me to further continue to indulge.
It seems endless, but I know better. It is short lived, and will soon dry up, leaving dried plants everywhere in the scorching summer heat. Then we will have to exercise extreme caution to avoid accidental fires as they, too, will be glorious in magnitude and destruction. They too will seem unstoppable, if even for a short duration.
Israel is not much different, life cherishing the moment: Parents having children, an endless stream of families walking along the neighborhood streets; high-rise buildings and new neighborhoods sprouting everywhere; cultural events that can fully occupy a person and satiate even the greatest thirst. Breakfast, lunch and dinner places overflowing with cliental that changes as the sun moves through the skies from East to West. Tourists abound, Israelis going overseas in droves and foreigners coming to Israel, all ignoring the constant news, eager to explore and personally view this treasure along the shores of the Mediterranean.
Life is celebrating, and I stand in the midst of it all. Beauty circling around me in a stream of colors, sights and sounds, blurred into a most beautiful mix and creating nature's spring melody, a very special dance. Intoxicated, I take it all in. I fill every available storage container with this feeling of growth, for I know we will sorely need it in the coming months and years.
There will be times that it will seem possible that such grandeur of nature's appearance was only a dream and can never materialize again. There will be a point where we will not trust our own memories and may loose the very essence of life. Then we will have to go to the most protected inner sanctum and with a trembling body bring the light out, a cherished treasure we stowed for exactly such dark times, the goodness we embraced in the spring of 2011.
The Middle East has been in great turmoil since the beginning of this year. Decades of iron-fisted rule crumbled in seconds, one Arab ruler gone after the next. The so-called "Spring" or "Youth" Revolution is a completely different reality than what I witness in Israel. Theirs is the salty taste of blood, and the colors flowing are warm, live red to dark, dried red to corpse black.
Theirs are the guns pointing and shooting at their own people for they care not about life; not even their own.
Egypt transformed from a trusted ally to the stronghold and hope of the Muslim Brotherhood. Libya is still laughing at the world, and will soon inflict its own punishments in retribution for the West's interference in lands not theirs. Turkey feels a momentary surge of strength, but it will be too short lived once Iran takes over their country. In Jordan things will soon grind to a standstill, and the Arabian Peninsula may collapse at an instant if Iran decides to advance via Iraq to save its Syrian and Lebanese cronies.
I would not have believed this assessment had I not witnessed the collapse of the Middle East with my very eyes during the past four months. A visitor to the region, I stand solidly at the center and absorb it all, the sights, smells and sounds of Spring. Similarly, Israel stands as the world whirls around, spinning at ever-increasing speed. Will Israel finally succumb and be swallowed up by the events?
I watch the bright colors and sweet smells, hear the sounds of birds in their love fest, one to another and all to Mother Earth. As Israel stands, bodies are flying around, with blood splashing and red spreading everywhere. Nothing good may come out of the Middle East, and Israel, situated at the very center, will be exposed and hit.
Many people hope Israel will escape unharmed, that the turmoil will pass overhead, as did the Financial Meltdown of 2008-2009. The similarities abound. Israel's mortgages were more secured than in the USA or elsewhere, for instance, much like Israel's democracy is more anchored than anywhere else save, possibly, the USA.
But Israel cannot escape. Observers have pointed out that hatred toward Israel has not been prominently displayed in Tahrir Square or in Damascus and throughout the Middle East, which to some extent is probably true. Although they conveniently ignore an element many would like to forget: the Palestinians.
The Palestinians have been persona non-grata throughout Arab lands. Their Arab "brethren" never wanted them in their midst or allowed them to assimilate. They were kept an outcast, dejected by their very own. Bastard children of the Arab family.
The people throughout Arab lands are revolting, and Israel has no part in these events. However, the Palestinian have now joined the fray and are determined to bring Israel front and center. They, too, want "democracy." They, like others, want an end of "tyranny." They, like any other child, crave to be loved and accepted. So they will hurt those most easily manipulated: the Israelis.
The Palestinians' true craving is to destroy the Jewish state and drive the Jews into the sea. By their own admission, the very notion and name "Palestinians" did not exist thirty years ago, yet it became the most successful invention of modern times, with market capital and awareness greater than Google's.
Just this past week they reached a unified reconciliation with democratically elected Hamas and have announced elections in a year's time.
They managed to force Egypt to agree to open the Rafah border crossing, thus making a continuous, Muslim Brotherhood-controlled area once known as Egypt. No more "Siege" and a "Ghetto." A border will now be wide open, a borderless continuum in essence.
Hamas leadership is moving from Syria to Gaza, Egypt and Qatar.
Fatah is about to present the New Palestine to the General Assembly of the United Nations and request-in fact expect and demand-full recognition by all member nations.
Israel is thus at a peril not less than that which Mubarak, Qadafi and Assad faced. The turmoil of the populace here is much better coordinated and supported than in any of the Arab States. Here, the world community will not hesitate to act, for it is a participating accomplice and instigator. Together, they will declare, and Israel will be brought down to her knees.
Unlike Arab rulers who can seek exile with billions stashed away at their disposal, Israel is the only Jewish country in the world, the Land of Israel her only home. Israel's fate will be worse than Mubarak's, for the death penalty has long been wished for the her people, and there will be neither mercy nor reconsideration.
The world awaits the opportunity to execute Israel. It has long convinced itself it is really Israel's fault, for she is evil, of the worst kind, and that it is the world's obligation to rid itself of such blight.
Nothing can help Israel but herself, a determination like Qadafi's and a will like Assad's. She will have to engage. To prevail she will have to separate herself from the illusion peace is possible. Mubarak made a similar mistake when he put his country's wellbeing first and thus refused to fight back. Long after he is tried, found guilty and executed, history will reverse judgment and remember him as a true leader.
Likewise Israel will be appreciated only once she is gone, but we cannot let this scenario ever take place. We must protect Israel, and disengage from the notion she can achieve peace with those who desire her destruction.
Israel is neither immune nor can it escape the Spring Revolution. May she have the strength to sense the dangers and act now, before it is too late.
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When 10-year-old Yahya does something, he is all in.
During a recent visit to Elevate Trampoline Park in Goodyear, the energetic Yahya seems to spend more time in the air than on the ground.
Once he starts an activity, he stays focused. "He can spend hours working on puzzle or building a Leg
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Yahya is a big fan of Toothless, a Cartoon Network series based on the 2010 film How to Train Your Dragon.
"I like to watch Toothless every single day," Yahya says.
But Yahya isn't any sort of coach potato. He loves to ride his bike for hours and would spend all day in the swimming pool, if you let him. He takes pride in how long he can hold his breath underwater.
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When done biking or swimming, Yahya likes to refuel with a long list of spicy foods.
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State basketball roundup (Jan. 28): Auslander's 18 lift Coppin State men over Bethune-Cookman
By Baltimore Sun staff
Coppin State guard Kent Auslander (23) looks to pass the ball under pressure from Houston during a game Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, in Houston. (Michael Wyke / AP)
Kent Auslander scored 18 points in 18 minutes off the bench, hitting all four of his 3-point attempts, to help Coppin State beat visiting Bethune-Cookman, 95-91, in men's basketball Monday night.
Auslander, a former walk-on at Maryland, scored 17 of his career-high 18 in the second half.
Justin Steers had 17 points while Lamar Morgan and Dejuan Clayton each scored 15 for Coppin State. Chad Andrews-Fulton finished with eight points, nine rebounds, six assists and three steals for the Eagles (4-19, 4-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference).
Cletrell Pope converted a three-point play that gave the Wildcats a 67-65 lead with 7:43 to play, but they missed seven of their next eight shots as Coppin State used an 18-7 run to take the lead for good.
Malik Maitland led Bethune-Cookman (8-13, 3-4) with 20 points, including eight in the final 2:01.
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Florida A&M 72, Morgan State 66: Justin Ravenel scored 19 points to help the visiting Rattlers (7-14, 4-2 MEAC) beat the Bears (8-12, 3-4).
Isaiah Martin's dunk put Florida A&M up 57-44 with 10:49 left before Morgan put together a 17-4 run and tied it at 61. DJ Jones followed with a jump shot and the Rattlers led the rest of the way.
Sherwyn Devonish-Prince Jr. and LaPri McCray-Pace each scored 12 points for the Bears, with McCray-Pace grabbing eight rebounds. Stanley Davis had nine points and added 10 rebounds.
Howard 72, UMES 57: Charles Williams scored 21 points with five 3-pointers and Charles Lott added 20 on 9-for-13 shooting as the Bison won their second straight.
Howard (10-12, 4-3 MEAC) had 14 assists on 27-made baskets, committing just seven turnovers.
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Jones led UMES (3-20, 1-7) with 17 points and Bryan Urrutia scored 11 points with six rebounds, five assists and two steals.
Morgan State 75, Florida A&M 71, OT: Adre'onia Coleman had 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead the host Bears over the Rattlers.
Ashia McCalla added 18 points off the bench for Morgan State (6-16, 4-4 MEAC), which was outscored 20-10 in the fourth quarter but recovered in the extra period to earn its second win in its past three games.
Florida A&M's Morgan Mitchell made a layup with 36 seconds to go in regulation to tie the game at 59. Dy'manee Royal was fouled with seven seconds remaining, but missed both of her free-throw attempts. Royal finished 2-for-7 from the free-throw line, but tied a team high with 18 points for the Rattlers (3-15, 1-5).
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The Eagles closed to three points twice, the last at 66-63 on a layup by Brooke Fields with 1:31 remaining but could pull no closer. Fields led Coppin State with 23 points.
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Pilot-In-Training Orders SIA's $98 Satay Via Delivery 'Cos He Misses Flying
"After being away from an aeroplane for almost a year, this was one small way of rekindling the romance of flying."
By Kubo Loh Hidenobu
Singapore Airlines raised some eyebrows last week when they offered their signature first and business class satay for home delivery at a whopping $98 for 48 sticks, delivered frozen.This satay is somewhat famous with frequent flyers who travel in style — smoky meat skewers paired with spicy peanut sauce must really hit the spot mid-air, especially compared to standard snacks like cheese and crackers. I am a sucker when it comes to food novelties. But with hawker centre satay at around only 70 cents to $1 a stick, there were so many questions, including: Is frozen and reheated satay really worth close to 100 bucks? Is it the exact same satay served on board SIA's flights? The only way to answer these burning questions was to actually try it myself. So I pulled out my credit card to burn some cash.
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Rekindling a romance with the skies
Before freelancing as a writer, I was training to be a pilot and spent a year overseas, flying rickety propeller airplanes over the vast lands of Florida, USA. I aspired to obtain my commercial pilot licences and return to a flying job with an airline in Singapore. But with less than a month away from completion, Covid-19 came along and put those plans on hold. Perhaps the real reason SIA's Signature Satay Set intrigued me was my affinity with aviation, and after being away from an aeroplane for almost a year, this was one small way of rekindling the romance of flying.
Also, I've only tried SIA's famous satay once years ago as a passenger, and my memory — and palate — needed some refreshing.
Served in first and business class
SIA's highly-rated chicken satay is served as an appetiser in SIA's premium cabin classes. It also featured in last year's Restaurant A380@Changi and SIA@Home dining experiences to engage customers during the pandemic. The satay is a version popular in Singapore, marinated with a medley of aromatics such as turmeric, galangal, lemongrass and tamarind. It is also accompanied by a peanut dipping sauce. Interestingly, a plant-based Impossible Meat version was recently introduced but is not an option currently available in this $98 bundle.
$98 for 48 sticks of chicken satay
The satay is offered at KrisShop.com at an introductory price of $98 or 12,250 KrisFlyer miles. Each package comprises 48 sticks of chicken satay (25g/stick in sets of 12) and 1.2kg of peanut sauce (four packets of 300g each). Everything is delivered frozen and requires an oven for reheating. It is still in stock currently, but you might have to look elsewhere for a CNY or V-Day satay feast as delivery slots are only available after 15 February for now.
Concierge service on hand
The ordering process was straightforward and seamless. There was no option to choose a delivery slot before checking out as customers would be contacted by the KrisShop Concierge within 24 hours for arrangements. I placed my order on a Wednesday evening and true enough, was contacted the following morning. I felt this little bit of human interaction gave SIA a chance to demonstrate the "service that even other airlines talk about" and dressed it up with some frills associated with ordering premium satay.
There are limited slots available daily and I took the most immediate one available three days later. Fast forward to Saturday, my order arrived well within the confirmed delivery slot and frankly, I wasn't expecting much. Maybe a styrofoam box of plastic bags and dry ice. So I was pleasantly surprised to be handed over a shiny thermal insulated bag, which was of high quality. Within the bag, there were two cardboard boxes, each containing 24 pieces of satay and two packets of satay sauce. However, there were no additional condiments provided, such as ketupat, onions or cucumbers. One of the boxes was dressed up with kebaya-patterned paper. Opening the boxes, I found the satay further packed into bundles of 12, which made it easy for portion control. Hard copy reheating instructions were provided as well. It would have been a nice touch to add some literature on the heritage or significance of the SIA satay. I'd imagine that this bit of information would add to the overall air of exclusivity that comes with ordering expensive SQ-branded meat skewers.
The prep was straightforward and required minimal effort. I followed the instructions and thawed the satays overnight for lunch the next day. The satays and sauce can be stored frozen for six months but have to be heated up immediately upon thawing. While unpacking the pre-grilled satay, I was pleasantly surprised to find that some of them had burnt edges, just like what you'd find from a hawker stall. Next, I reheated the satays for 15 minutes at 160°C in a convection oven and warmed up the peanut sauce in a saucepan over low heat. A pleasant aroma from the rempah filled my kitchen and I picked up hints of perfumey spices. Promising.
The satay
This is the big brother of satays: it's plump and around twice the size of a hawker centre specimen. I was half-expecting chewy, dry chicken since it was frozen, but each bite yielded a chunky, tender piece of well-marinated meat. It tasted more sweet than savoury, with a honey-ish flavour, lifted with hints of lemongrass and turmeric. I also enjoyed the burnt bits, which gave it a subtle bitterness and closely mimicked the smokiness from charcoal-grilled satay at hawker stalls.
Chunky, lightly spicy, tangy from the tamarind and somewhat earthy thanks to the chopped peanuts. Yum. This helped to balance out the sweetness of the chicken and add some welcome crunch.
The real deal? I ask SIA — and also an ex-SQ steward
Taste aside, is this the real deal served on board SIA planes? Yes. An SIA spokesperson confirmed that the satays were prepared by the same caterers (SATS) and "[t]he Satay recipe is the same as those prepared for inflight meals. The satays, which are seasoned with SIA's signature spices and satay sauce, do not require any modification for dining at home."
To double confirm this, I consulted an authority on SIA satay — my dad was a flight steward with the airline for almost 40 years before retirement and prepped tons of those sticks during his flying days. Upon trying the first skewer, he declared immediately: "Same one!"
One could argue that the larger portions and authentic flavours might justify the cost of $2 per stick of SIA-branded satay. For the everyday Joe, however, that probably isn't enough to warrant a repeat order. But in my case, it allowed me to support an industry dear to me. It also made me realise that food and flying had something in common — they are both motivated by an appetite for exploration. Until the pandemic situation gets better, we may very well have to rely on food to take us places where flying can't.
Delivery slots available after 15 Feb. Order here: https://www.krisshop.com/en/product/702b4aaa340bd07b/sia-signature-satay-48-pieces.html.
Photos: Kubo Loh Hidenobu
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Automatika (prema automat) je znanstveno-tehničko područje (disciplina) o teoretskom i praktičnom zasnivanju, konstrukciji, funkcioniranju i održavanju uređaja i sustava koji rade bez izravna čovjekova sudjelovanja, a temelji se na pojavi (fenomenu) promatranja veličina procesa i automatskoga korektivnog djelovanja na procesna stanja i ulaze. Automatika je također i tehnička izvedba automatskog uređaja.

Automat

Automat (grč. αὐτόματος: samopokretan) je uređaj koji potpuno samostalno obavlja koristan rad prema čovjekovoj zamisli. Iako se prvi automati pojavljuju još u starom vijeku, tek je primjena centrifugalnog regulatora za regulaciju broja okretaja parnoga stroja, što ga je 1784. patentirao J. Watt, označila temelje automatizacije. Centrifugalni regulator i automati koji su slijedili rješavali su ograničenu problematiku automatizacije vezanu uz određeni zadatak; zato se i nazivaju automati posebne namjene. Izvedba im je elektromehanička, pneumatska ili hidraulička (relejna zaštita, pneumatski regulatori, centrifugalni regulator), a signali su koji od njih potječu analogni.

Automatizacija

Automatizacija ili automacija je automatsko upravljanje strojevima, procesom ili sustavom s pomoću mehaničkog i elektroničkih uređaja koji zamjenjuju ljudski rad. Automatizacija je također nadziranje i donošenje odluka u poslovima koji su za čovjeka previše složeni, opasni ili zamarajući. Pojam automatizacije usko je povezan s pojmom mehanizacije, jer i jedan i drugi označuju zamjenu ljudskog rada strojevima i uređajima. Automatizacija nema samo usko tehničko značenje, ona sadrži i društvene i gospodarstvene poglede (aspekte). Za razliku od tih širih pojmova, izraz automatika, osim znanstveno-tehničke discipline, podrazumijeva i tehničku izvedbu automatskog uređaja, na primjer automatika parne turbine.

Procesna regulacija

Procesna regulacija ili reguliranje je djelovanje na neki tehnološki proces kako bi se jedna ili više procesnih veličina održavala na željenoj razini unatoč utjecajima okoline. Provodi se uz pomoć regulacijske tehnike kao dijela automatizacijske tehnike (automatizacija). Tako na primjer regulacija temperature u prostoriji tijekom zimskih mjeseci obuhvaća djelovanja kojima se održava ugodna temperatura neovisno o promjenama temperature okoline. Racionalna regulacija temperature ostvaruje se smanjenjem ili povećanjem jačine (intenziteta) grijanja na osnovi usporedbe stvarne temperature u prostoriji sa željenom vrijednošću. Ako promjene jačine provodi čovjek, regulacija je ručna, a ako ju ostvaruje tehnički uređaj, regulacija je automatska.

Automatsko upravljanje

Automatsko upravljanje, u automatici, je najjednostavniji oblik automatizacije, pri kojem se vođenje procesa odvija prema unaprijed zadanomu programu, tako da signal putuje jednosmjerno od ulaza k izlazu. U širem smislu, automatsko upravljanje je svaki oblik automatizacije, pa čak i najnapredniji oblici regulacije, kakvi se na primjer koriste pri automatskom upravljanju svemirskom letjelicom.

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Animated 'Power Rangers' Series in the Works at EntertainmentOne
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Following Illuminerdi's report regarding a big change in the future of the Power Rangers franchise, I have exclusively learned that a Power Rangers animated series is currently in development. While details on this new animated series are scarce, EntertainmentOne will be developing this series, with Boulder Media and Polygon Pictures as the animation studios behind the cartoon.
This untitled animated series will be joining Power Rangers Dino Fury and apparently an untitled Paramount movie, in the list of upcoming Power Rangers projects. Not much is known about the Paramount movie. However, IGN has revealed some details about the upcoming 28th season of Power Rangers, titled Power Rangers Dino Fury. The synopsis is listed below:
An army of powerful alien beings is unleashed on Earth, threatening life as we know it, a brand-new team of Power Rangers, fueled by the pre-historic power of the dinosaurs, are recruited to deal with the threat.
Hasbro has tried to create a Power Rangers cartoons multiple times now, but it has never worked out for them. I hope that this animated project is the exception. Power Rangers is an entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai. Each series revolves around a team of youths recruited and trained by a mentor to morph into the eponymous Power Rangers, able to use special powers and pilot immense assault machines, called Zords, to overcome the periodic antagonists.
The Power Rangers franchise has gotten a bunch of films and one of the longest-running live-action series ever. Almost all of the official Power Rangers content we've gotten so far is supposed to be set in the same universe. It is currently unclear if this will be the case for this upcoming animated series, though I don't see why it would not be connected to the other Power Rangers projects.
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Euro 2016 Results and Qualifiers: Netherlands Fails To Qualify For Tournament After Robin Van Persie Own Goal, England, Spain, Germany Win
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Czech Republic players celebrate as Daley Blind of the Netherlands (L) looks dejected as Robin van Persie of the Netherlands (not pictured)scores an own goal for the Czech Republic's third during the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group A match between the Netherlands and the Czech Republic at Amsterdam Arena on October 13, 2015 in Amsterdam, Netherlands."
The Euro 2016 tournament group stage round has come through and heading into the main draw in France next summer, the Netherlands will not be one of the teams to make the trip after a tough loss to the Czech Republic. Robin Van Persie had an own goal for the Dutch and they are now out of the tournament draw, while England, Italy, Germany, Spain and Turkey all won their matches.
The Netherlands lost to the Czechs 3-2 in the match and the team basically sealed their own fate with the own goal from Van Persie. The team finished third in the 2014 World Cup and performed well in that tournament and now they will not even be participating in the Euro 2016 tourney. The team was down 2-0 before Van Persie put in the own goal and the Dutch could not make up those scores.
England is through and they did not lose a match during their run after the 3-0 win over Lithuania. The team previously won 2-0 over Estonia and according to the BBC, England is only the sixth team to go through the qualifying campaign without a loss. England finished Group E at the top and in the game against Lithuania the team got goals from Ross Barkley, Harry Kane and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. England advanced from the group on top of Switzerland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania and San Marino one.
With the group stage over, Euro 2016 has the pool basically set for the tournament, as there are just four play-off ties for the final four spots along with the 20 teams that are already in. France is in as the host and the group stage has the first and second place teams advancing in. France, Iceland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Belgium, Wales, Spain and Slovakia are all in the tournament. Germany, England, Romania, Northern Ireland, Austria, Russia, Italy, Croatia and Portugal are also in.
Check here for the results and scores for Euro 2016.
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Related Expertise: Airline Industry, Operations, Transportation and Logistics
Improving Airlines' On-Time Performance
21 September 2016 By Pranay Jhunjhunwala, Jean Lee, Luis Ponce de León, and Patricio Ramos
Sometimes it pays to sweat the small stuff. Take on-time performance (OTP). In the airline business, one late aircraft early in the morning can lead to more than 70 delayed planes later in the day. Delay minutes double, on average, by end of day, one reason US domestic flights are about 80% on time at 6:00 a.m. and only about 50% on time at 6:00 p.m. At some highly congested airports in Europe, OTP falls below 30% by end of day. Shaving one minute off the time each aircraft is on the ground between flights can save $5 million to $10 million a year in freed aircraft time and hidden costs across the operation.
No other aspect of an airline's operations has as broad or as deep an impact on the entire organization. Good OTP requires many people and functions to perform well together—consistently and over time. And when things go wrong, as they inevitably do, OTP hits costs, profits, customer experience, and employee morale hard.
Airlines have a tough time getting their arms around OTP and how to manage it—with good reason. In addition to sheer complexity, many of the factors affecting OTP lie beyond a company's influence, such as weather and air traffic control. OTP is also affected by decisions made in multiple areas, including fleet size and composition, flight crew composition, and flight turnaround times. The precise nature of and reasons for OTP's complexity differ for each type of airline—full-service legacy carriers (FSCs) and low-cost carriers (LCCs), multi- and single-hub airlines, and domestic (or regional) and international carriers.
But the challenges of complexity and difficulty pale beside the benefits of getting OTP right and the high costs—financial, operational, cultural, and reputational—of enduring ongoing problems. And while perfection may be impossible, substantial improvement is mostly a matter of taking on the task. On the basis of our work with all types of airlines around the world—work that has helped clients achieve double-digit percentage point increases in OTP—we have developed a strong point of view and a twofold approach. The first step is making the system resilient to disruption; the second is enabling an airline to catch up more quickly when disruption occurs.
The Benefits and Costs of OTP
Good OTP management is not about achieving 100% punctuality. Rather, it is about delivering against a target that takes into account the context of the airline's cost structure, culture, geography, and competitive landscape. Some airlines seek too low a target; others go too far and invest excessively to "buy" OTP, unnecessarily eroding the bottom line. Setting the right target requires balancing the benefits of higher OTP with the costs necessary to deliver it.
There are tangible and hidden benefits of good OTP. Customer satisfaction is an obvious benefit—one airline found a 90% correlation with OTP. Cost control through efficient use of aircraft and employee time is another. OTP greatly influences company culture and employee morale, since better OTP improves predictability and employees' work-life balance.
At the same time, the costs of poor performance are high. Direct costs include vouchers, compensation, and rebooking expenses for affected passengers, as well as expenses such as premium and overtime pay for crew and ground staff and higher deadhead crew costs. Moreover, poor OTP can have serious downstream effects, from which it can take days, or even weeks, to recover. In the age of social media, persistent OTP problems can also hit a brand's reputation, especially if they lead to widespread cancellations that strand large numbers of passengers or cause customers to switch to other airlines.
The Causes of Complexity
Maintaining good OTP is an uphill battle. Many people, processes, functions, and technologies need to work together with a high degree of integration throughout the day. For example, scheduling and operations personnel must be in constant communication, since the activities and decisions of one directly affect the other. Poor scheduling often creates problems for operations, and when operational groups fail to execute, scheduling may need to be adjusted on the fly.
OTP is also a consequence of complexity built up over years. (See Exhibit 1.) Decisions about fleet makeup, route network, schedules, cabin design, and even in-flight offerings or gate layout have profound and varying effects on an airline's OTP. Operational decisions with respect to turn time (the time required to unload an airplane after its arrival at the gate and then prepare it for the next trip), block time (the total flight time, from pushing back from the departure gate to arriving at the destination gate), crew reserves, and spare aircraft and workers add to the complexity and the odds of delay. Myriad combinations of these and other factors can limit the buffers and flexibility needed to handle delays when a disruption occurs.
Getting the Diagnosis Right
Any airline's goal should be to make the system resilient to disruption and quick to catch up when disruption occurs. The specific nature of the solution will differ between FSCs and LCCs, across regions, and among individual airlines. In fact, each airline has its own optimal point of balance between operating flexibility and profitability, depending on its structure, context, and operating environment.
FSCs, for example, often have higher levels of complexity in fleet makeup and other areas for sound revenue-enhancing reasons, but they pay a price in OTP resilience. LCCs typically maximize resource utilization to minimize costs, likewise leading to limited resilience when OTP issues arise. Individual airlines face challenges stemming from where they operate, since each country or region presents its own complications, including severe weather, congestion, and problems relating to infrastructure and air traffic control.
Regardless of the specific nature of the OTP challenge, the first step for any airline is getting execution right within its existing schedule. Once a carrier has succeeded at consistently executing to the best of its capabilities, it can adjust the schedule to unlock value by freeing up aircraft time or adding buffers to compensate for operational limitations. In our experience, too many airlines jump too soon to the second step without addressing key operational issues first, or they resort to adding schedule buffers as a default solution. Poor execution is not a good reason to relax the schedule, since buffers are costly and difficult to reverse and lead to long-term subpar performance. The key is to first understand how much value improving execution can deliver—and then decide if changing the operating model is a better option.
Beyond basic system design and execution, airlines need to develop plans and actions both for normal "blue sky" days, when OTP disruptions are minimal and contained, and for days of extreme disruption, when events such as bad weather or air traffic control delays lead to widespread OTP problems. Each department needs to have clear guidelines and well-structured processes to manage OTP and disruptions in different circumstances.
The levers for addressing OTP fall into two main categories: delay avoidance and delay recovery. (See Exhibit 2.)
Delay Avoidance
Airlines have three ways to protect their systems against delays in a cost-effective manner: improving execution, reducing complexity, and creating buffers. Some moves involve tradeoffs and some can affect other areas, so careful planning and consideration of consequences are essential.
Improving Execution. Well-executed operational procedures, predictive maintenance, and anticipatory adjustments on days with a lot of disruption can minimize OTP delays. For example, predictive maintenance enables a maintenance router to ascertain when an aircraft is likely to need attention—before a technical problem results in a delay. When disruptions do occur, quick adjustments to flight and maintenance schedules can limit the downstream impact. Core process design should seek to reduce variability, which can have a compounding effect throughout the system when disruption occurs in one part.
Reducing Complexity. Reducing complexity in markets served and in fleet composition, product offerings, and service models is another option. But multiple considerations need to be taken into account. A multimodel fleet allows airlines to match aircraft type to routes flown based on demand and distance. But it also increases complexity and costs in maintenance bases, parts, and flight crews, among other factors. Some airlines unintentionally add complexity when they specify new cabin configurations and services in their aircraft purchases (including purchases of models they already own), undermining their ability to swap aircraft to manage delays.
One tool for reducing complexity and containing the impact of delays is the use of "modular flying units" in aircraft scheduling and crew pairing. For example, an aircraft-scheduling system based on linear routes ("out and back" patterns, such as New York to Atlanta and back) or even "triangular" patterns (such as New York to Boston to Miami to New York) helps airlines restrict delays to the affected units without disturbing the rest of the network.
Many airlines already have simplified modular flying schedules for their fleets. The application to crews—pairing flight and cabin crew together or pairing either with particular aircraft—is more complex. Because airlines already go to significant lengths to improve crew productivity through pairing configurations, tradeoffs are inevitable. (See "The Airline Crew Opportunity: Boosting Productivity While Improving Service," BCG article, January 2016.) While using crews that aren't paired on the same trips increases flexibility, it can also have significant downstream impacts, with multiple departing flights waiting on the same late-arriving aircraft.
Creating Buffers. Buffers may include added block time or turn time to create more flexibility in the event of non-flight–related delays, such as those caused by unexpected maintenance. Other buffers involve having standby crews, spare aircraft, or spare parts readily available, or keeping some seats empty for passenger reassignment. Buffers carry a financial cost, of course, which is often substantial, so they should be used strategically to balance improved OTP against the costs of delivering it—and often only as a lever of last resort. Data and historical experience related to time of day, airport, route, aircraft type, and season can help facilitate decision making.
Delay Recovery
For blue-sky days, airlines need a schedule and an operational plan that are sufficiently resilient to accommodate normal operating issues while balancing profitability and OTP goals. But delays are inevitable, so a big part of improving OTP is addressing problems quickly and minimizing their impact through the system. There are two main levers: guidelines and procedures to prioritize actions and a flexible operating model.
Guidelines and procedures with preestablished priorities can make a big difference in managing the extent and impact of a disruption. Examples include guidelines that identify "must dos" for tight turns and a flight prioritization matrix that steers decision making regarding follow-on delays and cancellations. The matrix can take into account such factors as flight revenue, load factor, the number of connections, alternative flight options for customers, and downstream impact.
Airlines can also build up resource flexibility through employee contracts, but this requires time and advance planning (depending on when collective-bargaining contracts come up for renegotiation, for example). Building flexibility into a maintenance contract can allow for a temporary expansion of capacity so that more aircraft can undergo maintenance ahead of a big storm. Flexible staffing contracts that allow for part-time work, flexible schedules, and overtime pay when additional help is required enable the airline to buffer resources when necessary.
The Right Culture and Performance Metrics Help
Cross-functional collaboration, a company culture based on OTP (balanced with cost consciousness and customer service), and the right performance metrics are critical enablers of better OTP—so long as they support collective success.
Collaboration. Cross-functional collaboration and communication, such as meetings between flight crew members and crew- scheduling personnel to discuss ways to improve crew schedules, can do a lot to uncover problems and find solutions. Clear communication between airport gate staff and ground handling crews can also help airlines improve OTP.
Culture. Employees across the airline should be encouraged to value OTP, and they should be rewarded for meeting established goals. It is essential that employees understand and internalize the implications of OTP for the company's financial performance and reputation—as well as for passengers, whose lives are affected in myriad ways when flights are delayed.
Performance Metrics. Individual functions and departments need OTP performance metrics so that the responsibility for delays is clear. One Asia-Pacific carrier assigns targets for departures and arrivals for each operations group. And good OTP performance must be rewarded, although not all incentives need to be financial. Special recognition (such as a visit from the CEO or an annual special event that rewards the best-performing airports) can have a big impact. A South American airline switched from a system of trivial bonuses for achieving OTP targets to tiered levels of recognition from senior executives.
Start with a Comprehensive Diagnostic
Attacking OTP effectively begins with a robust diagnostic to identify the key drivers of delays (by operational department) and their root causes, as well as the tradeoffs between cost minimization and OTP maximization. The action plan that results requires strong leadership, active participation by the entire organization, and staged implementation over time. The results can yield double-digit OTP improvement and measurable shifts in industry position. The following are some of the key components of the diagnostic:
Analyzing the root causes of delays from both a quantitative perspective (accurate delay code analysis from multiple sources) and a qualitative perspective (processes, governance, decision making)
Benchmarking best practices, both within the airline and across competitors
Developing and prioritizing initial solutions, including potential impact and return on investment, feasibility, and time frame
Defining success in terms of goals and key metrics
Assessing implementation readiness
The airlines that we have worked with have seen meaningful OTP improvement from this approach. One European LCC is targeting a 10 percentage-point increase (or higher) in OTP. An FSC in Asia-Pacific has achieved best-in-class OTP performance and regained its industry leadership position. A US-based FSC has identified 15 key pain points and opportunities to improve OTP by approximately 5 percentage points. A South American LCC improved OTP by 9%, crew satisfaction by 50%, crew productivity by 10%, and airport FTE productivity by 11%; it also reduced lost baggage by 20%.
Improving OTP is a high-impact undertaking. The complexity can be daunting. But it's hard to be a winner—never mind a leader—in the airline industry when your planes don't arrive on time. The rewards of improving OTP—financial, operational, cultural, and reputational—more than outweigh the time and resources that most airlines will need to commit.
Pranay Jhunjhunwala
Jean Lee
Partner & Associate Director, Customer Centricity
Luis Ponce de León
Patricio Ramos


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Multiply your influence through mentoring.
"LEarning (Honor Role - The Power Of Mentors)"
American history has not been kind to Paul Robeson.
Robeson was a complex individual.
Even complex individuals can be erased - one dimension at a time.
As an actor and singer, he was erased - even as one of the most powerful and popular performers in the world.
As a football player, he was erased - even as a Rutgers University All-American.
As a civil rights activist, he was erased ("blacklisted") for his "un-American" support of communism and The Soviet Union.
Despite these concerted efforts, we still have choices regarding how we remember Robeson.
We can either acknowledge his considerable achievements and prowess - or dismiss them.
We either agree on, disagree on, or misunderstand his politics.
There are two noteworthy nuggets that have earned my respect, though.
First, Robeson could find a way out of "no way".
When the United States seized his passport (to stem his worldwide popularity and activism), he still gave concerts via radio, telephone, and at the geographic border between Washington state and Canadian British Columbia.
Second, Robeson left a legacy through his mentoring.
Follow this anthropology with me.
Actor / Activist Harry Belafonte (who was almost 30 years younger) looked up to Robeson.
Belafonte served as a pallbearer at Robeson's funeral.
Belafonte was also blacklisted during his career because of his views (which were influenced by Robeson).
His career survived, though - as did his activism.
Belafonte supported Martin Luther King, Jr. financially - because fighting for freedom ain't free.
He financed the 1961 Freedom Rides.
He helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington.
He financed the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer (with $60,000 carried in a suitcase), and entertained crowds with Sidney Poitier.
Poitier was also at the 1963 March on Washington.
Years earlier, Belafonte and Poitier (who are the same age - born 10 days apart) used to purchase a single ticket to attend local plays.
One would watch the first act, then they would trade places - and the other watched the second act.
They would compare notes about the play during the seat exchange.
Actor / Activist Ossie Davis (who was ten years older than Belafonte and Poitier - and 20 years younger than Robeson) wrote a play called "Paul Robeson: All-American".
Davis also attended the 1963 March On Washington.
He made his film debut in Sidney Poitier's 1950 film "No Way Out".
Davis gave the eulogy at Malcolm X's funeral.
He also paid tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. at a Central Park memorial the day after MLK was killed in Memphis, TN.
See, even as an "Invisible Man", Paul Robeson contributed to the growth and work of our visible, well-known leaders.
Do not mistake that activity for achievement.
A transferred legacy is timeless, indelible, and far more powerful.