20XX年航空公司货运保障部门半年工作总结 .docx

20XX年航空公司货运保障部门半年工作总结
航空货运公司2011年终总结（英文版）as2011drawstoaclose，ahandfulofaircargoleadershavetakenthetimetoreflectonatumultuousyear.fromsupplychainsravagedbythejapanesetsunamitoeconomicinstabilitypermeatingtheu.s.andtheeurozone，theairfreightindustryhastakennumeroushitsthroughout2011.butcanthelessonsgleanedfromthesedifficulttimesbeusedtoavoidsimilarfatesinthefuture。
inthefinalinstallmentofthethree-partseries（viewpartsoneandtwohere），hongkongaircargoterminalsltd.managingdirectormarkwhiteheadandemiratesairline’sdivisionalseniorvicepresident，cargo，rammenendiscussthepastyearandtheirprojectionsfor2012.
whatwasthemostsignificantstorylineof2011。
markwhitehead：amidthejapanesetsunamianditscommercialaftershocks，thenewzealandearthquake，squabbleswiththe
transportationsecurityadministrationoverdeadlinestomeettheirheightenedsecurityrequirementsandtheongoingsagaofsurcharges，thedominantstorylineforusin2011wasfallingtonnagesonmajorroutes—particularlythoseoutofhongkong.
butwearenotconvincedthatthisswathofnegativecoverageisreallyjustified—wefeeltherehavebeentoomanycomparisonsto2010，leadingtotheimpressionthat2011hasturnedouttobemuchworsethanitshould.inhactl’sowncase，wecouldfallfartherandyetstillbeatourpreviouspeakof2007，whichwouldbenosmall
achievement.
2010wasapost-recessionbouncefueledbyglobalrestocking，soitwasalwaysgoingtobehardtobeat.butmanyintheaircargo
industrythought2010wasasignofevenbetterthingstocomeandbudgetedforincrementalgrowthin2011.theynowhaveamajorproblem.
rammenen：themarketslowdownis，obviously，thetopicthathasdominatedtheindustry.butwhatismostremarkableabout2011isthenumberanddiversityoffactorsthatcontributedtotheslowdown.naturaldisasters，suchasthetsunamiinjapanandthethaifloods，weremajoreventsthatnotonlyimpactedexportsandimportsinthosecountriesdirectly，butalsohitglobalsupplychains.productionlinesinfactorieswerehaltedduetothesuddenshortageofvitalcomponents.
economicinstabilityhasalsobeenasignificantissue，withthevariouscrisesacrosseuropeandthepoliticalizationofthedeficitceilingintheu.s.allrockingconsumerconfidence.wealsocan’tforgetthe
sustainedhighcostoffuel，whichisanongoingchallengefortheaircargoindustry.ontheplusside，itwasgoodtoseetheboeing747-8fenterservice，whilethearabspringheraldsanewbeginningformanybusinessesintheregionandwillstimulateinternationaltrade.
whatlessonshaveyoulearnedin2011thatwillhelpyouhaveasuccessful2012。
menen：youcannevertrustforecasts.oldrulesdon’tapply，andthenewruleshaven’tbeenwritten.theindustryisbecomingless
predictableeveryyear，withmoreandmorechallengesarising.ofcourse，thepriceofoilisalwayssomethingwehavetocontendwith，but，worryingly，naturaldisastersseemtobehappeningatamorefrequentrate，whileincreasinglymorenationaleconomiesare
struggling.wearecontinuallylearning，andeverychallengehelpsusbecomebetterpreparedtomanagewhatevernewchallenges2012brings.
whitehead：asarelativenewcomertothisindustry（ibecamehactl’smanagingdirectorinseptember2010），butalong-termobserverofotherswhileworkingataseniorlevel，ihavequicklylearnedhowsensitiveaircargoistothehealthoftheglobaleconomyandhowreactiveitistoconsumerdemand.
aircargoisabusinessthatcanboominresponsetothereleaseofasingle，newpieceofconsumertechnology（i.e，theiphone4，thelatest
playstationorthekindle）orcrashbecausefearsofdefaultsinonesmalleconomyhavethreatenedtoupsetthecurrencyof16others.inowrealizethatthemajorstrengthofaircargo—itsabilitytorespondtosuddenchangesinconsumerdemand—isalsoitsmajorweakness.i’mdevelopingtheviewthatanypredictioninaircargoispointlessifit’sbasedonlyonarecentorshort-livedtrend（liketheonedisplayedin2010），ratherthantheextrapolationofalong-termpicturethathasbeenprovenrightbyhistory.youcouldsaythatthisrisksmissingthenextmajoropportunity，butidon’tthinkso.itavoidstheequallyseriousriskofassuminglotsofadditionaloverheadthatcouldquicklybecomeamillstoneifpredictionsfallshort.historyusuallyrepeatsitself，andlong-termtrendsofthepast，whichincorporatepastpeaksandtroughs，areamuchbetterbasisforpredictingfuturetrends.thataloneisnotenough，however.thetrickissurelyalsotofactorinadditionalgrowthfromrealprospectsofbusinessgainsthatarewithinyourinfluenceandconsiderthepossibleeffectsofanyrealorprobablethreats.butyoumustalsoacceptthattheshort-termpicturemaystillbeimpactedeitherpositivelyornegativelybytotallyunforeseeneventsbeyondourcontrol.afterall，that’saircargo.
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