Most travel departments and managers are allowed to see or a unique competitive position in the travel-management in economic terms alone. But to really ensure that the travel process more efficient, economical and reliable, a much broader approach is needed, especially in the areas of cost, productivity and safety. If a broader and more complete turned on discovering that most organizations, the business-class flights are actually much cheaper than economy class for most of its executives and talents on the road.
Consider a short flight of less than four hours. For a manager this will usually result in an eight-hour workday. If you travel in Economy Class, you must generally be at the airport almost 2 hours before departure. Even with the frequent flier privileged status, have more than their colleagues in business class to be revised. Without these privileges, the time maybe even more than check-in queues and efficiency of aircraft is longer and decrease respectively. The immigration process is as potentially many airlines now have preferential treatment extended business immigration. The passenger in the economy is up to now travel to itself in the public seats / WiFi / Environment meals for economy class. Boarding time is extended and reduced carry-on baggage once again has the general pre-are connected. Regardless of the physical size of the passenger, his work laptop, the carrier or seating area, very few people get anything close to a productive work while in the economy. Cannot be forgotten when the corners were cut, all within the vicinity of a user’s laptop business, you often see all the content and context of business presentations, emails, discussions and intellectual property. The arrival phase requires more processing time of immigration, the waiting period for lost luggage and then into the mass of passengers during the flight. If after all this waiting, a short flight to the passenger in his play A or supply to achieve key business processes, you should prepare for disappointment now.
In contrast, a journey that has been taken as a whole to play significantly different risks. First, travelers have the time and the flight that best suits the goals of labor productivity and reduced travel times for entry and processing times. Use the business lounge productivity and access to information and legacy systems to ensure before leaving. In general, fatigue and the impact on individuals will also be reduced. Although not without risks, the risk to personal, business information or other valuables will also be reduced. Productivity (the best result of the addition of the hourly cost to the company executive and hourly earnings potential trip or executive) will be enhanced by a compact Mobile Workspace and useful. Even if the person is not carrying on a computer platform, the requirements for each are also decreased. It is also almost guaranteed that the government begin to run and clear the aircraft, immigration and baggage claim much faster, so that only the drive from the airport to the place of business. This rationalization and efficiency are also replicated for travelers or multiple trips.
Travelling through the analysis of all these factors (even in a developed country) to hundreds or even thousands of dollars between coach and business class is often cheaper than the thousands or tens of thousands of dollars in business productivity, time and money at risk. However, functional heads responsible for cost, productivity and safety are usually identified and evaluated the costs instead of maximizing the profitability or revenue of the top executives. All these elements are significantly increased in developed and developing countries. If the journey along the entire route of travel lines of risk management of thousands or even millions of dollars in company time was set, are retained, while the cost of adequate management. Reduction or elimination of disruption and loss can be achieved easily. When it comes to All-Risk Management-trip travel, most companies are penny wise and pound foolish.
There is nothing more tragic than comic, and an economic officer or director of a travel low cost airline. During the meeting in the cheap seats to non-productive and pay five dollars to peanuts or drinks to lose thousands of dollars or even millions of productivity or revenue in the interest of a few dollars. After the financial crisis, some financial institutions openly communicated very intelligent, who dare not, the privilege, or risk status of their executives to generate wealth for fear of losing the most competitive and demanding to reduce banks or financial institutions. Why should it be otherwise, given the many other threats to the talent and income?