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The Company’s InputsChoose an existing small business, or a start?up. Refrain from using companies that you have no association with, and are located on the Internet. You are to ensure that you know the owner(s) or someone in the organization who cananswer any questions posed to them.Your task in this assignment is to evaluate the supply chain of the chosen company, applying the knowledge that you have learnt in this subject, whether the...

BackgroundSouthern Recreational Vehicle CompanyIn October 2018, the top management of Southern Recreational Vehicle Company of St. Louis, Missouri, announced its plans to relocate its manufacturing and assembly operations to a new plant in Ridgecrest, Mississippi. The firm, a major producer of pickup campers and camper trailers, had experienced 5 consecutive years of declining profits as a result of spiraling production costs. The costs of lab...

Part 1 PestlePart 1 Pestle Consider the relevance of the PESTEL with relevant data points explained in context to your product and selected country.  Use the template given to guide youonly select points relevant to your export Product and Country   Part 2 Cost Considerations Complete a Costing Sheet that lists export cost considerations that you need to know for pricing product for export. What is your analysis and ...

TaskThe assessment consists of one component, which each component MUST be completed by students. The passing mark will be calculated as overall. Assignment Individual–based report (100% of total Mark) (i) Individually to prepare a 3000 (+/-10%) words report on an evaluation of a supply chain organisation / supply chain department of an organisation (ie part of a Supply Chain in either a Manufacturing; Retail or Service Industry). - to c...

Question: This assignment will provide an opportunity for students to:  study, analyse and reason critically on issues faced by managers from the perspective of operational, planning and management.  demonstrate their understanding on the concepts and theories acquired from the module  read widely, including materials on the Internet, magazines,newspapers, journals and books, and draw on the management concepts and theories ...

Scenario You are a supply chain manager of a Supply Chain (SC) set in a particular industry. You have a clear understanding of your market (e.g. suppliers, customers, competitors / domestic or international) and have a clear strategy to monitor and improve the efficiency of your SC. Your company could own facilities (e.g. production site, warehouses) and means of transport (e.g. road vehicles, vessels, aircrafts) or can ask third parties to ...

Case Study: A major producer/distributor of household electrical and hardware products suffered from poor customer service, manufacturing bottlenecks and organizational & functional inadequacies. New ownership was disappointed with financial performance and realized that significant improvements were necessary. Customer service metrics hovered below 70% (Orders shipped complete in 3 days or less), and a bloated SKU base included nearly 10...

ICA requirementsProject Management, Philosophies & Tools is assessed by individual in-course work worth 100%. You are required to submit the work appropriate to the assessment requirements outlined below to the submission link in the Assessments folder on Blackboard Ultra by the due date provided on the cover of this document. The expected overall word count for your assessment This does not include the table of contents and reference list...

TasksTopic: Road Transport Management, Automation and Environmental Impact. Tasks Your task is to research the improvement of systems to manage the efficiency and sustainability of road freight transportation.  This includes the consideration of introducing new technology systems and automation to both manage and enhance fleets of delivery vehicles. You must identify and critically discuss the most recent developments in road freight...

Course Code   :  BBS5MBL

Course Title   :  managing business logistics and negotiations

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Task description: DrinkHealthy Shop (DHS) is a health and wellbeing retailer in the UK, a competitor of Holland & Barrett when it comes to selling low calorie nutrition drinks. DHS is planning to include two types of Vitamin and Nutrient (low calorie) drinks to their current offering. They want to offer two types of 290ml bottles of basil seed drinks, with a shelf life of 24 months. DHS is not keen on plastic bottle drinks as this goes ag...

Inbound LogisticsConsider that you work for a company that wants to export Canadian products to a foreign market. Your suppliers are in Canada. Your department (your group) is in charge to plan the exporting of a product to a foreign country. Your job and your co-workers’ jobs depend on producing a compelling and convincing report that will be submitted to your boss. Think about all aspects that will make your endeavour successful. Perform...

Context based on the Key Literature for the TopicThe working title, research aim and research questions are sensible, but they should have been stated explicitly at the beginning of your proposal. The research scope is fairly clear.  A number of important issues are presented here but the content is not always clear or logically organised. The Background and Rationale section is quite lengthy, while the actual literature review is rath...

Executive summaryResearch Topic/Question: Lorry (HGV) driver shortages as major disruptions to supply chain networks in United Kingdom: A case study of ASDA supermarket Distribution. This research topic can be tweaked if it is required in order to make it more refined. My background:I  am an HGV driver and working with ASDA Chilled distribution Center, that is why I was motivated to choose this topic. If the proposal attracts a good result,...

Background Information on BMWYou are required to continue with the case study of the global company you have already worked on for Assignment 1(BMW). At this stage, you need to conduct more intensive research about the company; update and confirm the key issues and challenges that are CURRENTLY faced by the company; identify and conduct a critical review of relevant literature to support the analysis of the case issues. This assignment r...

Task:   You have been hired by a vendor who is preparing for an upcoming K-Pop (Korean pop music) concert featuring the singer IU (Lee Ji-eun) in Cincinnati. The concert organizer is allowing vendors to sell IU paraphernalia. You determine that certain one-size-fits-all winter hats featuring IU’s image will be sold. You have four choices for OEM suppliers of the hats. Due to their locations, their lead times differ, along with...