phase 1SCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
Management
Task Name: Phase
1 Discussion Board 2
Deliverable Length: 400600
words + 2 responses (100200 words each)
Details:
Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm
Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts,
ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with
your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your
ideas.
Because you just came on board, the chief executive officer
(CEO) has asked you to address the senior staff about the role of logistics in
the future direction of the company, which the CEO has also announced to
everyone as the reason you are joining the firm. You begin the meeting, going
around the room and asking each staff member for his or her understanding of
what logistics means, and how it can play an increasingly important role in
business success.
Describe the following:
What logistics
means in today’s business world
Why it is becoming
increasingly important for business success
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your
fellow classmates with a reply of 100200 words about their Primary Task
Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help
you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
What did you learn
from your classmate’s posting?
What additional
questions do you have after reading the posting?
What clarification
do you need regarding the posting?
What differences
or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text,
Web resources, and all course materials.phase 2Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board
area, write 400600 words that respond to the following questions with
your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for
future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and
use examples to reinforce your ideas.
In one of your initial meetings with the chief executive officer
(CEO), she asked you to identify a number of the typical criteria used
when making new location decisions. Complete the following:
Describe and list at least 8 specific criteria to use.Explain the logic of why each criterion should be important.On a relative scale of importance, assign a high, medium, or low weight to each of the 8 criteria.
Do not put all of this information into 1 paragraph; instead use 8
paragraphs, answering all 3 questions for each of the 8 criteria in a
separate paragraph. A chart would also be acceptable.
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2
of your fellow classmates with a reply of 100200 words about their
Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and
enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the
following questions:
What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?What clarification do you need regarding the posting?What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?phase 3Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board
area, write 400600 words that respond to the following questions with
your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for
future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and
use examples to reinforce your ideas.
At your own current or prior place of work, or for some business that is regularly in the news, complete the following:
Identify some of the logistics activities that the business engages in.Explain what metrics should be used to assess how effective the logistics function is that would be important to customers.Which metrics should be used to assess how effective the logistics function is that would be important to internal stakeholders?Why did you pick those metrics?
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2
of your fellow classmates with a reply of 100200 words about their
Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and
enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the
following questions:
What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?What clarification do you need regarding the posting?What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?phase 4Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm
Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).
The discussion assignment for this week includes a review of
the Key Assignment Outline completed by one of your classmates, as well as a
substantial response to at least one other student.
Primary Task Response: Your first task is to post your own
Key Assignment Outline to the discussion area so that other students are able
to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and
include any notes you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is
to help improve the quality of the Key Assignment Draft you will complete next
week.
Respond to Another Student: Review at least 1 other
student’s Key Assignment Outline and provide meaningful feedback. Refrain from
general feedback, such as simply stating “good job.” Your feedback to
other students is most helpful if you not only point out weak areas but also
offer suggestions for improvement. The best feedback takes a three-stage
approach to identify what was done well, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text,
Web resources, and all course materials.phase 5Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).
Summative Discussion Board
Review and reflect on the knowledge you have gained from this course.
Based on your review and reflection, write at least 3 paragraphs on the
following:
What were the most compelling topics learned in this course?How
did participating in discussions help your understanding of the subject
matter? Is anything still unclear that could be clarified?What approaches could have yielded additional valuable information?The main post should include at least 1 reference to research sources, and all sources should be cited using APA format.
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2
of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about his or
her Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and
enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the
following questions:
What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?What clarification do you need regarding the posting?What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.assignmentsSCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
Management
Task Name: Phase
1 Individual Project
Deliverable Length: 1215
slides; 100200 words of speaker notes per slide
Details:
In preparation for your overall logistics White Paper
Recommendation to the CEO, she has asked you to give her a taste of the
different kinds of logistic systems and decisions that different industries
use. You decide to prepare a PowerPoint presentation comparing and contrasting
the logistics systems that are commonly used in the following 3 industries
(include each of these in your presentation):
Describe the steps
in making sure that flights take off on time for an airline. Describe the
different steps that must occur for an on-time plane departure. For example,
how does the airline make sure that the plane is properly fueled on a timely
basis?
Describe the logistics
system that overnight small package delivery companies use to ensure that
timely delivery of undamaged packages occurs on a consistent basis. Discuss how
packages are scheduled for pick-up and are picked up, tracked, and transported
to the final destination, along with any other key activities.
Describe the
logistics steps that large mass merchandiser global supply chains use to ensure
timely availability of inventory for routine and sales merchandise needs. This
discussion must begin with the transportation from the foreign factory to its
nearby port, and continue from there until it arrives at the mass
merchandiser’s regional warehouses.assignments 2SCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
Management
Task Name: Phase
2 Individual Project
Deliverable Length: 1015
PowerPoint slides; 100200 words of speaker notes per slide
Details:
Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects)
will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in
accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All
submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
The CEO, knowing that professional logistics expertise has
been missing from her organization, has asked you to prepare a PowerPoint
Presentation of 1015 slides for the rest of the senior and middle management
teams. In it, she has asked that you pick a mass merchandiser with
international retail locations that your firm may be delivering to.
The heart of the PowerPoint should be an overview of the
steps that are needed to make a good location decision, whether it is for an
additional manufacturing facility in some other state or country, or a new
distribution center location in another state or country.
She asked that you use this made-up data to base your
presentation on. Being a stickler for formatting, she requires that you do the
following:
Use a colored
background for your slides
Have few words but
lots of eye-catching graphics, clip art, or pictures on each slide
Have speaker notes
of 100200 words for each slide
Assume the
presentation should last 3045 minutes and should have 1015 slides
The data to base the presentation on is as follows:
The retailer has
200 retail locations all over the United States.
Right now, all
shipments come from the East Coast manufacturing plant finished goods
warehouse.
Western United States
sales growth rates are expected to be double that of the Eastern United States.
The retailer has a
total of 50 stores located outside of the United States, mostly in Europe,
where population growth is averaging 1% a year.
It has no retail
locations in India, China, or Mexico, where on average, population growth is
averaging 10% into the future.
Your product is a
high-cube product, like a refrigerator or color television.
The raw materials
for your manufacturing facility are also high-cube and have a lot of cardboard
packaging (which takes up space) to protect the high-dollar value components
that the factory buys.
Finally, the CEO reminds you that this presentation is meant
to be a how-to guide for the overall decision-making process that you will be
using in your future assignments.3SCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
Management
Task Name: Phase
3 Individual Project
Deliverable Length: Word
or Excel spreadsheet: Columns AC and rows 18 + references
Details:Weekly tasks
or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late
submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty
policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on
midnight Central Time.
The CEO expects you to be providing a number of various
logistics reports and recommendations to her. She has asked you to prepare a
chart on 12 pages of frequently used logistics techniques. To demonstrate your
understanding of the breadth and depth of the logistics function, research the
following terms, and for each of the 8 terms, complete the following:
Provide a
definition, in your own terms, of frequently used logistics techniques.
Give an
example of a real company or industry that uses this logistics technique.
What
would the pros and cons be of using each technique listed below?
1. Distribution
center
2. Public
warehouse
3. Third-party
logistics
4. Common
carrier
5. Dedicated
private fleet
6. Backhauls
7. Deadheading
8. Freight
equalization
Provide citations and references to support your
information.4SCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
Management
Task Name: Phase
4 Individual Project
Deliverable Length: 1,200
words
Details:
Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects)
will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in
accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All
submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
Key Assignment Draft
The rough draft must be a completed paper, with APA
formatting, all 7 sections complete (using Roman numerals of each section per
the outline), references, and good grammar.
You were recently hired as the VP of Logistics for the ABC
Manufacturing Company. This is a new position. During the lengthy interview
process, the CEO shared her strategic plans for worldwide growth in the
companys consumer sales. Previously, sales had been confined to domestic sales
only. As a result of little staff logistics expertise, the company had kept the
traditional logistics model of shipping all finished products from its
warehouse and factory location on the East Coast of the United States, even
though there was a growing market on the West Coast that competition was
serving from a West Coast warehouse. However, the CEO pointed out that despite
its national popularity from a feature and quality perspective, it seemed to
penetrate poorly on the West Coast because of her need to charge higher prices
as the result of higher shipping costs.
The marketing manager tried to mitigate this competitive
disadvantage by freight equalization so that end customers would pay the same
amount of shipping costs as West Coast competition charged, regardless of where
they were located. This met with some insignificant success because timeliness
of delivery was another important issue. Therefore, the CEO had asked you, as
your first assignment, to write a white paper to address the following specific
points. She remembered that you had quite a bit of experience addressing some
or all of these issues during your career. As a stickler for formatting, she
has specifically asked you to use the following Roman numeral sections and
headings in the paper:
Section I: Introduction (200 words)
In general, what
are the qualitative pros and cons for domestic sales of having multiple
distribution centers and shipping locations in the United States?
In general, what
are qualitative pros and cons of having one or more international distribution
centers for international sales, as opposed to shipping directly from a U.S.
manufacturing location warehouse?
Section II: Decision-Making Criteria (300 words)
The CEO is considering three options with the same total
construction and operating costs: expanding the warehouse next to the East
Coast manufacturing plant; building a West Coast distribution center; or building
a combination manufacturing and warehouse location on the West Coast. As a
completely separate issue, she is also considering opening a distribution
center overseas, to serve the fast-growing warm weather markets of France and
Spain.
Given the following general information, what are at least 5
criteria that must be considered when locating a new or expanded shipping
warehouse domestically? Internationally?
The products are
primarily medium- and large-size insulated coolers, like you might use for a
picnic or trip to the beach. Transportation firms charge by space, or cubic
feet, rather than weight, which is the more normal method.
The coolers are
made of 3 components, which are all produced by suppliers solely on the East
Coast; the raw materials to make this product are bulky, and inbound shipping
from the East Coast suppliers currently represents 20% of total raw material
costs.
The market is very
competitive with generally stable or decreasing marketplace prices.
In states and countries
that are warm year-round, sales are pretty steady; in countries and states that
have seasons, 90% of sales occur in the MayAugust period.
Domestic demand is
expected to increase 5% annually; international demand is expected to increase
15% annually.
Right now, to keep
West Coast customers happy, the CEO says that they only charge those customers
the local freight cost of shipping, which is $200 for anything up to half a
truckload.
The current
exchange rate is 1 euro = $1.50.
Section III: Metrics to Assess Success (250 words)
Describe 3 metrics
that you would use to assess the success of any logistics plan involving you as
a manufacturer and an internationally based mass merchandiser. Provide support
for your selections.
Section IV: nonquantitative Factors (200 words)
Identify 3 subjective, qualitative factors to consider in
the recommendation.
Section V: Conclusion (200 words)
What are the 3 most important points that you want the CEO
to understand about this entire decision-making process?
Please submit your assignment.SCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
ManagementTask Name: Phase
1 Discussion Board 2Deliverable Length: 400600
words + 2 responses (100200 words each)Details:Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm
Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area,
write 400600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts,
ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with
your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your
ideas.Because you just came on board, the chief executive officer
(CEO) has asked you to address the senior staff about the role of logistics in
the future direction of the company, which the CEO has also announced to
everyone as the reason you are joining the firm. You begin the meeting, going
around the room and asking each staff member for his or her understanding of
what logistics means, and how it can play an increasingly important role in
business success.Describe the following: What logistics
means in today’s business world Why it is becoming
increasingly important for business successResponses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your
fellow classmates with a reply of 100200 words about their Primary Task
Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help
you with your discussion, please consider the following questions: What did you learn
from your classmate’s posting? What additional
questions do you have after reading the posting? What clarification
do you need regarding the posting? What differences
or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text,
Web resources, and all course materials.phase 2Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board
area, write 400600 words that respond to the following questions with
your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for
future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and
use examples to reinforce your ideas.In one of your initial meetings with the chief executive officer
(CEO), she asked you to identify a number of the typical criteria used
when making new location decisions. Complete the following:Do not put all of this information into 1 paragraph; instead use 8
paragraphs, answering all 3 questions for each of the 8 criteria in a
separate paragraph. A chart would also be acceptable.Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2
of your fellow classmates with a reply of 100200 words about their
Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and
enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the
following questions:Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board
area, write 400600 words that respond to the following questions with
your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for
future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and
use examples to reinforce your ideas.At your own current or prior place of work, or for some business that is regularly in the news, complete the following:Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2
of your fellow classmates with a reply of 100200 words about their
Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and
enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the
following questions:Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm
Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).The discussion assignment for this week includes a review of
the Key Assignment Outline completed by one of your classmates, as well as a
substantial response to at least one other student.Primary Task Response: Your first task is to post your own
Key Assignment Outline to the discussion area so that other students are able
to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and
include any notes you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is
to help improve the quality of the Key Assignment Draft you will complete next
week.Respond to Another Student: Review at least 1 other
student’s Key Assignment Outline and provide meaningful feedback. Refrain from
general feedback, such as simply stating “good job.” Your feedback to
other students is most helpful if you not only point out weak areas but also
offer suggestions for improvement. The best feedback takes a three-stage
approach to identify what was done well, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.For assistance with your assignment, please use your text,
Web resources, and all course materials.Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).Summative Discussion BoardReview and reflect on the knowledge you have gained from this course.
Based on your review and reflection, write at least 3 paragraphs on the
following:Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2
of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about his or
her Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and
enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the
following questions:For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.assignmentsSCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
ManagementTask Name: Phase
1 Individual ProjectDeliverable Length: 1215
slides; 100200 words of speaker notes per slideDetails: In preparation for your overall logistics White Paper
Recommendation to the CEO, she has asked you to give her a taste of the
different kinds of logistic systems and decisions that different industries
use. You decide to prepare a PowerPoint presentation comparing and contrasting
the logistics systems that are commonly used in the following 3 industries
(include each of these in your presentation): Describe the steps
in making sure that flights take off on time for an airline. Describe the
different steps that must occur for an on-time plane departure. For example,
how does the airline make sure that the plane is properly fueled on a timely
basis? Describe the logistics
system that overnight small package delivery companies use to ensure that
timely delivery of undamaged packages occurs on a consistent basis. Discuss how
packages are scheduled for pick-up and are picked up, tracked, and transported
to the final destination, along with any other key activities. Describe the
logistics steps that large mass merchandiser global supply chains use to ensure
timely availability of inventory for routine and sales merchandise needs. This
discussion must begin with the transportation from the foreign factory to its
nearby port, and continue from there until it arrives at the mass
merchandiser’s regional warehouses.assignments 2SCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
ManagementTask Name: Phase
2 Individual ProjectDeliverable Length: 1015
PowerPoint slides; 100200 words of speaker notes per slideDetails: Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects)
will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in
accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All
submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.The CEO, knowing that professional logistics expertise has
been missing from her organization, has asked you to prepare a PowerPoint
Presentation of 1015 slides for the rest of the senior and middle management
teams. In it, she has asked that you pick a mass merchandiser with
international retail locations that your firm may be delivering to.The heart of the PowerPoint should be an overview of the
steps that are needed to make a good location decision, whether it is for an
additional manufacturing facility in some other state or country, or a new
distribution center location in another state or country.She asked that you use this made-up data to base your
presentation on. Being a stickler for formatting, she requires that you do the
following: Use a colored
background for your slides Have few words but
lots of eye-catching graphics, clip art, or pictures on each slide Have speaker notes
of 100200 words for each slide Assume the
presentation should last 3045 minutes and should have 1015 slidesThe data to base the presentation on is as follows: The retailer has
200 retail locations all over the United States. Right now, all
shipments come from the East Coast manufacturing plant finished goods
warehouse. Western United States
sales growth rates are expected to be double that of the Eastern United States. The retailer has a
total of 50 stores located outside of the United States, mostly in Europe,
where population growth is averaging 1% a year. It has no retail
locations in India, China, or Mexico, where on average, population growth is
averaging 10% into the future. Your product is a
high-cube product, like a refrigerator or color television. The raw materials
for your manufacturing facility are also high-cube and have a lot of cardboard
packaging (which takes up space) to protect the high-dollar value components
that the factory buys.Finally, the CEO reminds you that this presentation is meant
to be a how-to guide for the overall decision-making process that you will be
using in your future assignments.3SCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
ManagementTask Name: Phase
3 Individual ProjectDeliverable Length: Word
or Excel spreadsheet: Columns AC and rows 18 + referencesDetails:Weekly tasks
or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late
submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty
policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on
midnight Central Time.The CEO expects you to be providing a number of various
logistics reports and recommendations to her. She has asked you to prepare a
chart on 12 pages of frequently used logistics techniques. To demonstrate your
understanding of the breadth and depth of the logistics function, research the
following terms, and for each of the 8 terms, complete the following: Provide a
definition, in your own terms, of frequently used logistics techniques. Give an
example of a real company or industry that uses this logistics technique. What
would the pros and cons be of using each technique listed below?1. Distribution
center2. Public
warehouse3. Third-party
logistics4. Common
carrier5. Dedicated
private fleet6. Backhauls7. Deadheading8. Freight
equalizationProvide citations and references to support your
information.4SCM210-1501A-03 Introduction to Logistics/Supply Chain
ManagementTask Name: Phase
4 Individual ProjectDeliverable Length: 1,200
wordsDetails: Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects)
will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in
accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All
submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.Key Assignment DraftThe rough draft must be a completed paper, with APA
formatting, all 7 sections complete (using Roman numerals of each section per
the outline), references, and good grammar.You were recently hired as the VP of Logistics for the ABC
Manufacturing Company. This is a new position. During the lengthy interview
process, the CEO shared her strategic plans for worldwide growth in the
companys consumer sales. Previously, sales had been confined to domestic sales
only. As a result of little staff logistics expertise, the company had kept the
traditional logistics model of shipping all finished products from its
warehouse and factory location on the East Coast of the United States, even
though there was a growing market on the West Coast that competition was
serving from a West Coast warehouse. However, the CEO pointed out that despite
its national popularity from a feature and quality perspective, it seemed to
penetrate poorly on the West Coast because of her need to charge higher prices
as the result of higher shipping costs.The marketing manager tried to mitigate this competitive
disadvantage by freight equalization so that end customers would pay the same
amount of shipping costs as West Coast competition charged, regardless of where
they were located. This met with some insignificant success because timeliness
of delivery was another important issue. Therefore, the CEO had asked you, as
your first assignment, to write a white paper to address the following specific
points. She remembered that you had quite a bit of experience addressing some
or all of these issues during your career. As a stickler for formatting, she
has specifically asked you to use the following Roman numeral sections and
headings in the paper:Section I: Introduction (200 words) In general, what
are the qualitative pros and cons for domestic sales of having multiple
distribution centers and shipping locations in the United States? In general, what
are qualitative pros and cons of having one or more international distribution
centers for international sales, as opposed to shipping directly from a U.S.
manufacturing location warehouse?Section II: Decision-Making Criteria (300 words)The CEO is considering three options with the same total
construction and operating costs: expanding the warehouse next to the East
Coast manufacturing plant; building a West Coast distribution center; or building
a combination manufacturing and warehouse location on the West Coast. As a
completely separate issue, she is also considering opening a distribution
center overseas, to serve the fast-growing warm weather markets of France and
Spain.Given the following general information, what are at least 5
criteria that must be considered when locating a new or expanded shipping
warehouse domestically? Internationally? The products are
primarily medium- and large-size insulated coolers, like you might use for a
picnic or trip to the beach. Transportation firms charge by space, or cubic
feet, rather than weight, which is the more normal method. The coolers are
made of 3 components, which are all produced by suppliers solely on the East
Coast; the raw materials to make this product are bulky, and inbound shipping
from the East Coast suppliers currently represents 20% of total raw material
costs. The market is very
competitive with generally stable or decreasing marketplace prices. In states and countries
that are warm year-round, sales are pretty steady; in countries and states that
have seasons, 90% of sales occur in the MayAugust period. Domestic demand is
expected to increase 5% annually; international demand is expected to increase
15% annually. Right now, to keep
West Coast customers happy, the CEO says that they only charge those customers
the local freight cost of shipping, which is $200 for anything up to half a
truckload. The current
exchange rate is 1 euro = $1.50.Section III: Metrics to Assess Success (250 words) Describe 3 metrics
that you would use to assess the success of any logistics plan involving you as
a manufacturer and an internationally based mass merchandiser. Provide support
for your selections.Section IV: nonquantitative Factors (200 words)Identify 3 subjective, qualitative factors to consider in
the recommendation.Section V: Conclusion (200 words)What are the 3 most important points that you want the CEO
to understand about this entire decision-making process?Please submit your assignment.