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company is amazon Describe the warehouse: company, type, size, products, level of automation ... etc. What features of this warehouse help serve its purpose? Describe the flow of operations inside the warehouse. How is packaging handled in the warehouse? How are/ can unit loads be applied to improve efficiency in handling products at this warehouse? How does/ can automation help in the warehouse? What mode of transportation is used to transport goods to/ from the warehouse? Justify this choice, or another one you see more appropriate. What are/ would be the implications of international operations on transportation for this company? Include cost considerations in your analysis

company is amazon Describe the warehouse: company, type, size, products, level of automation ... etc. What features of this warehouse help serve its purpose? Describe the flow of operations inside the warehouse. How is packaging handled in the warehouse? How are/ can unit loads be applied to improve efficiency in handling products at this warehouse? How does/ can automation help in the warehouse? What mode of transportation is used to transport goods to/ from the warehouse? Justify this choice, or another one you see more appropriate. What are/ would be the implications of international operations on transportation for this company? Include cost considerations in your analysis What are the implications of reverse logistics on this warehouse's operations and on transportation? Construct a flow diagram to illustrate your answer. Comment on the interrelationship within this logistics system: material handling, transportation and other functions. What are some improvements you recommend…

I only need help with part C please....   The Metropolitan Bus Company (MBC) purchases diesel fuel from American Petroleum Supply. In addition to the fuel cost, American Petroleum Supply charges MBC $225 per order to cover the expenses of delivering and transferring the fuel to MBC's storage tanks. The lead time for a new shipment from American Petroleum is 10 days; the cost of holding a gallon of fuel in the storage tanks is $0.03 per month, or $0.36 per year; and annual fuel usage is 180,000 gallons. MBC buses operate 288 days a year. (a) What is the optimal order quantity for MBC?   (b) How frequently should MBC order to replenish the gasoline supply?       per       (c) The MBC storage tanks have a capacity of 17,500 gallons. Should MBC consider expanding the capacity of its storage tanks? The maximum inventory is ? what is max inventory?  . MBC  does or doest not need?  to expand its storage tanks. (d) What is the reorder point (in gallons)?   gallons

Pick a product with an international origin and a North American destination - for example, hiking boots made in Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam that will be sold in Manitoba. Outline the planning process for moving the goods from the origin to the destination. Investigate and report on the following issues: • Appropriate modes of transportation• Available service providers• General estimates of transport costs• Routing options and anticipated transit times• Documentation requirements• Insurance needs

s/ CarriersEdge x O Home - Longview Logistics - Carr X carriersedge.com/ce/driver_home.html In the United States, how long are you permitted to use paper logs after an ELD malfunction? O 30 days O 8 days O 14 days 7. 8. In both Canada and the United States, you cannot drive after you have accumulated hours of on-duty time in a day. O 11 O 14 O 13 O 16 You are driving in the United States and have just completed 10 consecutive hours off-duty. You begin your day at 9:00 am by completing an inspection for one hour. At 10:00 am, you start driving. How many hours can you drive before you must take a 30-minute break? O 8 hours O 10 hours 11 hours 9. You are waiting for roadside assistance. How do you log the waiting time? O Off-duty O Driving O Sleeper berth O On-duty not driving 10. In Canada, you must take 10 hours off-duty in every 24-hour period and 8 of those hours must be consecutive. How can you take the other two hours off- duty during your 16-hour workshift? O You must take an…

Explain what is unique about the business context that the Lie-Nielsen Toolworks (LNT) operates in, include: A description of the sales context channels they use and why these present specific IT challenges (explain how the challenges relates to the nature of the channels). Discuss the manufacturing context, the geographical location, and what typical business model solutions would or would not work for LNT (e.g. lean/agile, outsourcing, offshoring etc.).  Explain how the two contexts above influence each other and where possible digital strategies can be used to reinforce the integration of the business. Apply the strategic alignment model as discussed in week 3 readings to help Tom appreciate how to align his digital strategy. (Word count guideline - 600 words max)

4.3. which term best describes Logistics management: a. Looks at the material flow process as a complete system, from initial need for materials to delivery of a finished product or service to the customerb.Focuses on minimizing costs and lead times across tiers in the supply chain to the benefit of the final customerc.Focuses on long-term supplier relationships and commodity plans with the objectives of identifying opportunities in areas such as cost reductions, new technology advancements, and supply market trendsd.Ensures that every step in the supply process adds value, that inventories are kept at a minimum level, and that distances and delays between process steps are kept as short as possiblee.Refers to the integration of supply-related functions to provide effective and efficient materials and services to the organization

Company Miraitowa is manufacturing a range of bulk novelty products to be sold at the Olympics in Tokyo. Company Miraitowa is located in Beijing China. Examples of the products include key rings, caps, socks and vacuum insulated water bottles to name a few. Answer the following questions related to Company Miraitowa. Briefly state the alternative channels of distribution Company Miraitowa can use to get the novelty products to the customers

Lenka's Fresh Snacks (LFS), the producer of the Lenka Bar, is a granola bar manufacturer based in Yoe, Pennsylvania. LFS produces a number of granola bars for its 450 retail partners across the eastern seaboard, manufacturing them in its 4,000-square-foot facility. According to Steve Rasovsky, CEO, the best-selling flavors for Lenka Bar are peanut butter, and nuts and berries. 8 As LFS continues to expand, it has decided to add a new flavor to its product line: chia seeds and almonds. These ingredients have different order quantities and storage requirements than other ingredients already used in manufacturing. As it considers how to move forward, LFS must consider a number of issues regardingwarehousing and storage. What are some of the key priorities that it must consider?

Dear students, for this assignment I want you to think (critically!) about what the advantages and disadvantages are for each of the different transport modes that we have available: road transport, railway transport, maritime transport and airfreight. Plz do fast asap

The AB e-commerce company has started operating by using a 3PL partner and benefits from saving time and money with a more streamlined order fulfillment process and inventory management. By outsourcing fulfillment, the 3PL is automatically notified when an order is placed.Also, partnering with a 3PL helps reduce logistics costs in the long run. Unlike hiring an internal team to manage inventory and shipping, 3PLs store the inventory and their team of fulfillment experts are trained to keep overall logistics costs down. Furthermore, 3PL arrangement helps split inventory across locations so the company can eliminate shipping to the highest, most expensive shipping zones and keep inventory closer to more customers.To have a more integrated distribution process, would reducing dependency on 3PL be a viable option in the long term for the AB company for cost management and control? Justify with your understanding of supply chain management concepts. also, using your knowledge of other open…

What was the packaging system of pepciCo supply chain management. (Answer should be free of plagiarism and should have proper facts and figures with relevant examples)

Need help with parts a and b. Please give explanations for answer, thank you!

Tina is a young entrepreneur who is launching a new line of environmentally friendly (green) beauty products. She is taking some strategic decisions regarding the "place" for her marketing efforts. a) Should she sell through a physical/traditional store or an online/Internet store? Explain two key benefits of each channel for her business. b) Suppose she decides to follow an omnichannel approach, through both a physical and an online store. What are the four issues/challenges that she should address in order to have an effective omnichannel retail strategy? (Hint: Chapter 16 lecture notes, page 16-24) How should she approach each one? Explain how each challenge relates to her products and how to manage each one. c) Suggest an additional channel through which she should consider selling her products, apart from a physical and an online store. Describe this channel and how she should implement it, and justify why it would be beneficial to her business.

With the aid of a diagram differentiate between green logistics and reverse logistics as used in sustainable logistics.      2. Explain what is meant by Supply Chain Management. 3. Explain the relevance of electronic commerce to a given business entity. 4. Discuss briefly the benefits of e-auctions to sellers, buyers and E-auctioneers and the limitations of E-actions 5.Explain what is meant by informational portal and outline any four (4) types of portals. 6.Explain what is meant by electronic catalogs.

In e-commerce, there are 8 unique features. Choose 4 most important features and justify their importance with examples

5:04 Learning Activity-Marketing 2150 Spring 2020 Chapter 8-New Product Development The Product Life Cycle In this learning activity, we will develop skills related to explaining the concept of the product life cycle and the elements involved in each stage. The product life cycle describes the stages a new product goes through in the marketplace; introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. The shape of the product life cycle is influenced by consumer demand, competition, and economic, legislative and technological factors. Name 4 products (goods, services or ideas) from your home or purchasing history in each phase of the Product Life Cycle. For example, fully autonomous vehicles might be in the introductory phase, but wall mounted telephones might be in the decline phase. learn.mru.ca - Private A. Introduction Stage The introduction stage of the product life cycle occurs when a product is first introduced to its intended target market. During this period, sales grow slowly, and…

A new French law is forcing industry giants to donate or recycle unsold goods that they would have otherwise destroyed. Apparel companies, from elite fashion houses to mass-market chains, are saddled with an inventory glut following months long closures during the pandemic. Now, they are trying to get rid of the excess without angering waste-conscious consumers—or harming their brands, reports The Wall Street Journal (Aug. 14. 2020).  (Links to an external site.) In the U.S., brands and retailers locked out of an entire fashion season are flooding charities with unsold products, in addition to sending goods to discount stores and liquidators. Good360, a nonprofit that collects excess merchandise and distributes it to charities, expects more than $660 million in donations for the entire year, double what it received last year. “Brands don’t want their unsold products winding up at flea markets or on Craigslist,” said the CEO of Good360. LVMH—which owns Louis Vuitton, Dior and other…

“To begin, I began selling prints of my pictures in 2019 throughout 2020. It's now closed. USPS and UPS were the options I had during this period to ship out orders. Smaller or lighter packages were more expensive to ship with UPS, but USPS provided a low-cost alternative. UPS ships more than 220 internationally, whereas; USPS is strict about shipping to specific international destinations. I have chosen USPS over UPS; by doing this, orders were delivered on time and without damage by the United States Postal Service. The opportunity cost is the benefit of UPS shipping.” Is this a good example of an opportunity cost?

Instructions: Read first the file on the link below before answering the questions. Gdrive Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--uHO2wsXfzqIp3NKgcgOmJsTKFI4vb4?usp=sharing Questions: A. To continue your Marketing Plan, prepare the following: PLACE / CHANNEL OF DISTRIBUTION - Explain where the production shall be conducted and how it will be distributed or sold.  - Prepare a flow chart to show the producer to the end user or consumer /customer and explain. PROMOTION - Prepare a table showing the columns - ITEMS (or promotion tools), QUANTITY, COST and TOTAL COST . - Explain the promotion tools to market your business.

The air cargo product is an important source of revenue and differentiator for cargo airlines. Regardless of whether these are combination carriers of all-cargo specialists, airlines compete intensely for the airport to airport cargo service. Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) competes intensely for market share in a highly competitive air cargo sector. SIA Cargo is a division that sits within Singapore Airlines. It operates a dedicated freighter fleet which the division complements with belly capacity on passenger flights that are operated by Singapore Airlines and its subsidiaries. (a) Discuss how SIA Cargo distinguishes itself from competition in the current COVID-19 environment for the following market segments that it serves: E-commerce logistics Perishables Pharmaceuticals It is important that you contextualise your answer to SIA Cargo and not give generic answers. (b) Why do you think that it is essential for SIA Cargo to offer differentiated products and services? Give…

Discussion #1 & #2 please

FOB retailer means: -the vendor pays the transportation charges to the retailers store or warehouse   -the retailer pays the shipping charges - the vendor pays the shipping into the country   -the retailer pays the shipping only until it enters into the counrty

Subject: Logistics and Supply Chain Management

a. What type of efficiencies and/or strategies you could implement in the business stated above (tropical bites restaurant) with regards to transportation, warehousing, third party logistics and reverse logistics? b. What type of strategies you could use to replace physical inventory and how? be creative and provide enough information to detail and justify your choices with the level of information to demonstrate knowledge and familiarity with the concepts and terminology. kindly please use your own words, no copy and pasting from existing articles. Add submission

Explain the distribution and the inventory management of travel industry? (Paragraph form please)

Explain the impact of streamlined distribution in different networks. (Please refer to the given lesson)

Not use ai please

Most of the jewellers sell and market their own brand of jewellery and/or watches. It is usually a vertical-market operation, does not utilise local suppliers, and does not distribute to third-party stockists on a large scale. (Source: Jewellermagazine.com) Explain the most appropriate category of vertical marketing system (VMS) adopted by the jewellers. Identify a real company that adopted the same category of VMS in other industries and explain how the company implemented the system.