Article: BIZ Community. 2023. Innovative sustainability trends give South Africa's coffee industry a caffeine kick, 21 June 2023. [Online]. Available at: https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/87/239424.html# [Accessed 23 January 2023]. Q.1.1 Out of the 7Rs of Logistics, explain the importance of the right price and the right condition, as it pertains to the business of Tribeca Coffee. Note: you are required to provide a paraphrased overview of the R’s before you provide a practical example for each. Q.1.2 Tribeca Coffee has found a new coffee supplier in Thailand and they are considering their transport options. Contrast between air transportation and water transportation and make a justified recommendation for the best transportation mode for them to use.

Article: BIZ Community. 2023. Innovative sustainability trends give South Africa's coffee industry a caffeine kick, 21 June 2023. [Online]. Available at: https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/87/239424.html# [Accessed 23 January 2023]. Q.1.1 Out of the 7Rs of Logistics, explain the importance of the right price and the right condition, as it pertains to the business of Tribeca Coffee. Note: you are required to provide a paraphrased overview of the R’s before you provide a practical example for each. Q.1.2 Tribeca Coffee has found a new coffee supplier in Thailand and they are considering their transport options. Contrast between air transportation and water transportation and make a justified recommendation for the best transportation mode for them to use.

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

6th Edition

ISBN:9781285869681

Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

ChapterC: Cases

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.7A: Avion, Inc. Susan Dey and Bill Mifflin, procurement managers at Avion, Inc., sat across from each...

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