Essays on FOB

Importing and Exporting Operations

Introduction Chilean Trade Company is a startup company operating in the import/export business. The company’s main business specialization is Lithium products trade operation between Chile and US as both of these countries provide high-technology products. The impacts of such trade of operations must be clearly understood. Different methods are considered along with the business set up, organization, and location to come to such a conclusion. The strategic approaches are elaborated and further described so that the document can act in guiding investors, public consumers and the government.

Chilean Trade Company (CTC) is a start-up company located in Hamburg with a ...

FOB Fenty Jalalabad Attack on June 2010

FOB Fenty Jalalabad Attack on June 2010

In his article titled FOB Fenty and Attacks in Jalalabad, smith uses reports from various media sources to bring out the picture of the events that took place in the Front Operating Base (FOB) known as Fenty on the 28th day of June 2010. Prominently referring the words of Tim Lynch, smith narrates how the Taliban insurgents made a failed attempt at raiding the military base through a rarely used gate. The article gives details on how the insurgents unsuccessfully attempted to penetrate the base by detonating a bomb at the gate and later engaging ...

Question #1

How many truckloads of product are actually required to carry $10 Million of product? Show your calculations In the research findings at Bank of America Securities, the case study indicates that if there had been $20 million worth of Wellbutrin® XL pills on the truck; it would have been full, or nearly full (Chapman, 2009). The research further indicates that the trooper estimated that the truck was about one-quarter full during the accident, which was equivalent to 8 pallets of the product. Therefore: If the full truck = $20 million, and 8 pallets = one-quarter of the truck = ...

Introduction

Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) is the price invoiced by a seller including the insurance of cargo, and all other charges incurred up to the destination port. During shipping of goods, there are challenges incurred when preparing the CIF quote. The main challenge is to ensure that all the necessary costs are included. Many of the cost items are readily available to the seller while the transporter prepares the others. Therefore, a description of the goods and their specifications must be accurate during the preparation of the CIF (Billings, 2003). All measures taken must be in standard form.

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Objective

I aim to work in a challenging environment that enables me to employ my skills in construction, logistics, and contracts and to display my leadership abilities therein. I thus aspire for an opportunity to lead a project from the planning and design phases to the construction phase I desire to be involved with the processes of defining the project scope, directing the implementation of plans, and the coordination it entails by ensuring immaculate resource allocation and task delegation, in compliance with the standard practices and organization and corporate policies I am confident that, given my experience in decision ...