Essays on Shipments

What are the standard logistics operational characteristics of a consumer product company?

Logistics costs reduction, improvement of inventory, and the availability and maintaining optimal service levels are some of the characteristics in standard logistics operations (Gudehus & Kotzab, 2012). Logistics costs management is an essential element in operations of a standard logistics company. Costs determine company efficiencies and earnings. A reduction in logistics cost increases efficiencies and a company’s profit earnings as well as ensuring customer satisfaction. Improving availability of inventory ensures that logistics processes are done in a timely and cost-effective manner. On the other hand, the maintenance of optimal service level ensures that the costs of products are reduced ...

The average American requires a yearly movement of 57 tons of cargo to cater for all of their activities. In 2016, the freight transportation system handled nearly 16 billion tons of raw materials and consumer goods. All this movement is vital in supporting economic activities around the country. All the shipments including fresh produce, express packages among others require an extensive system comprising millions of vehicles supported by sophisticated information technology and managed by a big labor force. The USA is the largest consumer market in the world thus a need for a robust system to oversee the movement ...

The article surrounds on the quest by Grayling Industries to find software to enable them to view their inventory located on alternate sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The paper is an analysis of achievement of this goal and consequently knew what stock was available, and its location. All companies want and desire to have inventory visibility, most of which the software developers promise it but in reality, very few companies possess such. A majority of enterprises are characterized by having numerous numbers of suppliers, have business across borders and lack financial backup for the software implementation that is time-consuming ...

Define and discuss time and space utility

Products must be transported from the place where they are produced to the place where customers demand it to be delivered. The value-add that the product gains due to its transport is called space utility. The time utility is the length of time before or between the product deliveries, which consists of mostly storage and inventory time. When the organizations are able to deliver the goods at a time they are needed, then their time utility increases.

What is the Total Cost Analysis and how does is affect logistics?

Total cost analysis provides the methodology for integration of logistics, manufacturing, and procuring costs across the network. This is done to achieve ...

Precision Metal Machining Inc. is a veteran owned company that operates in the machining industry, which is part of the manufacturing process of many metals and other composites. The company is ITAR certified, which is important considering the company deals in imports and exports. The company offers CNC machining, Swiss machining, and electrical discharge machining services to its customers. PMMI enjoys a competitive advantage over other machining companies as a result, as most of the industry’s market share is composed of smaller companies. PMMI overall faces numerous internal and external strengths and opportunities while they have minimum weaknesses ...

The Ford Company was relatively new in the Automobile sector in the Chinese economy at the time of its incorporation in the country in the year 1995. With the growing market in automobiles, luxury and otherwise, the Company has successfully been able to occupy its share in the market, and the said share continues to grow as the automobile market grows in a size bigger than it already is. Unfortunately, the future for the company could take either of two directions where only one is for the better. The more pessimistic possibility arises in the face of the territorial ...

IEG 330: Supply Chain & Logistics Engineering

Section: F2 Summer 2016

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Introduction 4 Objectives of the Project4 Literature Review4-5 Description of the Collecting Data Process5-6 Description of the Collected Data6-7 Mapping the Supply Chain Network of the Company8 Performance Measurement8-11 Tools, Techniques and Approach to follow11-12 Challenges Expected12 Conclusion12 Gantt Chart13 Reference14 Abstract This report presents an analysis of Kuwait indo Trading Company’s (KITCO) supply chain. Supply chain analysis and management is an imperative aspect for the business. This is mainly the results obtained help improve the bottom line of all members of the supply chain (manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, and retailers). The improvement results from ...

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The process of globalization makes many companies worldwide think about becoming international. There are many reasons for it, such as going to the international markets, increasing sales, reducing costs of manufacturing and research & development by means of outsourcing, engaging skills and talent from other countries, increasing company’s revenues, and etc. Lewis Globalworks Co., Inc. has been working in the market for many years and now would like to expand its activities to the other countries in order to optimize its operations and financial results. This research paper is focused on evaluation the possibilities and ...

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This report presents an analysis of Kuwait indo Trading Company’s (KITCO) supply chain. Supply chain analysis and management is an imperative aspect for the business. This is mainly the results obtained help improve the bottom line of all members of the supply chain (manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, and retailers). The improvement results from a reduction in transport, logistical, holding, and other costs associated with the transport and handing of goods and raw materials within the supply chain. It also increases the bottom line by streamlining all processes involved in a supply chain. This includes periodic product and raw material ...

Business Research Project Part 2

Business Research Project Part 2

The article (The Guardian, 2015) addresses the issue of the declining sales of iPad tablets in 2014. The sales of iPad were 26.0 million items in the last quarter of 2013, and declined to 21.4 million in the same period of 2014 (17.7% drop). However, this trend is not unique. The other researches indicated that the sales of the other tablets are also constantly declining. However, the analytics consider this is due to increase of the tablet market (more manufacturers on the market). The general trend confirms that all the manufacturers are shipping fewer ...

FedEx Ground

1. Briefly, describe FedEx Ground business model. FedEx ground is one of the popular units of the parent company FedEx. FedEx Ground was established in the year 1985 as one of the courier services which promises to deliver small to medium sized parcels and packets to its customers all across the United States of America and Canada. The primary customers of FedEx Ground include residential customers. According to a survey, every day FedEx Ground is responsible for delivering three and a half million parcels to the doorsteps of its customers. FedEx Ground has made the most of the technology ...

DD Month YYYY Datasil, a Canadian distribution firm specializing in sale of computer and electronic equipments was apparently bought by the US firm with a carefully planned strategy to access the Canadian Market. According to experts firms that plan expansion in other countries must thoroughly evaluate the external and internal factors of the M&A before establishing an operation in a new country (East 1). The expansion plan must address all these issues before initiating the process in order to achieve a smooth transfer of operations. According to East, the first and foremost issue is the financial soundness of the ...

Executive Summary

Marketing is an important business function that ensures a company remains competitive. Kingsford is an American brand that produces premium charcoal grilling products and one that enjoyed a steady growth of revenues in the 1980s. The company has relied on an experienced team of sales executives, consistency in marketing and sales actions, superior quality, and brand positioning for success. However, Kingsford’s main problem lies in the aspect of competition. The company has faced serious challenges in regard to the strategic decisions that were necessary to avert competition in relation to aspects such as pricing, advertising, promotion as well ...

Identification of Supply Chain Risks in India and China with Proposed Solutions

Introduction As the business world is getting more complex with the rise of globalization pressures and increasing intensity of the global competitive forces, it is critical that organizations must deal with certain risks they are exposed to. Operating in multiple markets with integration into the global economy, businesses face enormous challenges and risks that not only raise the cost of doing business but also cause the loss of competitive edge in the respective market arena. It is necessary that organizations willing to expand their operational activities in other countries should anticipate different risks they are going to face while ...

1.0 History Maersk as a company was established in 1904, and it was in this year that the company was labeled Maersk Group, with the objective of offering shipping services.The company was a beginning of an idea by two people, who included Peter Maersk and his blood son, Peter Moller. Initially, being a family business, the company bought its first five tankers in 1928.Mr. Moller initiated and oversaw the global expansion of Maersk Group into the global markets, with U.S. being its first international subsidiary. Larsen& Mortensen (2011 affirms that, ‘This was followed by penetration into the United Kingdom, ...

Global market research firm TrendForce presented the results of the research of the global smartphone market in the first quarter, which shocked the world. According to analysts, in January–March 2016 Apple released 42 million iPhone, which is almost 44 % less than three months old ("TrendForce Reports Global Smartphone Shipments Reached 292 Million Units in First Quarter with iPhone Plunging 43.8%", 2016). That strong quarterly fall on the market of the US corporation is being experienced for the first time Falling incomes of most expensive companies in the world led to an impressive decline in its market capitalization – Apple ...

Summary Report on the Transfer of the Main Warehouse

Problem Definition Customers in the northern and eastern central regions of the US have been complaining of delays in their shipments. With the weakening of the defense sector, there had been a boom in the commercial aviation sector and the suppliers are also having a hay day. The two largest plane makers Boeing and Airbus had orders of 10,000 planes since 2014 which can last them up to 2014. One reason for the boom was attractiveness of the financing rates at that time and coincided with the state of the aging planes of both. The other reason is ...

Cuba has undergone a lot of social and economic transformation over time. Following the various transition periods through which Cuba has undergone is important in understanding its culture. The cultural landscape in Cuba is predicted by themes of race and gender and how the two interact. For instance, Bengelsdorf (234) finds that despite the Cultural Revolution that has occurred in over the last century, the family norms in the country are still predicted by racial and class traditions. This means that interaction in the society was polarized by class and racial differences as well as the formation of nuclear ...

Countries around the world are classified into three broad categories purposely for analytic use. The grouping of these countries is intended to reflect the status of their economic conditions. The countries are grouped as advanced economies, developing economies and least developed according to some criteria. In most cases the countries are grouped basing on their Gross National Income per capita per year. A country is said to be a developing country if her Gross National Income stands at US$ 11900 or less. A developing country is said to be still undergoing industrialization and has low human development index. A ...