Essays on Deliveries

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 ...

Question 1

As of 2015, Loganville window treatments were conducting a batch-process type of manufacturing in its line of production. Batch processing involves producing one or several forms of a product or batch. The batches are of a given quantity, and further production of new batches relies on how fast the stock is depleted. The Loganville window treatments would produce 500 -1000 batches of the interior shutters and hold the end products in their stores awaiting an order. The new orders would receive supply form the stored batches and only after depletion of the batches would the company start production of ...

In each of the following situations, please select which mode of transportation studied this week would be the most advantageous. Explain your answer. [8A, 8B, 8C]

Sending 350 40-foot containers from Shanghai, China to Los Angeles, California.

Maritime transport is the best for these kinds of shipments because ships can fill a given container or what is known as full container load (FCL) (Rushton, Croucher, & Baker, 2014, p. 391). Additionally, container ships can accommodate stackable cargo, which will be prepared using a stowage plan (Rushton, Croucher, & Baker, 2014, p. 393). There is also the possibility of reduced damage in products, which may be caused when using other types of cargoes. ...

Company description.

Amid the most innovative companies on the globe, Amazon.com, Inc. stands out as a leader in online retail trade. It was started by Jeff Bezos in 1996 an online bookstore, but the advancements in the Internet commerce tools paved the way for expansion to other goods and services. Today, Amazon has online shops dedicated to such countries/regions as the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Japan, China, France, Italy, Brazil, and Australia, amongst others (Forbes, 2016). The company provides solutions for four primary customer segments as content creators, enterprise, sellers and end consumers. Other products/services available for offers from this ...

Introduction

In the recent decades, technology has greatly advanced in various sectors and as a result, shop owners have not been left behind in this endeavor. It is worth noting that Saudi Arabia roughly has a population of about 28.83 million people and therefore, this application is created for the sole initiative of making it easier to deliver groceries and other basic necessities to middle income households who may fail to have actual resources to cater for this however, have limited time to actually go and buy the groceries on their own accord. It roughly costs an individual about 20 ...

Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Global Transport and Logistics Industry

Lifestyle habits have affected how the hiring process is conducted in the transportation and logistics industry. Young people in the industry are lacking and those that are employed lack in skills and expertise. Potential new recruits could be discouraged by the antisocial hours they have to work, for example as truck drivers. The average age of truck drivers is the early fifties and this age had been increasing over the years due to the inexperience and lifestyles of modern generations. Additionally, the transport and logistics industry is constantly evolving due to modern lifestyles such as online commerce and home ...

Introduction

In today’s world, physical appearance is at the center of considerations by everyone and so are the grooming products. Everyone is on the outlook for best grooming products that will conveniently and consistently keep them well-groomed and good-looking. Companies that either manufactures or delivers shaving and personal grooming products like Dollar Shave Club thus come in handy (Glazer, 2012). Even though multiple companies exist in line with shaving as well as other personal grooming products, Dollar Shave Club stands out of them all. This paper serves to elaborate my passion and favoritism for Dollars Shave Club. Firstly, the ...

Final co-op report

Province Introduction The purpose of this report is to contemplate on the knowledge and skills that I have acquired during the co-op work term. During my co-op term work, I was an accountant trainee and the experience enabled me to apply the knowledge acquired in class, and also gave me an insight into the future of my career. In this report, I will include my strengths and weaknesses as was revealed by my experience in my co-op term work. Skills, weaknesses, and strengths will be listed as part of my self-evaluation. I will also conduct an evaluation of my ...

Managing the process of delivery of commercial products in New Zealand is focused foremost on the management function of planning which will be discussed in the paper. The future goals of the organization in the area of drones will be examined along with the future challenges of the company in this geographical area. The major contributions of the commercial drone delivery will be discussed and the potentials the country could have with their full implementation in the transport sector. The major challenges will be addressed such as safety, economics, civil aviation legislation as well as potential theft of deliveries. ...

Question 1

Whole Foods Market versus Peapod Similarities Strategic Mission and Vision Both companies aim at providing grocery delivery services and aim to partner with similar service providers for increased clientele. Peapod has partnered with Ahold Delhaize while Whole Foods has partnered with Instacart for better market domination.

Customer Benefit Package Design and Configuration

Both Whole Foods and Peapod offer delivery services to customers who would prefer shopping online rather than going to pick up items from the store. Additionally, both service providers offer free deliveries for first orders, and subsequent deliveries call for a fee depending on the time the customer wants for the products to ...

Describe the challenges faced by the company. What were the drivers for change to the supply chain?

The strong competition in the home appliance market, alongside customers’ increased demand sophistication, created the premises for Whirlpool to change its supply chain structure and organization. Looking at Porter’s five forces framework, the main forces that impacted Whirlpool’s supply chain redesign were the intensity of the industry rivalry and the bargaining power of consumers (Porter, 1985). As the case study informs, Whirlpool Corporation needed to transform its supply chain so that it could better satisfy its customers through improved quality of its products and services (“Whirlpool Supply Chain”, n.d.). With this market requirement, the company addressed the ...

Part A

Human Resource Strategy In order for Carpetbaggers to focus more on the president’s priorities which are a) helping sales to become more aggressive, b) more delivery of sales products utilizing independent national transportation carriers and c) creating a new sales division which would grow the marketing efforts significantly. The components which should be implemented to show support of the human resource department and the President’s priorities are the ROI (Return on Investment), Technology and Budget. The first component, ROI is one of the most important factors for prioritizing Carpetbaggers goals because it compares the overall costs which ...

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RE: A Recommendation for the Car Model of the Delivery Fleet

Introduction I wrote this report to provide a recommendation in choosing a car model for the fleet of 35 that we plan to purchase. We need a car that would support our business model of online ordering meals from hundreds of restaurants in Toronto. The choice of the car would be based on criteria that would reflect economy, reliability and other factors. The discussion would present the criteria for choosing the car models and their makers. The three options would then be described and explained on how each would meet the criteria; a recommendation would then ...

Market Research Report for Tesla

Executive Summary Tesla is currently considered as one of the global leaders when it comes to innovations and the production of electronic vehicles. Some of its famed products include the Tesla Roadster, Model S, Model X, and Model 3. The company under the leadership of Elon Husk, the CEO, ventures into external markets with the aim of maximizing profits. China has been one of the target markets that Tesla has already explored and now aims at ensuring that the company gains a competitive advantage over the existing electronic vehicle companies. This is after China was predicted to offer the ...

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Application of Drone Technology to Facilitate Effective HIV Diagnostic and Treatment Services to Children in Rural Malawi

INGO UNICEF 1Broadway, New NY 10022 USA Dear Sir, Drones without Borders (DWB) is an organization which has been created to serve HIV vulnerable children in rural Malawi through a partnership with ZipLine Drones. Our organization seeks to develop and implement an four-months program aimed at ensuring fast and continuous delivery of HIV test kits, results, and antiretroviral drugs to provide immediate medical attention to HIV positive children in rural, cut off, hard to access, often combat zone areas in Malawi. The mortality rate of the infected children has been on the rise due to lack of access ...

LeanCor’s Supply Chain Case Study

Q1. A consumer product company has a number of standard logistics operational characteristics. The main characteristics considered in the LeanCor case study include high inventory availability, constant flexibility during customer order processing and speedy deliveries from distribution points to the customer. These three characteristics all relate to improved customer service which is the main target for consumer product companies. More inventory availability means that there is no occasion that a consumer will require a product and find it out of stock. Inventory availability in the warehouses and distribution points is a key practice to ensure that customers get the ...

Increased live birth delivery of women with natal drinking or smoking: A nursing critique

Abstract Prenatal smoking and alcoholic drinking are for its serious health risks during and after live delivery. Amidst the ethical question on this maternal choice, a contention insists that alcohol and tobacco non-use prenatal and at natal has increased. Doubts on its validity were noted. My hypothesis: the observation came too early both in the national English and the global contexts. The contention was hard to sustain. The diverse factors affecting global decision making work against that contention. Both the American and English data failed to support that contention on the strong reality of the incomplete and potentially unsound ...

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Don’t use the Drone are us, instead call it ‘’ drones without boarders

Introduction The use of dronesareus is a common practice in warfare, and usually brings to mind the image of combative war expeditions (Gold, 1996). The proposed project aims to use this sophisticated technology to reach vulnerable victims of combat who are infected with or at risk of being infected with HIV) who, due to poor transportation networks, have no timely access to medicines The application of this hybrid Drone Technology has been successful in Rwanda, through the dronesareus project, and in simulation in Malawi by UNICEF (Austin, 2010). For example, in Rwanda the dronesareus project in association with ...

Management Information Systems

Management Information Systems

Introduction

Google as a company has continued to set the pace for other technology industries over the recent past when it comes to technological enthusiasm. This is as a result of the continuous introduction of new projects both in software and hardware markets. Each of the projects has proven to be exceptionally good and has resulted in a simplification of tasks which were previously considered impossible. Some of the most innovative products set to be launched by Google include the Project Wing set to be launched in 2017, which is actually a drone delivery service, Google Fiber ...

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 ...

Abstract

E commerce is one of the most recent consumer dynamics that has called for a change in the marketing plans and strategies for most of the consumer based merchants and manufacturers. This paper focuses on the consumer access and knowledge of shopping online for grocery in US and challenges this particular area of ecommerce experiences within the retail market in the United States. Recent statistics show that 6 billion and 6.5 Billion US dollars were spent on online grocery shopping in 2012 and 2013 respectively. The large sales volume was highly attributed to the after sale deliveries by the ...

Supplier Management Portfolio Section 1 2

Key performance indicators for suppliers: 2 Terms and conditions template: 2 Supplier Management Portfolio Section 2 3 Delivery of goods: 3 Receiving of goods: 3 Damaged goods: 3 Disputes and Arbitration: 3 Supplier Management Portfolio Section 3 4 Supplier assessment procedure: 4 Review of outcomes 4 Recommendation of supplier 5 Supplier Management Portfolio Section 1 Key performance indicators for suppliers: A number of key performance indicators are going to be used for suppliers to the company. Savings is the first key performance indicator for suppliers wishing to work with the company. Savings will be calculated as the amount of ...

Introduction

Rock Planet Restaurant is a fast food joint at the heart of London, buzzing with young peoples and rock lovers. The restaurant is owned by a group of famous musicians, who make appearances regularly to eat with commoners. Rock Planet thrives on the music, the price of food, buzz and simplicity. Within a year of its existence, the joint has risen to become a landmark in London, favored by tourists and young people.

Marketing mix – 7 Ps

Product Rock Planet Restaurant offers fast foods the American style; fries, burgers, salads, chicken, and ribs. In the event of a birthday, the restaurant offers a ...

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 ...

Grand Health Pharmaceuticals (GHP) Order 104BDK56392

Contract for distribution services On this day 10th of May 2015 Grand Health Pharmaceuticals (GHP) and (Name of Distributor) get into a business partnership which is bound by the following terms and conditions.

SCOPE OF CONTRACT SERVICES

The distributor will be expected to perform distribution to all the clients of the pharmaceuticals which ranges from clinics, hospitals, chemist and supermarkets.

Performance Goals and Services

The distributor is expected to make deliveries to various clients in time and sometimes these deliveries may offer special challenges. The distributor should be in a position to be efficient during emergencies. Once the goods have changed hands between the pharmaceutical and the ...

5. Channel Performance Assessment Puma has established strong distribution networks through the multibrand store front and Puma stores which are located in major cities across the world, from which customers can access its products in over 120 countries around the world. Wholesale is the main distribution channel for Puma. Puma is focused on expanding its distribution channels even more by opening more retail outlets throughout the world. The distribution channels have not achieved the full sales potential as evidenced by the drop of Puma’s currency in 2013. The omnichannel for instance has had some challenges and conflicts that ...

The recent weather forecast of cold summer is not good news for the business. With the predicted cold summer, the company might not sell a lot of residential air conditioners (ACs). The sales volumes might further dip if the company fails to come up with strategies to increase sales even with the predicted cold summer. A dip in sales volume will affect the company’s anticipated profit since the profit margin is very small. This can be done by addressing areas of weakness. Even with a fierce domestic market, there are some short-term measures which can be implemented to ...

The dream of every expectant mother is to give birth to a healthy baby when the nine months elapse. However, the culture of uncertainty among expectant mothers has engulfed their thoughts of the possibility of giving birth to children with disabilities. As a result, they have turned to clinics for prenatal screening with a hope of getting a clean bill of health from medical practitioners about their current situation. All these efforts are not in vain in their minds as long as they are assured their babies will not have Down’s syndrome. These frantic efforts paintan image of ...

Question One

The sales of the Lego’s movie themed products keyed to popular film franchises, such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Spiderman are performing well according to the company’s main shareholder and the Chief Executive Officer Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen who has served the company from 1979 to 2004 (Lego). The increased sales can be attributed to the increased number of alliances with Walt Disney Company and Lucas Films, which is the creator of the popular Star Wars Series. According to my opinion, I think this was the right strategy for the company to adopt considering the ...

Business Enterprise Planning

Different countries have laws and regulations governing different businesses unique to the country and business type. Usually, the laws are meant to protect consumers regarding the quality of products and services, safety, information, and pricing. In Saudi, a draft of E-commerce laws was introduced in 2014 to protect users and support the growth of e-commerce in the country (Al-Ghaith, Sanzogni & Sandhu, 2010). The laws are in regards to merchant information, consumer protection, advertisements and delivery. The first e-commerce law requires businesses to include their website in their registration certificate (Cdn.stepfeed.com, 2016). The website must contain such information as physical ...

Online shopping has been one of the most active platforms through which e-commerce is known for popularly. The number of companies that are offering the products online through online malls and online company sales website suggests this with the increased numbers. Arguably, the position that this literature describes is that the paradigm shift in shopping that has been one of the major progress that has been made in E-commerce, and it is seen as inevitable (Flint, Blocker and Boutin, 2011). Reading from the suggestions of Klumpp and Jasper (2008), online shopping has materially been identified with the fastest growing ...

Introduction

Asia is expected to become the second leading region for B2C eCommerce sales globally by the year 2018, second to North America, with an average sale of approximately 37.4% (Econsultancy Asia, 2014). The significant growth in this sector would be attributed to the high rate of urbanization within Asia, an increase in the number of active internet users within the Asian continent as well as mobile technological development. Other factors include an increase in the level of social commerce, growing consumer spending, changing trends in eCommerce payment solutions and cross-border trade.

Assumptions underlying the future development of a successful e-commerce business in Asia.

Asia is a densely populated continent with an ...

Answer 1

Based on the videos and some more research on Amazon, if I have to look at the future ten years from now, I see that on the strategy and operations side Amazon has presence in ecommerce and physical store retail, has minimal human work force in the warehouses, provides the services in tier 2 and tier 3 cities in almost all the growing countries, and caters to a larger customer base with a broad spectrum of product line. Based on the article published in Forbes by Steve Denning, “ingle-channel retail will disappear, whether it’s pure e-commerce or brick-and-mortar ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Ya Kun Kaya group had many goals and aims altogether. Firstly, the restaurant wanted to expand its cafeteria to the neighboring nations so as to increase its customer base. Secondly, the organization wanted to expand its supply chain on the products that they sell to all local and foreign clients. Thirdly, the hotel business was to push for the outsourcing of human resource personnel to boost their skills and manpower (Grant, 2003). In essence, the achievement of these plans had to come in handy with follow-up strategies. The tourists, locals, and the regular orders were given priorities by ...

Introduction

Pablo Isla Alvarez had joined Inditex as CEO in 2005. The corporation managed the Zara fashion brand that was famous for delivering high fashionable products to meet dynamic customer demands. Isla had focused on refining investment priorities, and improving operational efficiencies.

Inditex: History and Structure

The first Zara store was founded in 1975 in Spain by Amancio Ortega Gaona, a Spanish entrepreneur. As the store expanded and other outlets started opening, Zara expanded outside Spain under the company name Inditex. It later became public in 2005 and appointed Isla as its CEO. By 2008, the company had acquired eight brands with 4264 stores. ...