BUS FP3022 Capella Amazon Transportation and Warehousing SCM Case Analysis PPT

BUS FP3022 Capella Amazon Transportation and Warehousing SCM Case Analysis PPT

BUS FP3022 Capella Amazon Transportation and Warehousing SCM Case Analysis PPT

Assessment 4

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  • SCM Case Analysis: Transportation and Warehousing

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  • Overview

    Create a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation to explain a selected company’s transportation and warehousing strategy to potential investors and lenders. Supply chain managers coordinate all of the activities in the supply chain process into a seamless network. The transportation function of the supply chain focuses on the movement and delivery of goods and services in the supply chain network from suppliers to manufacturers to the ultimate consumers. Decisions must be made as to which mode of transportation is used to move products along with the type of warehousing systems that will be used. Many companies are choosing to outsource their supply chain to companies such as UPS.SHOW LESSBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

    • Competency 1: Design a supply chain to support an organizational strategy.
      • Describe the overall transportation objectives of a selected company.
      • Evaluate the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers.
      • Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses.
      • Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.
    • Competency 2: Improve efficiency in the supply chain.
      • Describe how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.
    • Competency 3: Manage a supply chain in order to satisfy customers.
    • Competency 4: Communicate in a professional manner that is consistent with the expectations for supply chain managers and participants.
      • Exhibit proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources.
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    Questions to Consider

    To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.SHOW LESS

    • For the following questions, refer to Terdiman’s article, “UPS and the Art of Sorting a Million Packages a Day,” linked in the Resources.
      • What are the advantages and disadvantages of their central cross dock Worldport facility in Louisville, Kentucky?
      • What is the impact that cross docking has on inventory costs, material handling costs, transportation costs, and customer satisfaction?
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    Resources

    SUGGESTED RESOURCES

    The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.

    Library Resources

    The following e-books or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:

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    Course Library Guide

    A Capella University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the BUS-FP3022 – Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management library guide to help direct your research.

    Internet Resources

    Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have been either granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.

    Bookstore Resources

    The resources listed below are relevant to the topics and assessments in this course and are not required. Unless noted otherwise, these materials are available for purchase from the Capella University Bookstore. When searching the bookstore, be sure to look for the Course ID with the specific –FP (FlexPath) course designation.

    • Chopra, S. (2019). Supply chain management: Strategy, planning and operation (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

  • Assessment Instructions

    For this assessment, consider that you work for a company that develops and sells case studies and case study analyses. Your company’s primary customers are colleges and universities wanting to use them within their courses, but your company also has customers using them for management training and development. Your manager asked you to conduct research and develop a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to explain your selected company’s transportation and warehousing strategy to potential investors and lenders. She’s specifically interested in you creating the presentation associated with one of a small set of possibilities she provided to you. You may use the same company you selected in Assessment 3 or select a different company from this list:

    • L. L. Bean.
    • Amazon.com.
    • Starbucks.
    • Intel.
    • Johnson and Johnson.

    Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to explain your selected company’s transportation and warehousing strategy to potential investors and lenders.You and your manager discussed the high level outline of your presentation and agreed you should address the following items. As the basis for your research you can use any of the resources noted in this course, in the Capella library, and on the Internet.

    • Slide 1: List the presentation title, the selected company name, the date, and your name.
    • Slide 2: Analyze and describe the overall transportation objectives of the selected company.
    • Slide 3: Describe and evaluate the modes of transportation that the company uses to move products from factory to customers, and recommend improvements to the modes of transportation.
    • Slide 4: Identify the locations of the factories and warehouses.
    • Slides 5–6: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for the organization’s factories and warehouses, and recommend strategies to mitigate the disadvantages.
    • Slide 7: Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact their transportation and warehousing network.
    • Slide 8: Analyze and describe how technology is used for managing the organization’s transportation and warehousing network.
    • Slide 9: Recommend improvements for the organization’s transportation and warehousing network, and support those recommendations with examples and research.
    • Slide 10: List at least three references.

    You may use additional slides, if necessary. Provide your information as a bulleted list on the slides and insert explanations where applicable. Use the notes section in MS PowerPoint to add additional information and clarity to your presentation.

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