Describe how what was learned in this mass merchandising industry could be applied to the logistics challenges in some other industry.
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140/150 Strengths: You have a very well written paper. You have created a well organized paper. I like the title page you have create. Weaknesses: You did not cite any of the works you referenced in your bibliography per APA. You did not complete Section 4 correctly. Your math is wrong. Also the formatting of the Worksheet does not demonstrate much proficiency in the use of Excel. Review Live Chat 9 or 10 for additional help with this part of the assignment. Areas for Improvement: Follow APA requirements for document formatting, citations, and bibliography. Redo section 4 excel spreadsheet. Writing quality/grammar 15/15: You paper is well written and has no spelling or grammar issues. Formatting follows required sections, sub-sections 15/15: You formatted the paper per the task list requirements but will need to reformat your paper per APA standards for your final project. Sections I-II Content 30/30: Your first two sections are well written and demonstrate a good understanding of the topics that these sections cover. Sections III-IV Content 35/45: Section 4 was not completed correctly in both the math outcome and the formatting. I recommend your review Live Chat 9 or 10 as I went over this requirement is great detail. I even covered the formatting of this document as well. The other section was well done and shows a good understanding of the topics. Section V-VI Content 45/45: Your last two sections are very well done and cover the topics and the provided a good conclusion.
Introduction to Logistics/ Supply Chain Management XXXXXXXXXXMarcella Bursey Professor Bryce Hays XXXXXXXXXXMay 4, 2013Section I: Introduction World of commerce is changing around the world, having a multiple distribution center in case of domestic sales is an added advantage to your business with some problems also. In case of logistics business weight of product can vary from light weighted products to heavy weight products. So setting up multiple centers across US gives some advantage to the company if they need to transport heavy orders but in case of light weighted orders they can be transported from anywhere across US. Having multiple centers can speed up the delivery of products of the company but the company also needs to pay money for the management of the center, which may increase companies input cost. In order to manage multiple centers company must have the right technology so that we can manage our business from single setup. In case of International business if we have some international center then we have opportunity to do business with local companies therein and increase our business but again input cost will be required for setting up the center and management. This idea will work only when we have higher SKU in an International market for our products. If we have large international mass for our orders then it can add something to our Brand value in that country that may help our company if we are thinking about expanding or setting up a new business base in that country, then there will be no problem in surviving and no investment is required in building our brand value in that country or in any other International market, but there is a risk in handling large no of international orders from one location in case of theft, misplaced orders because they have to work according to the Rules and Regulations of that country which may differ from country to...
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