13775Reflect on a specific instance where customer requirements challenged warehouse operations. Using a root-cause analysis approach, break down the factors that led to this challenge. Then, from your planning perspective, what preventive measures or strategic changes would you implement to avoid recurrence, and how would...
13769Respond or elaborate on the response below: "Force Majeure" is a French phrase that translate to "superior force" in the English language and is used to describe extraordinary events beyond anyone's control such as natural disasters, war, government acts, pandemics, and economic changes. Legally, an act...
13768Respond or elaborate on the response below: Force majeure is the circumstance such as a natural disaster which is beyond the carrier’s or anyone’s control which can cause loss or damage (Bowersox, et al, 2023). When products are shipped, the carrier is liable for the product...
13767Sometimes in a profession, there are important phrases that borrow terminology from foreign language. One such term that relates to the professional efforts of transportation is "force majeure." This Discussion has you research this term and its related real-world applicability in greater depth. Please answer the...
13757Explain the six operational objectives that must be simultaneously achieved for logistical integration within a supply chain context: responsiveness, variance reduction, inventory reduction, shipment consolidation, quality, and life cycle support. Write a paragraph of at least three sentences about an organization you know well or have...
13754Logistics There are several key stakeholders within the network of transportation. The relationships and interactions between various stakeholders, in any network, can often be the difference between success and failure in business and in life. This assignment has you consider two key stakeholders related to transportation as...
13749Respond or elaborate on the response below: In-transit inventory is a termed used in supply chain/logistics to describe the status of inventory as it is moved from one point in the chain to another (Bowersox et al., 2023). This concept as it relates to transportation alludes...
13748Respond or elaborate on the response below: In-transit inventory is inventory that is being moved from one location to another but has not yet been physically received (Bowersox et al, 2023). Product in-transit allows products to be housed and managed by the carrier which is moving...
13743Identify and explain the five basic transportation modes (rail, truck, water, pipeline, air) Write a paragraph of at least three sentences about an organization you know well or have researched, aligned with response above. Write a paragraph of at least three sentences on the information learned from...
13738Respond or elaborate on the discussion post below: Timley and accurate information is critical for Supply Chains because you have to have the most up to date information to make the decisions needed to keep the chain moving in the most efficient manner. (Zaki, 2024) When...