Logistics – Research Report Assignment- Business report – Export Wheat to Indone

ITA507 – Logistics – Term Assignment- Export Wheat to Indonesia

Assignment instruction:

Important note: This is a group assignment.

The scenario for your group is: Export Wheat to Indonesia

Each group member has their own assigned part of this assignment.

After everyone has finished separately, you need to bring everyone’s parts together and re-edit them into a complete report.

Consider that you work for a company that wants to export Canadian products to a foreign market. Your suppliers are in Canada. Your department (your group) is in charge to plan the exporting of a product to a foreign country. Your job and your co-worker’s jobs depend on producing a compelling and convincing report that will be submitted to your boss. Think about all aspects that will make your endeavor successful. Perform a thorough due diligence.

Research and elaborate on how your plan to deal with inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, sales and marketing, services (reverse logistics). Ensure that you have considered all the value-added components to truly offer your product for sale. Your report will consist of an overview of the effects that the global value chain has on creating a market price and a competitive advantage. The format for your report will be of your choice. It must represent the “professionalism” that you wish to convey to your boss. Your boss might take this report to higher echelons. Make sure your report contemplates the results of how the following are considered, and implemented into your International Business Plan.

See below a list of aspects that should be considered in such a scenario. It is not conclusive though. In your case product/foreign market more things should and can be included to make sure your company will be successful.

The scenario for your group is: Export Wheat to Indonesia

Each group member has their own assigned part of this assignment.

After everyone has finished separately, you need to bring everyone’s parts together and re-edit them into a complete report.

And the following part is assigned to you.

1) You should also give a brief introduction of the goods itself, its market, and the foreign market you are exporting your goods to.

2) Packaging

Individual unit details – content, type, dimensions

Unitized details – how many cartons, stackable, hand bombed or palletizes

Dimensions

Packaging markings and labels

Packing Materials

3) Number of units/unitized sold

Number of units/unitized units loading into ULD or ocean container (show calculations)

4) Mode of transportation

Submit a written report. Use TimesNewRoman and size 11 font, single spacing lines. Don’t forget the Executive Summary nor Index, nor References.

Please submit your files with the name of the product on the file name. For example, “Group X Export Wheat to Indonesia.docx”