Category: Supply Chain

Assignment Instructions
Please upload a Word document using APA format for this assignment (see attached for the template). Where applicable, you must show your derivations, analysis and how you obtained the responses/answers. Use title page, in-text citations, references, appropriate font size, double spaces, etc. where appropriate. The assignment will be graded for content and APA formatting. See the following grading criteria below.
Grading CategoryPoint Val. Your Points
Paper meets the specified pages or word length, demonstrates thorough understanding of the reading assignment, reflects critical thought, and relates to course content and/or industry applications.
Length required _ 5-7 pages____, __ pages___ turned in.
20
Ideas and concepts are supported through resources and/or personal experiences. Work exhibits truthful and verifiable statements and mathematical formulae and derivations used where applicable.40
Posts are free of writing errors (syntax, grammar, etc.)
Try to avoid using needless fillers i.e. that. I did not count those as errors this time. Also, free of APA format errors.
___ Errors – 1-4 =.9 5-7= .8, 8-10= .7, 11-12= .6, 13-14= .5, 15-17= .4, 18= .3, 19= .2, 20= .1, 21 or more 0.
40
Total100
Today’s urban transportation planning process is being impacted by the President’s Stimulus Plan. High speed rail is one such option to congestion along the highways of urban areas. These projects have two sides to them. There are those who support high speed rail and those who do not support high speed rail. You have been chosen to not support the Stimulus Plan for use of high speed rail to ease congestion. Your task is to help decision makers make up their minds. So, you are now on the opposing side. Discuss how this Stimulus Plan for high speed rail will not work. You can use any reference. But, you must also present your opinion based on facts and data, not just because you don’t like it. You will have to provide evidence to back up what you believe is a bad idea. (25 points)
Most (97 percent) roads and streets in the United States are under the jurisdiction of State and local governments. The Federal jurisdiction is mainly limited to National Parks, National Forests, and other government-owned land. Discuss what issues and problems might be common between the Federal jurisdiction and the State and Local governments, and what issues and problems might be unique to the Federal government compared to the State and local governments. List the common and unique attributes and provide a brief explanation to support your choice. Use references in APA format and also offer your own opinion on what you think of these issues and problems. (25 points)
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect on January 1, 1994. This sweeping agreement is designed to open the borders separating Canada, Mexico, and the United States to the free exchange of goods and services. There are many pros and cons of NAFTA that have emerged since 1994. The future of NAFTA is in the wind these days. It may fail or succeed for the next ten years. You job is to help Congress and other decision makers to decide what course of action they should take regarding NAFTA’s future. You are to take the side that NAFTA is a bad business investment; you are to represent the “con” side of the argument. So, discuss why you would defeat or destroy NAFTA or morph it from its current state to some other new state. (25 points)
In early 1990s with a second wave of low-cost carriers (LCCs), which led to the second period of strong traffic growth from early 1993 through early 2000, Southwest Airlines arguably provided the blueprint for U.S. Between 2006 and 2009 a fuel crisis happened and a recession for business and the transportation industry. What is the impact today on LCC’s in order to be competitive in this economy coming on the heels of this recession? (25 points)

Assignment Instructions
Please upload a Word document using APA format for this assignment (see attached for the template). Where applicable, you must show your derivations, analysis and how you obtained the responses/answers. Use title page, in-text citations, references, appropriate font size, double spaces, etc. where appropriate. The assignment will be graded for content and APA formatting. See the following criteria below.
Grading CategoryPoint Val. Your Points
Paper meets the specified pages or word length, demonstrates thorough understanding of the reading assignment, reflects critical thought, and relates to course content and/or industry applications.
No length requirement, but all work must be shown and/or explained.
20
Ideas and concepts are supported through resources and/or personal experiences. Work exhibits truthful and verifiable statements and mathematical formulae and derivations used where applicable.40
Posts are free of writing errors (syntax, grammar, etc.)
Try to avoid using needless fillers i.e. that. I did not count those as errors this time. Also, free of APA format errors.
___ Errors – 1-4 =.9 5-7= .8, 8-10= .7, 11-12= .6, 13-14= .5, 15-17= .4, 18= .3, 19= .2, 20= .1, 21 or more 0.
40
Total100
Assignment Questions:
Please show all work for this assignment and explain your derivations. Lack of step-by-step work will not be credited. Partial credit will be given for step-by-step description of answer.
a. NAAQS were established for six principal pollutants. Describe each and give examples of each applicable pollutant. (10 points)
b. In Hepburn’s Speed Model, the coefficients of vehicles are indicated for C and D. As the chief of operations in your organization, you are responsible for presenting the yearly budget for the semi trucks in your company’s inventory. Since your safety officer is insisting that each of your drivers must maintain an average speed of 55mph, what would be the vehicle operating cost of your company for each semi-truck in cent per mile? ____(10 points)
c. A taxi driver plans to pick you up at the airport and drop you off at the bank so you can complete some financial transaction before you head home. He notes that the change in vehicle operating cost (VOC) is 42 cents per mile. Given that his fuel consumption per minute is 0.2, what is the approximate price of fuel for this given arrangement if you delayed the driver for 36 minutes at the bank? ____(10 points)
d. The simple interest for buying a passenger transit rail is shown as the product of the principle amount (P), time (in years), and annual rate (R). The City of Phoenix plans to buy five additional mass transit cars for $15 million, and pay off its loan in 30 years. What would the annual percentage rate be if the city plans to make an interest payment of $2 million? ____(10 points)
e. In a box model, the maximum distance to transport particle across a city is calculated as follows: Approximate length of one side is 30 miles, width is 28 miles and the mixing height is 2 miles. To the nearest mile, what will be this distance? ____(10 points)
f. In a box model, the maximum distance to transport particle across a city is calculated as follows: Approximate length of one side is 30 miles, width is 28 miles and the mixing height is 2 miles. For a pollutant particle emitted on one side of the town, what is the maximum time it will take to be transported across the city with wind velocity of 10 miles per hour (to the nearest hour)? ____(12 points)
g. In a box model, the maximum distance to transport particle across a city is calculated as follows: Approximate length of one side is 30 miles, width is 28 miles and the mixing height is 2 miles. To the nearest hour what will be the average time it will take a particle to travel from one side to the other (to the nearest hour)? ____(12 points)
h. If you are the planning engineer for an apartment complex your organization plans to build close to the highway and you know that your potential tenants will complain of traffic noise hazards. You want to assure them that you have adequately carried out the noise impact analysis. Given that the sea level pressure is 0.00002N/m, to ensure that pressure level does not exceed 12 decibels, the sound pressure of concern must be___________ (in N/m). ____(13 points)
i. In the Rocky Mountain region, there are endangered species like jumping mice and burrowing owls that are protected by the EPA. If you want to build a roadway to facilitate traffic congestions in Denver, part of your plan will include using Simpson’s diversity index to calculate the number of organisms in two communities. If EPA warned you that there are 400 burrowing owls in proposed region Community A and 500 burrowing owls in proposed region Community B, determine Simpson’s diversity index for community A. ____(13 points)

SCM1005 – Transportation and Logistics
Assignment 1 – Supplier Selection
Value (%)
This assignment is worth 15% of your course grade.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
By completing this assessment, you will be able to:
● CLO 2: Determine the information and documentation as well as appropriate tools
required to facilitate the flow of material, goods and/or services within a supply chain
● CLO 3: Identify and assess the relevant costs involved in transportation decision-making
● CLO 7: Apply a working knowledge of the documentation required for international
transportation, customs and import/export processes, and current international
commercial terms (INCOTERMS) to facilitate the international movement/distribution of
goods
Task
Read the case in Appendix A and answer the questions included. Student must provide a
spreadsheet showing their work for questions 1,2 and 3.
How to Complete This Assessment
1. Assignment shall be completed individually.
2. The use of generative AI programs like ChatGPT, or paraphrasing websites like Spinbot are
not permitted. You can succeed (and you will learn more) without relying on these tools.
3. I encourage you to use the course textbook and materials to inform your work. No
external research is required to complete this assignment.
Grading Criteria
Proficient
(2 points)
Emerging
(1 point)
Incorrect, not
included, or needs
development
(0 points)
Grade
Question 1 The answer is correct;
a spreadsheet is
provided to show work.
Minor mistakes in the
calculation or no
spreadsheet is
provided to show
work.
The question is not
answered;
Major mistakes in the
calculation
Question 2 The answer is correct;
a spreadsheet is
provided to show work.
Minor mistakes in the
calculation or no
spreadsheet is
provided to show
work.
The question is not
answered;
Major mistakes in the
calculation
Question 3 The answer is correct;
a spreadsheet is
provided to show work.
Minor mistakes in the
calculation or no
spreadsheet is
provided to show
work.
The question is not
answered;
Major mistakes in the
calculation
Question 4 The response is welldeveloped, answers
the question directly,
and provides evidence
of critical thought and
application of course
materials.
The questions is
partially answered;
the answer is brief, or
the answer requires
more development
The answer is extremely
brief, does not answer
the question, or is
skipped entirely.
Question 5 The response is welldeveloped, answers
the question directly,
and provides evidence
of critical thought and
application of course
materials.
The questions is
partially answered;
the answer is brief, or
the answer requires
more development
The answer is extremely
brief, does not answer
the question, or is
skipped entirely.
Completed selfassessment.
Max. 1 point
Self-assessment
completed in a
thoughtful way
(1 point)
Self-assessment is
partially completed,
or answers require
more development
(0.5 points)
Self-assessment not
completed
(0 points)
Total Points /11
Total % %
How to Submit Your Assessment
1. Complete the Assignment 1 Self-Assessment
2. Submit your answers to questions 1-5 in the dropbox in Moodle. Include a spreadsheet to
show calculations for questions 1, 2, and 3. Questions 4 and 5 can be included in the
same file or a separate document.
Due Dates:
January 24, 2024 at 11:59pm.
If you are short on time (for whatever reason), request an extension rather than commit
academic dishonesty (examples of academic dishonesty include: asking a friend to share their
work, using ChatGPT, or spinbots, copying from the internet, etc.).
You may request an extension via email prior to the original due date. Requests received after
grading has been completed will not be considered. Keep your request simple: include which
assignment and the requested new due date. You do not need to reveal the details of your
private life in order to be granted an extension. All reasonable requests within the course term
shall be granted (the last possible submission date for all assignments is Feb 21, 2024).
Appendix A:
The Widget Company (TWC) is a retailer of widgets located in Sudbury, Ontario. The yearly
demand for widgets is 48,000 units.
TWC has a contract with a third-party logistics company, which includes the rates in Table 1
below. TWC only pays these if the costs are not included in the supplier’s quoted price.
INCOTERMS provided in the suppliers’ proposals (Table 2) will determine what is included in
their price. If insurance is not included in the suppliers’ price (as per Table 2), TWC will pay the
Third-Party logistics company for insuring the goods (as per rates in Table 1). All widgets are
containerized for shipment. Up to 4,000 widgets can be loaded into a 20ft container, and up to
8,000 widgets can be loaded into a 40ft container.
TWC has received proposals from 3 suppliers to supply widgets. You are tasked with making the
supplier selections and order quantity decisions for the rest of the year. Table 2 contains a
summary of the 3 proposals.
Table 1 – Third-Party Logistics Company Rates
20ft container price 40ft container price
Export Packaging $500 per container $1,000 per container
Loading Charges (at Origin) $200 per container $300 per container
Delivery to Port (at Origin) $400 per container $600 per container
Export Duties, Taxes &
Customs Clearance
From Mexico: none
From China or Nigeria: 5.5% of
the value of the merchandise
From Mexico: none
From China or Nigeria: 5.5%
of the value of the
merchandise
Origin Terminal Handling
Charges
$100 per container $150 per container
Loading on Carriage $100 per container $150 per container
Freight Charges (Port to Port
Delivery)
From Mexico: $3,400 per
container
From China: $7,000 per
container
From Nigeria: $5,000 per
container
From Mexico: $4,600 per
container
From China: $13,000 per
container
From Nigeria: $10,000 per
container
Insurance 1% of the value of the
merchandise
1% of the value of the
merchandise
Destination Terminal
Handling Charges
$250 per container $350 per container
Delivery to Destination (from
Port)
$800 per container $1,200 per container
Unloading at Destination $150 per container $200 per container
Import Duty, Taxes, and
Customs Clearance
From Mexico: none
From China or Nigeria: 7% of
the value of the merchandise
From Mexico: none
From China or Nigeria: 7% of
the value of the
merchandise
Table 2 – Supplier Proposals
Supplier 1: Supplier 2: Supplier 3:
Price per unit: $23.05 $21.55 $24.05
INCOTERM: EXW FCA CPT
Minimum Order
Quantity:
15,000 12,000 2,000
Supplier Location: Guanajuato, Mexico Qingdao, China Lagos, Nigeria
Lead time (days): 12 35 24
Widgets are insured in
transit by the supplier:
No Yes Yes
All amounts are in Canadian Dollars.
Questions
1. What is the landed price per widget for Supplier 1 if ordering the minimum order quantity?
Provide your answer in a spreadsheet showing your calculations. Remember to use the
most economical container size if you are using the Third-Party Logistics company rates.
2. What is the landed price per widget for Supplier 2 if ordering the minimum order quantity?
Provide your answer in a spreadsheet showing your calculations. Remember to use the
most economical container size if you are using the Third-Party Logistics company rates.
3. What is the landed price per widget for Supplier 3 if ordering the minimum order quantity?
Provide your answer in a spreadsheet showing your calculations. Remember to use the
most economical container size if you are using the Third-Party Logistics company rates.
4. Which supplier proposal carries the least amount of risk for TWC? Why?
5. Which supplier would you recommend and why? List any other issues and transportation
costs that may influence the decision.

Note: • This HW you can work on it in a group of 3 or 4 members. Only 1 member submit the work but make sure to include all the names of the group members on the cover page. • Please include the proper covering page of this submission. List all the names of the group members on the cover page. • Meeting deadlines fall under the code of ethics. So make the timely submissions. Grades will be deducted for late submission.

These Discussions will cover the following topics:
Manufacturing Resource Planning
The Thread
Use the Internet to search for at least 5 scholarly resources that relate to the topic (Manufacturing Resource Planning) and have been published within the last 5 years. Find articles that discuss opposing views of the topic or highlight problems in implementation and achieving above or below expectations. Academic articles and journals must be reputable and obtained from professional websites that address the content of this course. Popular magazines and online sources such as Wikipedia are not permissible.
After reading the articles, select 1 article relating to the topic and address its purpose, analysis, conclusions and recommendations. If the formatting could be lost from the text box, attach a Word file to your thread, and adhere to the following format:
Key Concept Explanation: Define the key topic by using a source other than the textbook. Give a clear, concise overview of the essential elements relevant to understanding the key topic. In addition, explain why you are interested in this topic (e.g., academic curiosity, application to a current issue related to employment, or any other professional rationale) (about 200 words).
Comparison: Compare your research with what you have studied during the module/week in which the key topic/thread is assigned. Note differences or commonalities about the key topic, providing evidence that you have extended your understanding of this topic beyond the textbook readings. Hence the need to find opposing/cautionary/beneficial perspectives in your research. This is an opportunity for you to cite the additional articles you originally researched. Note: All references must be used at some point in the body of your main submission and replies. References without application to your narratives will be discounted. This section must be at least 300 words.
Article Summary: In your own words, provide a clear and concise summary of the article you selected. This section must be at least 200 words.
Application: Specifically state how the key topic has been applied to real-world businesses or describe the potential the key topic must influence today’s business world. Consider also the potential for overstating expectations. Your application must possess a professional rationale that demonstrates the significance of the key topic. This section must be at least 300 words.
Annotated Bibliography: Cite the articles you researched in current APA format. An annotation must accompany each citation. Each annotation will consist of a descriptive and evaluative paragraph that is at least 100 words. The annotations are designed to help your classmates in their understanding of the topic. In addition, provide a persistent link for each article.

Part 1 –Company selection – Characteristics – Manufacturing – Publicly available financial accounts – consumer or industrial product (either make to order or make to stock) – examples Tesla / Boeing (search YouTube “Mega factories” and choose one of these documentary examples to appreciate the level of manufacturing detail required). Structure your assignment as follows (word counts are minimums):
Title page
Company description (300 words)
Financial trends: Overview of inventory types/trends/productivity (trends in day’s stock by type, Etc.) (300 words)
Income statements (last 3 years) (300 words)
Balance sheet (last 3 years) (300 words)
Opportunities for logistics to improve income statement (consider revenues and operating costs) and balance sheet asset productivity. Provide quantitative calculations and probable range of costs / benefits. (300 words)