This page is related to [[Transportation and freight forwarding]] ====== Assignment 2 ====== Dalia, the CEO of ContinentalShift, a 3PL, provides trucking-based transportation services as well as warehousing and distribution centres. The main focus of her company is on providing freight management and contract logistics. However, ContinentalShift is a 3PL that does not own assets, so the managed services are provided by other providers. According to Dalia, the core competence of ContinentalShift is in innovation, tech, people, and building and managing great relationship with both suppliers and customers. Dalia is considering a move to 4PL to serve a select set of customers. She has supply chain planning service in mind. This would be added to the more traditional services they are offering as a 3PL such as transportation and contract logistics. She believes that the next logical step for her company, given her track-record with the great customer service they are offering, would be towards a more consultation role, more planning and advisory, so to speak. They initially started to talk with one of their long-term customers, Rene Inc., a textile manufacturer. Rene Inc. produces textiles for vendors, retailers, and fashion designers all around the world. Rene Inc. maintains a network of “cross-docking centres” to help with their operations. They use them to deliver orders to stores. They are using several 3PLs to make these operations happen, and to manage the facilities under their control, ContinentalShift is their favourite. That is why ContinentalShift gets the largest chunk of Rene Inc.’s business. So, Dalia called San, Rene Inc.’s SVP, to discuss the issue. San’s initial response was that the idea sounded interesting, but San couldn’t see how ContinentalShift could be both a 3PL and a 4PL to Rene Inc. Therefore, now Dalia wonders if she should approach Rene Inc. to pitch the proposal of being their 3PL and add a 4PL-based dimension to this all, to advise and to plan services. ===== Questions ===== - Should Dalia’s company engage in a 4PL-based advisory and planning services to Rene Inc.? - What would the advantages and disadvantages to having ContinentalShift become involved in an advisory and planning capacity with Rene Inc.? - Assume that San accepts Dalia’s proposal, regarding the current freight management and contract logistics at Rene Inc., what are some of the potential future complications that the new arrangement might cause? ====== Your checklist before you submit ====== ++++Pre-flight checklist | * Black and White text only (no coloured-text) * No cover image * Cover page: * course name; * assignment number and title; * instructor’s name; * student’s First and Last name; * student number; * date; and * word-count (see the next item). * Paper’s length range: min 400, max 600 words, excluding the covers, TOC, repeated questions, block-quotes, and the bibliography (-10 points for an out-of-range papers) * Answer all three questions in detailed paragraphs (no one-liners; detailed explanations are needed) * Write in complete sentences * Use headings and subheadings * Subheading numbers must correspond to the question numbers * Citations: APA format, [[https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/acadintegritycbu/chapter/citing-in-text-apa/|in-text citations]], and [[https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/acadintegritycbu/chapter/reference-list-basic-book/|a reference list or bibliography]] * Page numbers ++++ ====== Written Report Marking Scheme ====== ++++The marking scheme | ^ Criteria ^ Marks ^ | Cover-page includes assignment title, instructor’s name, course & assignment name, student’s first and last name, student number, date, subheading numbers correspond to the questions, and word count. | 2 | | Response to Q1 | 12 | | Response to Q2 | 13 | | Response to Q3 | 13 | | Extensive, valid, library research from reliable sources in addition to the textbook (‘Google search’ is not a source, no Wikipedia articles) | 4 | | APA style [[https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/acadintegritycbu/chapter/citing-in-text-apa/|in-text citations]], APA style [[https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/acadintegritycbu/chapter/reference-list-basic-book/|reference list or bibliography]], correct format/structure followed | 4 | | Correct spelling / proper grammar | 4 | | TOTAL POSSIBLE MARKS | 50 | | ANY form of plagiarism (e.g. any text from a not-credited source, any uncited block-quote, any uncited paraphrase, any text borrowed from your classmate’s paper, etc. Maximum amount of quotes in your paper must not exceed 50%. Violations will be reported to the campus director immediately. | -50 | | Late submission (penalty; mark deduction per day) | -20% | ++++ ====== Submitting Your Written Assignment ====== * Share a digital copy of your final paper with me via Google Docs (use my gmail address) * No late-submission will be accepted. Day 5 is the last day for this assignment (there will be a penalty for late submissions)