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Transportation plan is worth 50 marks

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You will 'establish' a commercial company in Australia with a major client in an overseas

country. Your company products are exported to the client. All your company's shipments are

assumed to be delivered by third-party logistics companies. You use your own established

company to represent your knowledge of the complexity of international freight

transportation operations through a Transportation Plan. You are required to:

Create a clear identity for your organization, including its commercial activities,

locations of core operations, & a key product involved; and the location of your

overseas major client,

Clearly propose at least three (03) sales quotations, in which a specific Incoterms

rule 2020 will be used in each sales quotation, for your client to import your

company's product into their destination with discussing the roles,

responsibilities, types of costs for each business participant (your company and

the client) for every sales quotation, and stating the reasons what sales quotation

you prefer,

• Clearly map out at least two (02) alternative freight transportation routes for

each sales quotation due to your company's obligation defined by the Incoterms

rule used in every sales quotation,

• Collect data of shipment cost and transit time for a detailed comparative analysis

of the alternative routes and suggest the best route(s) for each sales quotation.

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