Logistics Plan: Academic Objectives To develop and assess student's ability to relate academic knowledge to real life application. Dynamic Leadership - to develop leadership, reasoning and problem solving skills Universal Communication - to develop written communication & global perspective. Professional Excellence - to develop computer proficiency, information literacy, honesty & integrity. Assignment Description Students will research a selected (or assigned) topic and produce a PowerPoint presentation that details a proposed (actual or fictional) company's general logistics program. Utilizing the reading assignments, lectures and outside research the student will be expected to prepare a Logistics Plan for a company (actual or fictional). This report must include the necessary attributes of a brief company profile - description of product/service - customer base profile - procurement/supplier profile. The detailed portion of the report will include a description the firm's facilities (manufacturing/warehousing, etc), distribution channel(s), mode(s) of transport selection and traffic concerns, packaging, shipping costs, documentation, and claims. Keep in mind that the report should be focused on the logistics portion of the company's strategic plan and the majority of the effort should be concentrated in that area. PowerPoint Presentation (6-8 Slides) The presentation should be prepared using PowerPoint software, be a minimum of 6-8 slides long and highlight key findings from the research. Each Student will prepare his/her business plan as if they were the Vice President of Logistics for the company they are doing the business plan on. The presentation should include visuals Revised 12/14/2023- SJK of all charts, graphs, etc. as included in the Summary Written Report below.

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