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Unit 5 - Individual Project

Type: Individual Project

Unit: The Final Research Proposal

Due Date: Mon, 11/9/15

Grading Type: Numeric

Points Possible: 250

Points Earned: 0

Deliverable Length: 1,500-2,000 words

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Assignment Details

Assignment Description

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday, and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

Key Assignment

During the past few weeks, you have considered the various elements of the research project. Compile all of the sections of your research strategy ideas from Week 3. Retrieve your survey results this week to complete your final project in Week 5.

The following sections (500 words total) should be added to your research project analysis:

· Your ethical considerations

· Your sample population

· Your data analysis summary

· Your measurement strategy

Based on comments from your instructor and peers in Week 3 and 4, edit and refine any sections of the final research plan. Add a section of 300–500 words about how you interpreted the data from your survey or questionnaire in Week 3. Add this section at the end of your research project.

Complete the final full Key Assignment of your final research proposal. The required sections include the following:

· The business and organizational problem or topic

· The problem statement

· The research strategy that you used to explore the problem

· 1 research question or hypothesis

· Your rationale for selecting your proposed research strategy

· 1 research instrument that you will use to collect data

· A copy of the questionnaire or survey

· A section on ethical considerations for your project

· Your sample population

· Your data analysis summary

· Your measurement strategy

· The research results

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

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Unit 4 - Individual Project

Type: Individual Project

Unit: Transportation, Distribution, Storage, and Warehousing Technologies: Problems and Solutions

Due Date: Mon, 11/2/15

Grading Type: Numeric

Points Possible: 150

Deliverable Length: 1,000–1,500 words

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Identify new transportation methodologies for their economic viability and practical usefulness in the domestic and global marketplaces.

Summarize the distribution, transportation, warehousing and inventory functions for intermediate and final products.

Assignment Description

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

Final Project Draft

Consider the feedback that you received from your peers on the outline you posted. Make additional changes and submit a draft of your final project to your instructor. Your draft of the final project should address the following scenario:

You work for a popular consumer electronics company that sells products such as cell phones, tablets, and personal computers. The vice president of operations has talked to you about setting up a warehousing and distribution process that can support business expansions globally. He has asked you to develop a recommendation that will help build a business plan. You need to focus on the areas of transportation regulations and policies, transportation methodologies, warehousing, distribution, and inventory management.

The company is looking to start its global expansion in the European Union and China. You will focus your analysis and recommendations for this report on importing goods into those areas from the United States and fulfilling customer orders from in-region warehousing or distribution centers. Your outline should include the following:

1. Part I: Transportation Regulations and Policies

o Define the goal

o Explain the relevance

o National security

o Public safety

o Environment

o Unrestrained competition

2. Part II: Transportation Methodologies

o Economic viability

o Practical use

o Applications in domestic and global markets

3. Part III: Warehousing and Distribution

o Principles

o Design

o Storage and handling

o Information systems and information technology

o Third-party logistics providers (3PL)

4. Part IV: Inventory Management

o Inventory functions for intermediate and final products

o Packaging techniques

Reading Assignment

Chapter 10—Mixed Methods Procedures

Assignment Objectives

·Apply research concepts and principles by developing a research strategy and proposal for a project