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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

Your final project should include your revisions based on faculty feedback, peer DB considerations, and your own personal editing and continued research. The final version should include the following sections. Note: Part 5 requires new additional content.

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

5. Part V: Future Opportunities

o Write a final summary about the future opportunities of your company and your recommendations.

§ How can it measure its success in the future?

§ How will it help in gaining new customers?

§ What are the next steps?

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Reading Assignment

Rushton, Croucher, & Baker: Chapters 32 - 37

Assignment Objectives

·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.

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The final project will consist of a paper (1,500–2,000 words) that identifies specific transportation regulations and policies that would affect the importation of goods from the United States to the European Union and China. The paper needs to address warehousing and distribution activities, systems, and tools required to perform business that is compliant with warehousing best practices. The paper should include changes made from feedback received from other students. All 5 sections need to be complete.