100 5 (1) WO Logistics Processes Business Case Assignments Throughout Logistics Processes, you will submit three...

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100 5 (1) WO Logistics Processes Business Case Assignments Throughout Logistics Processes, you will submit three critical responses from the viewpoint of working for a subject company. This organization and the details of the case are fictitious but have been design to mimic industry and supplement your learnings by demonstrating your ability to think critically about situations and apply your course learnings. Format for Assignments 1 & 2 The length guideline for the first two assignments is approximately 1,500 words, and the structure should contain a brief introduction to your challenges, your analysis and recommendation organized separately for each challenge, and finally a conclusion. You can use the Word template provided on your course site to get started. You have two weeks to complete each assignment. For these assignments, you are not required to include a cover page, table of contents, or executive summary. However, you are encouraged to include appendices of reference material where appropriate (i.e. computation tables or reference material not required in the discussion portion of your submission). Format for Assignment 3 In this final assignment, you will need to create a full report that includes a cover page, table of contents, executive summary, report body, references and appendices. You have one extra week to complete this assignment. The length guideline for this assignment is approximately 2,000 words in total (inclusive of your executive summary, brief introduction, and report body), and a Word template has been provided to help you with the set-up. 48 7 * 4C Partly clou Home 100 Maps M Gmail SELC College SELC outlook email n Course: Project Ma... 2 / 4 |- F5 Business Case The Company: BPW Corporation 100% + BPW Corporation (BPW) is a Canadian based firm that supplies electronic controls to the wind-power/turbine industry. The firm is twenty years old and is a subsidiary of a fifty- year-old electronics supply firm that specializes in supplying electric power generating components to the military, atomic energy and space industry. It is a publicly traded firm that employs 25 full time staff. This includes three teams of four installers that work all over the world on new-build wind turbine projects. The company prides itself on its commitment to clean, ethical sourcing and ethical labour practices. Your Role: You are the newly hired Director of Operations (You have been there for 2 months). You have been in the transportation industry for ten years and have your CCLP designation. Your responsibilities include warehousing, selecting and coordinating work with 3PLs, transportation, and the scheduling and coordination of service crews for the installation and service of products worldwide. The Location: BPW is based in Waterdown Ontario. That Waterdown facility contains offices, and a small product testing centre for new designs. Other than the centre that holds a few components to help build and support new product evaluation, BPW uses no other company owned space. F6 F8 4C Partly cloudy Home En 0 D 100 % 5 SELC College OSELC outlook emailn Course: Project Ma.. 3 / 4 | - 100% + The Product: BPW revolutionized the wind turbine industry by creating an ultra- light, and ultra- efficient generator for the transmission of electrical power from the top of the wind powered blade-style turbine to the electrical system that carries the power to market. Utility firms that maintain the wind turbines prefer BPW's product because of its compact size, efficiency and uniquely simplistic replacement during servicing, and repair. This generator module can be changed out in minutes, drastically reducing down-time for the wind turbine. It was designed to fit most of the wind generated turbines built and operated around the globe. The module is patented and remains so unique that there are no other products of its type in the industry. The module/unit weighs 60 kilograms and can be split in two for ease of transfer and assembly at the top of the wind turbine. F5 Each complete generator module is valued at $10,000 USD. Its crated dimensions are: 120 cm x 90 cm x 90 cm high. We stated that the module can be split for ease of installation. The dimensions represent the entire module, un-split. Lead time to build, crate and ship one module is ten days. With the present production set up at the 3PL, they have the capacity to build three modules per month. That production process is expandable with 30 days' notice to the 3PL. One note: BPW does not make, sell, or use the giant propeller blades that we associate with wind power. Their parts are contained in the central hub of the "windmill" where the giant blades meet on the top of the tower. For a better understanding of how the generator and associated parts look or fit into the wind turbine, do a browser search for "wind turbine nacelle". 67 F6 7 F7 F8 Weathe Home 9 F9 100 11 % 5 G The Market: BPW sells its product worldwide. They service two distinct markets: One market serves new-build wind turbines. BPW works with designers of new-builds to ensure compatibility. The lead times for this market are long, as wind turbine projects can take many months to develop and to build. BPW maintains zero inventory for these units, building them and staging them at the 3PL until all units for one project are complete. The other market is for the repair/service sector of the wind turbine industry. BPW works with the owners of the turbines, and with the firms that service them to both ensure compatibility and ease of changeover from competitors' products to theirs. Lead times for this market are typically short, as maintenance firms servicing the turbines rarely stock BPW's modules due to cost and potential obsolescence in the ever-changing green energy world. The modules may be needed at a site within hours to replace a defective unit that is costing the electrical utility thousands of dollars per day. BPW maintains a safety stock inventory of six units at the 3PL. Y H 7 U F7 8 Weather ale Home 9 F9 O O % The 3PL that BPW uses: All storage and distribution of BPW generator modules and related parts are performed by a 3PL (Third party provider) located in Stoney Creek Ontario. That 3PL has been in existence since 1994, operating out of a 200,000 square foot building also located in Stoney Creek. It has a mixed customer base of approximately 30 customers, all of them related to non-consumer products that include electronics, engineered specialty metal products, high tech assemblies/fabrications and highly specialized unfinished materials such as specialty metals, specialty plastics/composites and specialized fasteners; those fasteners used for assembling parts for customers that operate in highly specialized, limited markets. The 3PL not only stores and ships on behalf of their clients, they also do assembly of electronics and other components for some of them. One of those clients is BPW. The 3PL takes electronic sub- assemblies and creates the primary component that they then ship to customers of BPW. These assemblies are built by technicians that the 3PL hire, with training performed by BPW. The Logistics: Components for the BPW module are purchased from three primary suppliers: Electronic circuitry: Ulsan, South Korea Specialty fabricated metal frames and component parts: Houston, Texas Specialty Fasteners: Montreal, QC BPW is constantly expanding its customer base, but at this moment, customers are located in: Western Europe: 10% of total sales Scandinavia: 25 % of total sales North America, including Mexico: 65 % of total sales The DAT INCOTERM is used in these export transactions As part of its commitment to service, BPW takes full responsibility for shipment and installation of its primary components to new installations and retrofits. For the repair/ service market, BPW only takes responsibility for the transportation of the shipment. Installation is the responsibility of the wind turbine owner and/or its service crews. F5 3 6 F6 7 U F7 8 F8 !Weather alert Home 9 F9 100 % 5 electronics and other components for some of them. One of those clients is BPW. The 3PL takes electronic sub- assemblies and creates the primary component that they then ship to customers of BPW. These assemblies are built by technicians that the 3PL hire, with training performed by BPW. The Logistics: Components for the BPW module are purchased from three primary suppliers: Electronic circuitry: Ulsan, South Korea Specialty fabricated metal frames and component parts: Houston, Texas Specialty Fasteners: Montreal, QC BPW is constantly expanding its customer base, but at this moment, customers are located in: Western Europe: 10% of total sales Scandinavia: 25 % of total sales North America, including Mexico: 65 % of total sales The DAT INCOTERM is used in these export transactions As part of its commitment to service, BPW takes full responsibility for shipment and installation of its primary components to new installations and retrofits. For the repair/ service market, BPW only takes responsibility for the transportation of the shipment. Installation is the responsibility of the wind turbine owner and/or its service crews. Currently BPW uses an international courier to ship all its units worldwide. FS 6 F6 7 F7 F8 Weather alert Home 9 F9 E 0 JI Ai Assignment #3 Marine Insurance / Customs Brokers In a meeting with the Director of Sales. You are told that BPW will begin an aggressive campaign to sell their generators to wind farms across parts of Europe. For a number of regulatory reasons, BPW wants to appear as a domestic supplier (where they can) and arrange for the transportation and importation of the goods into new destination countries. The idea from the sales team is to make ordering BPWs product as simple as ordering a domestic supplier within their own country. You have been asked to provide more information and a recommendation on purchasing marine insurance and a description of the available options to meet the needs of BPWs campaign. This plan could also mean employing customs brokers for this project. % 5 Specifically, you have been asked to: 1. Provide a description of the potential insurance clauses that could be purchased and a recommendation on the coverage that BPW should purchase for the new European sales campaign. 2. Provide a description of the role and function of a Customs Broker and a recommendation on using one (or not) Your Assignment In this final assignment, you will need to create a full report that includes a cover page, table of contents, executive summary, report body, references and appendices. You have one extra week to complete this assignment. The length guideline for this assignment is approximately 2,000 words in total (inclusive of your executive summary, brief introduction, and report body), and a Word template has been provided to help you with the set-up. 7 F6 7 U F7 F8 Rain tonight Home 9 F9 E 100 5 (1) WO Logistics Processes Business Case Assignments Throughout Logistics Processes, you will submit three critical responses from the viewpoint of working for a subject company. This organization and the details of the case are fictitious but have been design to mimic industry and supplement your learnings by demonstrating your ability to think critically about situations and apply your course learnings. Format for Assignments 1 & 2 The length guideline for the first two assignments is approximately 1,500 words, and the structure should contain a brief introduction to your challenges, your analysis and recommendation organized separately for each challenge, and finally a conclusion. You can use the Word template provided on your course site to get started. You have two weeks to complete each assignment. For these assignments, you are not required to include a cover page, table of contents, or executive summary. However, you are encouraged to include appendices of reference material where appropriate (i.e. computation tables or reference material not required in the discussion portion of your submission). Format for Assignment 3 In this final assignment, you will need to create a full report that includes a cover page, table of contents, executive summary, report body, references and appendices. You have one extra week to complete this assignment. The length guideline for this assignment is approximately 2,000 words in total (inclusive of your executive summary, brief introduction, and report body), and a Word template has been provided to help you with the set-up. 48 7 * 4C Partly clou Home 100 Maps M Gmail SELC College SELC outlook email n Course: Project Ma... 2 / 4 |- F5 Business Case The Company: BPW Corporation 100% + BPW Corporation (BPW) is a Canadian based firm that supplies electronic controls to the wind-power/turbine industry. The firm is twenty years old and is a subsidiary of a fifty- year-old electronics supply firm that specializes in supplying electric power generating components to the military, atomic energy and space industry. It is a publicly traded firm that employs 25 full time staff. This includes three teams of four installers that work all over the world on new-build wind turbine projects. The company prides itself on its commitment to clean, ethical sourcing and ethical labour practices. Your Role: You are the newly hired Director of Operations (You have been there for 2 months). You have been in the transportation industry for ten years and have your CCLP designation. Your responsibilities include warehousing, selecting and coordinating work with 3PLs, transportation, and the scheduling and coordination of service crews for the installation and service of products worldwide. The Location: BPW is based in Waterdown Ontario. That Waterdown facility contains offices, and a small product testing centre for new designs. Other than the centre that holds a few components to help build and support new product evaluation, BPW uses no other company owned space. F6 F8 4C Partly cloudy Home En 0 D 100 % 5 SELC College OSELC outlook emailn Course: Project Ma.. 3 / 4 | - 100% + The Product: BPW revolutionized the wind turbine industry by creating an ultra- light, and ultra- efficient generator for the transmission of electrical power from the top of the wind powered blade-style turbine to the electrical system that carries the power to market. Utility firms that maintain the wind turbines prefer BPW's product because of its compact size, efficiency and uniquely simplistic replacement during servicing, and repair. This generator module can be changed out in minutes, drastically reducing down-time for the wind turbine. It was designed to fit most of the wind generated turbines built and operated around the globe. The module is patented and remains so unique that there are no other products of its type in the industry. The module/unit weighs 60 kilograms and can be split in two for ease of transfer and assembly at the top of the wind turbine. F5 Each complete generator module is valued at $10,000 USD. Its crated dimensions are: 120 cm x 90 cm x 90 cm high. We stated that the module can be split for ease of installation. The dimensions represent the entire module, un-split. Lead time to build, crate and ship one module is ten days. With the present production set up at the 3PL, they have the capacity to build three modules per month. That production process is expandable with 30 days' notice to the 3PL. One note: BPW does not make, sell, or use the giant propeller blades that we associate with wind power. Their parts are contained in the central hub of the "windmill" where the giant blades meet on the top of the tower. For a better understanding of how the generator and associated parts look or fit into the wind turbine, do a browser search for "wind turbine nacelle". 67 F6 7 F7 F8 Weathe Home 9 F9 100 11 % 5 G The Market: BPW sells its product worldwide. They service two distinct markets: One market serves new-build wind turbines. BPW works with designers of new-builds to ensure compatibility. The lead times for this market are long, as wind turbine projects can take many months to develop and to build. BPW maintains zero inventory for these units, building them and staging them at the 3PL until all units for one project are complete. The other market is for the repair/service sector of the wind turbine industry. BPW works with the owners of the turbines, and with the firms that service them to both ensure compatibility and ease of changeover from competitors' products to theirs. Lead times for this market are typically short, as maintenance firms servicing the turbines rarely stock BPW's modules due to cost and potential obsolescence in the ever-changing green energy world. The modules may be needed at a site within hours to replace a defective unit that is costing the electrical utility thousands of dollars per day. BPW maintains a safety stock inventory of six units at the 3PL. Y H 7 U F7 8 Weather ale Home 9 F9 O O % The 3PL that BPW uses: All storage and distribution of BPW generator modules and related parts are performed by a 3PL (Third party provider) located in Stoney Creek Ontario. That 3PL has been in existence since 1994, operating out of a 200,000 square foot building also located in Stoney Creek. It has a mixed customer base of approximately 30 customers, all of them related to non-consumer products that include electronics, engineered specialty metal products, high tech assemblies/fabrications and highly specialized unfinished materials such as specialty metals, specialty plastics/composites and specialized fasteners; those fasteners used for assembling parts for customers that operate in highly specialized, limited markets. The 3PL not only stores and ships on behalf of their clients, they also do assembly of electronics and other components for some of them. One of those clients is BPW. The 3PL takes electronic sub- assemblies and creates the primary component that they then ship to customers of BPW. These assemblies are built by technicians that the 3PL hire, with training performed by BPW. The Logistics: Components for the BPW module are purchased from three primary suppliers: Electronic circuitry: Ulsan, South Korea Specialty fabricated metal frames and component parts: Houston, Texas Specialty Fasteners: Montreal, QC BPW is constantly expanding its customer base, but at this moment, customers are located in: Western Europe: 10% of total sales Scandinavia: 25 % of total sales North America, including Mexico: 65 % of total sales The DAT INCOTERM is used in these export transactions As part of its commitment to service, BPW takes full responsibility for shipment and installation of its primary components to new installations and retrofits. For the repair/ service market, BPW only takes responsibility for the transportation of the shipment. Installation is the responsibility of the wind turbine owner and/or its service crews. F5 3 6 F6 7 U F7 8 F8 !Weather alert Home 9 F9 100 % 5 electronics and other components for some of them. One of those clients is BPW. The 3PL takes electronic sub- assemblies and creates the primary component that they then ship to customers of BPW. These assemblies are built by technicians that the 3PL hire, with training performed by BPW. The Logistics: Components for the BPW module are purchased from three primary suppliers: Electronic circuitry: Ulsan, South Korea Specialty fabricated metal frames and component parts: Houston, Texas Specialty Fasteners: Montreal, QC BPW is constantly expanding its customer base, but at this moment, customers are located in: Western Europe: 10% of total sales Scandinavia: 25 % of total sales North America, including Mexico: 65 % of total sales The DAT INCOTERM is used in these export transactions As part of its commitment to service, BPW takes full responsibility for shipment and installation of its primary components to new installations and retrofits. For the repair/ service market, BPW only takes responsibility for the transportation of the shipment. Installation is the responsibility of the wind turbine owner and/or its service crews. Currently BPW uses an international courier to ship all its units worldwide. FS 6 F6 7 F7 F8 Weather alert Home 9 F9 E 0 JI Ai Assignment #3 Marine Insurance / Customs Brokers In a meeting with the Director of Sales. You are told that BPW will begin an aggressive campaign to sell their generators to wind farms across parts of Europe. For a number of regulatory reasons, BPW wants to appear as a domestic supplier (where they can) and arrange for the transportation and importation of the goods into new destination countries. The idea from the sales team is to make ordering BPWs product as simple as ordering a domestic supplier within their own country. You have been asked to provide more information and a recommendation on purchasing marine insurance and a description of the available options to meet the needs of BPWs campaign. This plan could also mean employing customs brokers for this project. % 5 Specifically, you have been asked to: 1. Provide a description of the potential insurance clauses that could be purchased and a recommendation on the coverage that BPW should purchase for the new European sales campaign. 2. Provide a description of the role and function of a Customs Broker and a recommendation on using one (or not) Your Assignment In this final assignment, you will need to create a full report that includes a cover page, table of contents, executive summary, report body, references and appendices. You have one extra week to complete this assignment. The length guideline for this assignment is approximately 2,000 words in total (inclusive of your executive summary, brief introduction, and report body), and a Word template has been provided to help you with the set-up. 7 F6 7 U F7 F8 Rain tonight Home 9 F9 E

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Assignment 3 Marine Insurance Customs Brokers Executive Summary BPW Corporation a leading supplier of electronic controls to the wind power industry is embarking on an aggressive sales campaign in Eur... View the full answer