- Select any multinational company and explain the following based on Logistics Strategy:

1. Explain in detail with examples company's logistics rationale in maintaining seasonal stocks, anticipatory stocks and safety stocks.

2. Explain in detail strategic value-adding role logistics plays in the company's overall supply chain and detailing its global fulfillment strategies and distribution methods by taking into consideration cost, quality, time and flexibility.

3. Explain in detail the various modes of transportation and warehousing options opted by the company to move goods across borders and create a distribution plan to optimize costs and implements strategies to mitigate global risks.

4. Explain in detail the role of productivity and quality metrics for improving integrated logistics (inbound and outbound) performance.

5. Explain in detail company's challenges in maintaining logistics solutions globally especially during pandemic - COVID - 19 and how collaboration among logistics providers and trading partners will help the overall inventory management processes.