$5.$ The information relating to Current and Alternative Transportation will be used to analyze the choice between using Maersk $($Ocean Freight$)$ and UPS $($AirExpress$).$

a$.$ What are the annual transportation$-$related costs for each of these options?

b$.$What are some other factors and$/$or costs$($such as impact to inventory levels, safety stock, and the resulting costs$)$ that may be helpful to consider when trying to support$/$justify your recommendation?

c$.$Based on your analysis, which option would you recommend, supporting your answer with quantifiable factors where possible.

$6.$ Based on your recommendations from the previous questions: Forecast, Supplier, and Transportation. Note this may change some of the costs and$/$or lead time

a$.$ Determine your $2023$ EOQ

b$.$ Determine your $2023$ ROP

c$.$ What are the expected annual costs for inventory management. The types of costs to be included are annual holding costs, annual ordering costs, and annual purchasing costs.

d$.$ What are the primary cost drivers between these results and the results you've determined in question $3.$

$8.$ Discuss the benefits your recommendations provide to Throx as they move forward and the considerations and potential issues with the implementation for each of your recommendations: FY$2023$ forecast, EOQ &ROP, Supplier, Transportation $,$ and Location. What changes or resources would be necessary to implement them, and what decisions might create challenges and require additional leadership attention? Write a few sentences on each recommendation.Overview of the Case Analysis

We have discussed many concepts in SCM $301$ related to planning, sourcing, making and delivering

products and services. The purpose of this case analysis is to integrate relevant elements of the course

and to apply tools you have learned to help evaluate supply chain performance.

Consider yourself a summer intern and your assignment is to put what you learned in SCM $301$ to good

use helping the Throx company evaluate its current supply chain practices. You are tasked with

evaluating the company's recent performance and making decisions and recommending changes to

improve supply chain performance. The questions that you are required to answer are included in the

second half of this document.

Company Background Information

Throx sells higher$-$end custom$-$design socks in three$-$sock sets $($rather than the customary two sets$).$

The company operates from a small packaging and distribution facility in Richmond, CA from which it

ships product to customers. Given the company's location and focus, $97\%$ of sales are in California,

primarily in the major urban areas of the San Francisco bay area, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and last but

not least San Diego. The company sells exclusively via online sales, at an average price of $$\frac{20}{?}$ three$-$

sock set, plus shipping costs charged to the customer.

The company currently orders its product from the Chinese sock manufacturer Zhejiang Datang Hosiery

Group Co$.,$ Ltd in so$-$called "Sock City." Socks are transported from the factory via truck to the port of

Shanghai, from where they are shipped to the port at LA$-$Long Beach via ocean freight. Once offloaded

at the port of LA$-$Long Beach, the socks are then shipped via truck to the Richmond facility. On average,

shipping time from the manufacturer to the Richmond facility takes $4$ weeks. In addition to the transit

time required for shipment, the lead time from when an order is placed with the manufacturer to when

it is shipped from Zhejiang is $3$ weeks. So$,$ the total lead time is considered to be $7$ weeks from when

Throx places an order until it reaches the Richmond facility. Historically, the standard deviation of total

lead time has been $1\mathrm{.}5$ weeks.Overview of the Case Analysis

We have discussed many concepts in SCM $301$ related to planning, sourcing, making and delivering

products and services. The purpose of this case analysis is to integrate relevant elements of the course

and to apply tools you have learned to help evaluate supply chain performance.

Consider yourself a summer intern and your assignment is to put what you learned in SCM $301$ to good

use helping the Throx company evaluate its current supply chain practices. You are tasked with

evaluating the company's recent performance and making decisions and recommending changes to

improve supply chain performance. The questions that you are required to answer are included in the

second half of this document.

Company Background Information

Throx sells higher$-$end custom$-$design socks in three$-$sock sets $($rather than the customary two sets$).$

The company operates from a small packaging and distribution facility in Richmond, CA from which it

ships product to customers. Given the company's location and focus, $97\%$ of sales are in California,

primarily in the major urban areas of the San Francisco bay area, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and last but

not least San Diego. The company sells e