Coursework 1: Individual poster with individual reflection

Recently Cocoa Development Company (CDC) had receive a large order from a new client in the USA, who wanted to stock Cocoa products for production and redistribution. Unfortunately, CDC was not able to meet the demand due to not having enough packaging in the form of Cocoa Sacks. CDC always tried to keep its stock costs as low as possible and the lead time of the packaging was such that even if CDC managed to get the Cocoa Beans, they would not be able to get them shipped in time to meet the orders received. CDC, viewed this transaction as key to its Global distribution operations and survival and its failure raised some key operational issues. You have been appointed as the Global Logistics Director and has been tasked by the CEO to present a report on how to remedy these issues by answering the following questions prepared by the board. Use an appropriate academic research papers, case studies, professional or academic journals to create a one-page poster that illustrates an application of the key concepts needed to improve the global distribution network for CDC products.

Use CDC product to identify important features of their global distribution network by answering the following questions:

i. Design an appropriate global distribution network for CDC products which considers physical characteristics. Justify the location of any appropriate logistics assets and modes used. ii. Critically assess the different types of terminal assets utilised by the various modes in your global distribution network iii. Summarise the operational activities between the various multi modal transport assets such as trains, ships, road vehicles with terminal assets and warehouses within your designed distribution network. iv. Validate the effect of geography, availability of transport and terminal assets on the choices of logistics services that can be provided with your designed distribution network. v. Write a one-sided page hand out word document explaining your posters key design elements and how it answers the questions posed above. vi. Create a separate page for referencing, citations used in the application of the key concepts as well as the clarity and justification of ideas presented in the poster.