Group Assignment (15%)

For your Group Assignment, you will play the roles of a Freight Forwarder and a materials and distribution manager for Apotex Pharmaceuticals in Montreal. Your team is responsible for all transportation, distribution, materials, and purchasing for your firm.

Submit your completed assignment before the end of Module 12 on Sunday, 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time (EST).

Your role is the materials and distribution manager for Apotex Pharmaceuticals. You are responsible for all transportation, distribution, materials, and purchasing for that firm. Your freight forwarder is CGA Inc (Canadian Global Agents), and Apotex can take care of the delivery to CGA at the airport terminal using their own trucks.

Your companies have been hired to deliver the cargo to the civil war zone of Tigray, Ethiopia, supplying emergency pharmaceuticals to The Red Cross in that country. The United Nations has brokered a fragile peace plan, and the blockade of Tigray and risks to air traffic will be lifted for a one-week period. Your task is to take this opportunity to deliver 5.2 cubic meters of materials weighing 1.6 metric tonnes and having a value of $5,000,000.00. You are responsible for deciding all logistics necessary to deliver the goods to the hospital in Mikele (the Regional capital of Tigray).

You see there has been a recent atrocity and need to minimize risk and, as a result you need to do a complete international risk analysis Air Strike Kills Several in Tigray (Oct 28, 2021)

You have, so far, found the best two choices to get the cargo close to the destination, but you will need to recommend the best alternative. You must also research and describe the method of delivery to the final destination, from the selected airport (ASM or JIB) to Mikele.

Alternative 1	Alternative 2
Montreal - New York Eritrea Mikele (Express Truck via JFK) Freight rates: Montreal JFK by express truck, CAN $15.00/100 lb. JFK ASM: +500 kg - US $11.32/kg ASM Mikele	Montreal Paris Djibouti Mikele (Own consolidation to Paris, then your French agents consolidation to Djibouti) Freight rates: YUL CDG: +300 kg - CAN $3.66 CDG JIB: +500 kg - EUR 6.98 JIB - Mikele

Exchange rate: US $1.00 = CAN $1.25 EUR 1 = CAN $1.40

1. Calculate the chargeable weights and freight charges for both alternatives. (5 marks)

Target Completion Module 9

2. Use this risk assessment (above) and the calculated freight costs (above) to select the preferred option to Mikele. Describe the mode(s) and routes for the final delivery (from Djibouti or Eritrea) to Mikele. Outline the finalized complete route on appropriate maps (door to door). (3 marks) Target Completion Module 10