Perry P. (the logistics manager for theCompany PTP) is woken by a phone call in the middle of the night because one of theships carrying5 containers of light bulbs just sank after hitting some ice in the northern pacific ocean. The crew made it out alive in the new unsinkable life boats, and have been picked up by the Coast Guard. Use the facts set out in the assignment in Lesson 7 - Inventory. Talk about therisks that this points out. Talk about costs involved and by whom and how they are incurred. What kinds of reaction plans would you try to put in place after the fact, and what strategies would have helped before?

 

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The incident of the ship sinking in the northern Pacific Ocean raises several risks and costs for the logistics manager Perry P and theCompany PTP Lets discuss these risks and costs and explore the re... View the full answer