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Question 1)

(i) Identify (name) two companies in the same sector (e.g., retail, transportation, fuel) operating in UAE with different competitive strategies. Explain their overall competitive strategies briefly

(ii) Briefly discuss how their logistics operations are designed to support their strategies. Discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of these choices.

Question 2)

Briefly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of investing in a WMS or TMS or both. What is your recommendation to the team?

Question 3)

(i) Populate the relevant data using your group number below.

(ii) Calculate a solution using the northwest-corner rule. Calculate the cost of this solution.

(iii) Calculate the solution using intuitive lowest cost method. Calculate the cost of this solution.

(iv) Using the solution in (iii), calculate improvement indices, iterate once. Can you achieve a better solution?

\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|r|} \hline & Dest. 1 & Dest. 2 & Dest. 3 & Dest. 4 & SUPPLY \\ \hline Origin 1 & 12 & 18 & 9 & 11 & 100 \\ \hline Origin 2 & 19 & 7 & 30 & 15 & 50+ group number \\ Origin 3 & 8 & 10 & 14 & 16 & 150 \\ \hline DEMAND & 60 & 100 & 80+ group number & 60 & \\ \hline \end{tabular}