the same case study format that was used in Team Project One, identify two different supply chains, originating in different countries, and compare them in terms of the beneficial and detrimental impacts that each have had (and are having) on countries, organizations, demographic groups, and the physical environments through which their supply chain (including all channels)

We will be using clothing Manufacturing between Bangladesh and USA and automotive manufacturing between Germany and China.

My question is if we should specify it with a particular company for each supply chain.

We will use GAP. Inc as our clothing company

For the automotive manufacturer I'm thinking Volkswagen

Something I put together with the plusses and minuses of both supply chains.. its not specific to any company:

Please see below;

THE COMPARISON OF INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY &

NINE DRAGONS PAPER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

Course Code and Title

TMGT 7400-01 Logistics within the Supply Chain

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY AND THE NINE DRAGON PAPERS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

The comparative analysis of the two companies will be covered on the following features: (a) profile of the companies, (b) comparative advantages, (c) products and services and (d) similarities and/or differences in the logistics channels to ensure time and place utility in meeting or not meeting customer's expectations.

1. PROFILE OF THE PAPER PRODUCING COMPANIES

• International Paper Company (IPC)

The International Paper company is the leading American paper producing company. It was established in 1989 and its headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, with more than 49,000 employees and a vision to be among the world's most successful, sustainable, and responsible companies. The company's mission to become an agent that seeks continually to improve people's lives, the planet, and the company's performance by transforming renewable resources into products people depend on every day. Its core values highlight Safety, Ethics, and Stewardship for everyone by ensuring compliance to the management principles of "doing the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons all the time. At the core of International Paper Company, sustainable forests, the environment, and people fall at the core(https://www.internationalpaper.com/company/about-international-paper).

• Nine Dragons Papers (Holdings) Limited

Nine Dragon Papers Holdings Limited is the largest paper manufacturing group worldwide in terms of production capacity, and a leading pulp and paper enterprise. Established in 1995, the company has its headquarters in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. In 2006, the company was enlisted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Group currently has a total annual design production capacity of approximately 18 million tons and approximately 20,000 employees. With a mission to use recovered paper for papermaking to protect the environment and create a greener and better future for mankind, Nine Dragon Holdings has the goal to become [and remain] the largest and the best recycled-based paper manufacturer in the world and the leader in environmentally friendly recycled-based premium quality paper manufacturing that receives the highest recognition from its employees, customers, shareholders and society. The company is committed to green paper manufacturing through the management philosophy of "No environmental management, no papermaking" to accomplish a sustainable environment and paper production in the medium and long term to benefit everyone(www.ndpaper.com/en/about/profile.php).

(b) COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES

• International Paper Company (IPC)

IP has Strong presence through strategic partnership rather than opening IP branches across the world. In just only 10 countries excluding the USA where it has facilities in 35 of the 52 states, it services the need of approximately 25,000 customers from its 250 facilities. The International Paper Company has strong domestic leadership in the paper industry.

• Nine Dragons Papers (Holdings) Limited

The Nine Dragons Papers (Holdings) limited have established itself to compete both dometic and globally. In China, the Nine Dragon Papers is locally situated in Dongguan, Taicang, Chongqing, Tianjin, Leshan, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Hebei Hubei and other developing regions to respond to the paper need of China. Beyond China, the Nine Dragons Paper Holding Limited also established presence in Vietnam and the ASEAN economic zone in 2017. A year later, the Nine Dragon acquired four pulp/paper mills in the U.S. (Rumford and Old Town Divisions in Maine; Biron Division in Wisconsin; Fairmont Division in West Virginia. In 2019, the Group acquired a pulp/paper mill in Bentong, Malaysia (producing recycled pulp) and has been on the move.

C. PRODUCTS & SERVICES

• International Paper Company (IPC)

Industrial Packaging & Global Cellulose Fibers: International Paper Company produces pulp and paper are concentrated to providing fiber-based packaging and pulp products. Its products are available for manufacturing packaging and global cellulose fibers in forms for corrugated packaging, pulps and specialty containerboard. All of its products are set to meet the domestic demand in the USA while targeting Europe, Middle East and Africa paper and pulp markets. It manufacturing packing products reach the e-commerce, food (including protein, fruits and vegetable packaging) and durable/non-durable packaging needs; while its global cellulose fibers provide absorbent hygiene products, paper grade and specialty from customers in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, cosmetics, foods, and beverage packing solutions.

• Nine Dragons Papers (Holdings) Limited

The Nine Dragon Papers (Holdings) Limited has a wide range of variety and specialized paper products that it offers to its clients. They include varieties of high-quality containerboards, multiple high-performance corrugated sheets and corrugated box products, insulating papers, gypsum board cover papers, and printing and writing papers. These products fall within twenty categories with many more specialized products.

D. LOGISTICS CHANNELS

• International Paper Company (IPC)

International Paper Company logistics are multi-faceted and complex across the world. While its term insinuate that all suppliers are treated in the same manner, supply chain could still be affected due to the local dynamics in each of the suppliers' country vis a vie their regions. International Paper Company encourages continual recruitment and openness to diverse supplier-based and relies on this diversity system to run its supply chain: from inputting materials, warehousing and packaging to the distribution and delivery of products to customers.

In North and south America, the logistics through production and packaging use trucking networks to distribute cellulose fibers, containerboard, corrugated packaging, and commercial recycling of paper products. In Asia, the distribution of pulp and kraft liner boards and other packaging materials and the procurement of equipment and materials for the company's global network are the key priorities. Asia is a strategically important market for the company and its supply chain. In Africa, the logistic is focused on supply absorbent hygiene, fruits & vegetables, food & beverages, e-commerce, and other packaging sectors.

• Nine Dragons Papers (Holdings) Limited

Nine Dragons Paper is engaged in the production and sale of a broad variety of quality packaging paperboard products, liner board, white top liner board, coated duplex board, high-performance corrugating medium, recycled writing, and printing papers, specialty, high-performance corrugated sheet and papers, high-performance corrugated box, and pulp, and providing one-stop packaging services for customers. With this, the company has nine paper manufacturing bases (Dongguan, Taicang, Chongqing, Tianjin, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Leshan, Hebei, Hubei) and eight packaging bases (Taicang, Dongguan, Tianjin, Chengdu, Shenyang, Zhangmutou, Quanzhou, Chongqing) in China, one paper manufacturing base in Vietnam, another pulp mill in Malaysia and four pulp and paper mills in the USA. The aggregate annual design production capacity of pulp and paper is over 18 million tons, and the aggregate annual design capacity of corrugated sheets and boxes is 1 billion sq.m.. Nine Dragons Paper also has energy cogeneration, warehouse, and logistics systems to support its production. The integration of these facilities provides cost savings and increases the Group's operational flexibility and control while enabling the Group to facilitate best practices in terms of environmental protection(http://www.ndpaper.com/en/business/overview.php).