There are two challenges facing Joseph Wang $($and his team$),$ the newly appointed head of BOTH supply chain and distribution for the JV$.$

For the JV$,$ certain components which are proprietary and $/$ or sophisticated, will be produced in Canada and sent to the factory in China from Canparts. These have transit times of about $4$ weeks, excluding production. Inventories are not big as they tend to be tech parts.

The JV does not have its own warehouse system in China and does not yet have global distribution. The local partner of Canparts has a fully fledged distribution structure in China.

What are the options available to Joseph?

As key members of Joe$$s team, he has asked you to sketch out the options for ensuring constant supply of the Canadian components and to lay out options for the global distribution for the JV including getting product to customers across China $$ as a first step China$$s distribution is critical.