1. Queenie has a very challenging task ahead of her. As stated, she didn€™t use any selection system for the first six ports except that she secured a contract with a client and then built that into a foothold in that port. Queenie wants a more effective selection system moving forward. Her first criterion is still TEU and she plans to weight it at 30% on a scale of 0-100%. No two criterion can have the same weighting; Queenie wants some sort of distinction between each one. What is your recommendation for weighting the other criteria? Why did you weight each one as you did? Explain the logic of your weighting factors.

2. Ms. Quigley wants to expand her business into Africa. Based on her initial analysis there are no ports large enough in many African countries to make them viable by themselves. However, transporting goods from another port to African ports would be a sound business move. Ms. Quigley had her staff provide a list of five ports that could be used to serve Africa. Using the recommendation you provided Queenie for the weighting-factor model and the chart below select the best port for Quigley Global Transportation.

3. Review the locations of the ports listed in question two (using the World Fact Book³ can help). Keeping the TEU as criterion number 1, which of the other criteria would you change to enhance the selection process? Think in terms of the African question. What factors would be better criteria from a business and supply chain perspective? Explain your reasoning.

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Ease of GDP Getting Enforcing Credit? Port growth doing business?| by Contract? by Ranking Country by TEU! by (1=best) by Country Country Country- Country 2016 United Arab Emirates 44 28 2.3% 101 25 Sri Lanka 116 28 110 5.0% 118 Saudi Arabia 147 105 36 1.2% 82 Malta 139 49 132 4.1% 58 Spain 3.1% 33 85 62 29