Category: Logistics

This week describe your dream job. Where would it be, what would you do, and describe how you make decisions in a socially responsible manner. Be specific and reference this weeks content section in your response.

Instructions Week 1 Assignment Course Objectives: Produce a career development plan using APUS resources, services, and networking opportunities. Conduct a career search for a position of choice or search other postgraduate choices to share in the forum. Argue the importance of civic and social responsibility as it applies to student’s discipline or career choice. Prompt: Create a presentation that covers the following in detail: 3-5-7 year plan for your career development–give a timeline of your goals–be sure they are S.M.A.R.T goals! S.M.A.R.T goals are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. See more details about S.M.A.R.T goals. Needs/Plans for further learning/professional development–what do you anticipate needing and how will you acquire it? Incorporation of service/giving back in your future career aspirations-provide argument for why this is/is not important to your career plans Instructions: Your design should be aesthetically pleasing, easy to read and should not include too much text/data on the slides themselves. Be sure to include additional information the “Notes” section of the slides to support your recommendations and elaborate on your suggestions. Your “Notes” should support your recommendations with references and citations from your readings and a minimum of five other sources such as career sites, Bureau of Labor Statistics, etc. Develop a PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of 8-10 slides. Your presentation should include a reference page on the final slide in APA format. Utilize the “Speaker Notes” section to expand upon the bullet points in your slides OR record a video of your presentation and include the link with your submission. Please note Wikipedia, Investopedia, and similar general websites are not credible academic references.

Discuss the criteria determining whether a company should source its materials and move its products via Air Freight versus via Sea Freight

LGS200-002 Students

Use the above link to access the list of cases for extra credit and signing up to brief one in class. (type your name next to the one you choose) You may receive 3 points ex. credit for these briefs. You should be ready to present your brief by the end of next week or after. You may search any case for the facts and issues on the internet, or some of them are in the textbook. You may sit in your seat in class to present your case.

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Rationale:

I signed up to do – Facebook v. Winklevoss (2011) Volume Section 2

Read FM 4-0 Chapter 1-33 through 1-52, 6-63, and 7-43. Upon completion of reading, find an article on contested logistics on open source. You can use a published article or published paper on the topic.

Post link your article in the Forum and discuss your article and how it relates to the military and Large Scale Combat Operations.

Complete a written paper.

Write a 2-3 page paper on a transportation topic from chapter 6 or 7 of the Elger text.

You will write an outline that organizes your paper and includes an introduction and a conclusion. This is a separate deliverable and is intended to assist students in writing outlines and organization.

The paper should demonstrate your understanding of the transportation topic and should follow this format (you must use APA headings to mark each section below or points will be deducted):

• Introduction
• Background
• The pros to your concept (bring in outside source)
• The opposing points of view (bring in outside source)
• Conclusion
• Include a cover page and list of References

This midterm paper must be in APA format, double spaced (no extra space between paragraphs) using 12-point font and include at least three references.

Create a page essay, excluding title and reference pages, in APA format, using the current APA information in the library writing resources section. Include the following sections: an introduction, a summary of FAR Part Fourteen, a review of relevant library articles, integration of these sources, and a description of sealed bids described in FAR Part Fourteen.

Resource:

• Read FAR section Part 14 for an understanding of the sealed bid process in federal government contracting.
• Select library articles that describe the reasons for selecting each contract type used in government contract programs.
• Integrate information from the FAR sections and library articles. Describe the process for administering a sealed bid contract type.

For this research paper, choose a specific company and discuss the reasons why their products are recalled. Companies such as Toyota, Odwalla, Johnson & Johnson, Ford, and General Electric are all excellent examples of ones to research. You should study the business as well as look to see what kind of recalls they have had in the past. You should discuss how the company has handled all aspects of the recall, such as how does it handle the marketing of the recall, what the company does to protect the brand, and what the company does to prevent a similar situation in the future.

Instructions

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.

APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting.

Length of paper: typed, double-spaced pages with no less than a seven-page paper.

Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Week 3 – Assignment: Customer satisfaction Issues with reverse logistics operations. Hide Assignment Information TurnitinTM TurnitinTM enabledThis assignment will be submitted to TurnitinTM. Instructions Assignment Directions: Your essay explores and analyzes the factors affecting customer satisfaction in reverse logistics operations, focusing on different types of customers and their purchasing and returns behavior. Explain the relevance of customer satisfaction in reverse logistics. Describe a research design and methodology you would use to confirm customer satisfaction. Explain how you would collect data (e.g., surveys, interviews, case studies). Finally, discuss the sampling method and the types of customers you might use with a focus on Customer 1, Customer 2, etc. This assignment is to use the textbook Going Circular and current references published this year and maybe last year. Read Chapter 4, Understanding Purchasing and Return Behavior. Your other sources may include any news or research video as well as published articles or sources that relate to how customer service is being handled today. This paper is to be based on retail customer service experience. The format for the paper should have the following headings: Title Page (This is separate from the rest of the paper and the first page.) Abstract Introduction Research Conclusions Personal Experience References (This is separate from the rest of the paper and the final page.) The last paragraph of your paper should contain at least two sentences regarding your personal viewpoint of what you have discovered in your research. The heading for this final paragraph is to be Personal Experience. As a good writing hint, do not use the personal pronoun I in this last part or any part of this paper. For example, do not write, I found that my experience with Amazon had a time window for returns unlike the research findings. Instead, write something like, Personal experience indicated that the time window was too short for returns unlike the research findings. Good writing keeps the I out of the essay. Submission Instructions: This 2-page Word document to only includes the following as the main body of the paper: Introduction Research Findings Conclusions Personal Experience Be sure to review the following prior to submitting your assignment: Academic Integrity Guidelines [content page] Assignment Rubric If you do not see the rubric, in the blue horizontal navigation bar select Course Tools, then Assignments. Select the appropriate assignment, and the rubric will be located near the bottom of the page. This assignment aligns with the following: Course Objective 3 [content page] Lesson Objective 3.1, 3.2 [content page] Resources & Supports Office 365 [webpage]: You have free access as an APUS student. Sign in with your MyCampus Email credentials. Submitting and Confirming a Submission : Watch this 3-minute video if you need guidance on submitting your assignment.