Category: Logistics

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Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Section 8-4: Concepts in Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Interval Estimation of the Business Analytics: Data Analysis and Decision Making (8th edition) textbook.

You may find it helpful to review the video

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In this weeks reading, the text discusses different types of samples and their distributions, sampling errors, probabilities, and confidence intervals. Using Excel, complete the following problem. This is similar to Problem 33 in Chapter 8.

Problem: You have been assigned to determine whether more people prefer Coke or Pepsi. Assume that roughly half the population prefers Coke and half prefers Pepsi. How large a sample do you need to take to ensure that you can estimate, with 90% confidence, the proportion of people preferring Coke to within 5% of the actual value? Show all of your work.

In your Excel spreadsheet,

• Identify the sample size.
• Utilize Excel support tools.
• Present any equations utilized.

With respect to the transportation industry, provide several key points explaining the meaning and significance of the term “Intermodal.” Please view the 3 videos on the subject of “intermodal” transportation. Intermodal Freight- NS Voices: Intermodal- UP Double Stack Train- Warehousing- To be considered substantive, your reply should add significantly to the discussion by building on others’ comments, pointing out similarities or differences in your backgrounds or course expectations, etc. One or two sentence responses such as “Hi, welcome to the course!” or “I feel the same way” are not acceptable.

Grading CategoryPoint Val. Your PointsPaper meets the specified pages or word length, demonstrates thorough understanding of the reading assignment, reflects critical thought, and relates to course content and/or industry applications.

Length required _ 5-7 pages____, __ pages___ turned in.

20

Ideas and concepts are supported through resources and/or personal experiences. Work exhibits truthful and verifiable statements and mathematical formulae and derivations used where applicable.40

Posts are free of writing errors (syntax, grammar, etc.)

Try to avoid using needless fillers i.e. that. I did not count those as errors this time. Also, free of APA format errors.

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Question 1. Todays urban transportation planning process is being impacted by the Presidents Stimulus Plan. High speed rail is one such option to congestion along the highways of urban areas. These projects have two sides to them. There are those who support high speed rail and those who do not support high speed rail. You have been chosen to not support the Stimulus Plan for use of high speed rail to ease congestion. Your task is to help decision makers make up their minds. So, you are now on the opposing side. Discuss how this Stimulus Plan for high speed rail will not work. You can use any reference. But, you must also present your opinion based on facts and data, not just because you dont like it. You will have to provide evidence to back up what you believe is a bad idea. (25 points)

question 2.

Most (97 percent) roads and streets in the United States are under the jurisdiction of State and local governments. The Federal jurisdiction is mainly limited to National Parks, National Forests, and other government-owned land. Discuss what issues and problems might be common between the Federal jurisdiction and the State and Local governments, and what issues and problems might be unique to the Federal government compared to the State and local governments. List the common and unique attributes and provide a brief explanation to support your choice. Use references in APA format and also offer your own opinion on what you think of these issues and problems. (25 points)

question 3.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect on January 1, 1994. This sweeping agreement is designed to open the borders separating Canada, Mexico, and the United States to the free exchange of goods and services. There are many pros and cons of NAFTA that have emerged since 1994. The future of NAFTA is in the wind these days. It may fail or succeed for the next ten years. You job is to help Congress and other decision makers to decide what course of action they should take regarding NAFTAs future. You are to take the side that NAFTA is a bad business investment; you are to represent the con side of the argument. So, discuss why you would defeat or destroy NAFTA or morph it from its current state to some other new state. (25 points)

question 4.

In early 1990s with a second wave of low-cost carriers (LCCs), which led to the second period of strong traffic growth from early 1993 through early 2000, Southwest Airlines arguably provided the blueprint for U.S. Between 2006 and 2009 a fuel crisis happened and a recession for business and the transportation industry. What is the impact today on LCCs in order to be competitive in this economy coming on the heels of this recession? (25 points)

Refer to the resources listed in the week one discussion.

This week the objective is to gain an understanding of reverse logistics and compare the challenges in reverse logistics that differentiate the process from forward logistics.

Perform research using the library and professional organizations (APICS, Center for Supply Chain Management, CSCMP) and Institute for Supply Management (ISM). Create a two-page essay integrating multiple authors’ opinions on the importance of investing in reverse logistics. Consider the objective of business (to make a profit) and provide examples of various ways value is attained with efficient reverse logistics strategies.

APA GUIDELINES

Submission 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.

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Individual Assignment Instructions:

For the individual assignment, create an “integration essay” addressing the concepts related to reverse logistics and/or OEM reverse logistics. To accomplish integration, locate multiple articles from the library. They can be periodical magazine articles or journal articles. Compare and contrast the ideas of multiple authors. Brief summaries of the authors’ ideas are appropriate. However, most of the essay should match to the verbs in the Bloom’s Taxonomy diagram. Select the application and analyze a portion of the diagram to develop an acceptable master’s level essay. Notice the product content of the article.

Be sure to apply APA formatting and include scholarly articles to develop the essay discussion points.

For those who have not written an integrated essay or are not sure, here is a link that gives a good overview of what is expected:

Individual Assignment Resources:

Submission 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 of two-pages in length.

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

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see attached, i have included the prompt for background information, respond to each student individually.

see attached, i have included the prompt for background information. respond to each post individually

Create a three-to-five-page essay in APA format, using the current APA information in the library writing resources section. Your essay should include the following sections: an introduction, a summary of FAR Parts Six and Seven, a review of relevant library articles, integration of these sources, and a description of the process for obtaining competitive bids.

Resource:

• Read FAR Parts Six and Seven to understand the foundation for competitive bidding and acquisition planning.
• Select library articles that describe the importance of competitive bidding in government contract programs. Also, select articles that discuss the planning process for supporting competitive bidding.
• Integrate information from the FAR sections and library articles. Describe the process for obtaining competitive bids.
• Focus on discussing the formation of contracts, including the use of standard templates, compliance with federal regulations, and the review of statements of work.

This week and next, your studies focus on using statistical regression to forecast future demand. Begin your studies in the Content section of the classroom by completing the reading and viewing assignments. As was the case last week, do not try to complete this homework assignment without understanding the concepts involved with forecasting using statistical regression. Once you have a good understanding of how regression works, download the attached Excel Template onto your computer. You will use this template for your assignment during the next two weeks (Weeks 6 and 7). Begin by opening the Excel File and read through the Scenario at the top of the page, then notice there are tabs at the bottom of the workbook that constitute your homework assignment. There are three different Task-groups for you to work on over the next two weeks. Next, take a look at each section in the Excel book and scroll down through the spreadsheet, you will notice in the far left column, there are several tasks for you to complete on each tab. Pace yourself and get some of the assignment done in the first week; it can be dangerous to leave all of this homework for week 7. Next, hyperlinked directly below are several YouTube videos that will aid you in completing the assignment tasks. They are all short (under 10 minutes), so watch them all in succession before you start your homework. Then, as you start each Tab in the Excel Workbook, keep a copy of the appropriate video handy, each assignment almost exactly mirrors these videos; albeit with different scenarios.