Assignment
Please respond in approximately 250 words for each question.
o Discuss how population can be viewed as both a market for goods and a source of labor. What are maquiladoras? Why has there been a resurgence in maquiladoras in recent years?
o Explain how the location decision process involves several layers of screening or focus. How have cost considerations influenced facility location decisions?
o What are industry clusters, and what are some of their potential advantages? What is a free trade zone? What functions might be performed in it?
o List several environmental regulations and describe their impact on transportation. Pick three modes of transportation, name the federal agency responsible for safety regulation for each of the modes you've picked, and provide a safety-related role or responsibility for each mode.
o How do truckload operations differ from less-than-truck-load operations? What are freight forwarders? How do they function? What services do they perform?
o Why is transportation important to a firm's supply chain operations? Why is it important to know about the characteristics of a country's transportation infrastructure?
o Describe the potential tension that might exist between shippers and carriers with respect to a product's freight classification. What are the three primary factors that determine transportation rates? Distinguish between a commodity rate and a class rate.
o Discuss some of the basic functions performed by the bill of lading. Distinguish between the straight bill of lading and the order bill of lading. What is a freight bill? Why should each freight bill be audited?