Assignment
Develop a Port Improvement Plan (PIP) Presentation for a port of your choice. Do not include any secure, confidential or private information in your plan. Your PIP should include background about the port, its products and services, markets, and strategies (e.g., green port). Also describe its current freight flows and future freight flows after implementation of one or more of your recommended improvement projects would be executed. Use a multi-year planning horizon.
Length: Minimum of 20 slides.
i. Background information about the port: industry classification; markets, location, # of employees, products & services, suppliers, other pertinent information
ii. What are the port's strategic goals?
iii. What are the strengths of the port?
iv. What are the weaknesses of the port?
v. What metrics does the port utilize?
vi. What improvement initiatives and innovations has it implemented?
vii. What improvement initiatives and innovations should it consider?
viii. What should be the next step be to improve the port?
ix. Provide data from the case to support your conclusions as necessary. Compare your supply chain to an exemplar, standard, benchmark, or best practice.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.