Operations Management

Provide a written paper discussing the questions below:

1.What are some of the factors that a logistics manager, or operations manager, or freight forwarder must consider in choosing to move freight from Asia into the U.S. or from Europe into the U.S. transportation systems?

2.What are some of the main characteristics the distribution of non-food goods purchased online have? How would you, as a retail logistics manager, overcome some of the challenges that you may face?

Note: Read Chapter 10 of book 2 and view the video below
http://www.youtube.com/v/ZbPMaxNl3J4?fs=1&hl=en_US

3. If there were a foreign country that you think we could use as a model to improve transportation infrastructure in the U.S., what country/countries would our model come from? Discuss the main qualities that would be adopted for transportation in the US (must be at least 250 words)



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