Management Answers

Logistics operations can be improved by optimizing aspects of the supply chain, including materials management, order fulfilment, and shipping.

It is important for the logistics team to be aware of the negative aspects of this technique that could affect the company’s operation effectiveness not only concentrating on just the brighter side for instance: high cost of transportation, greater length of supply-lead-time which results to supplies interruption or supply chain disruption and the effect of political weather or climate change resulting to likelihood of setbacks of product delivery.

With this regard,

3.2 Explain the role of Direct Product Profitability (DPP) in managing logistical costs

Logistics operations can be improved by optimizing aspects of the supply chain, including materials management, order fulfilment, and shipping.

It is important for the logistics team to be aware of the negative aspects of this technique that could affect the company’s operation effectiveness not only concentrating on just the brighter side for instance: high cost of transportation, greater length of supply-lead-time which results to supplies interruption or supply chain disruption and the effect of political weather or climate change resulting to likelihood of setbacks of product delivery.

With this regard,

3.1 Discuss the relationship between Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) and distribution requirements planning (DRP) in relation to the logistics function.

Understanding customer needs is essential in product-focused industries. Being able to predict customer demand will result in fulfilling orders with short lead times on time. This will also have the effect of increasing trust between customer and supplier. With this regard,

2.2 Discuss how seasonality can affect a long-term forecast?

Understanding customer needs is essential in product-focused industries. Being able to predict customer demand will result in fulfilling orders with short lead times on time. This will also have the effect of increasing trust between customer and supplier. With this regard,

2.1 Describe the importance of demand forecasting for effective logistics

management?

Discuss the financial impact of logistics in today’s businesses?

Explain the role and influence of globalisation to the logistics function?

Mr. Ranveer Goswami, the current CEO retired from the organization and everyone bid

him a very emotional farewell. He was a people’s leader and the team was going to

certainly miss him. The young CEO Ms. Riya Talwar who was going to take his position

had a tall task ahead of her. She was eager to implement the ideas she had in mind to

expand the organization and was one focused leader, doing everything in her capacity to

lead the organization to greater success.

a. Ms. Riya did not get the welcome or support she expected from the team. Her plans were

not implemented with the same vigour that she had imagined? Which common

organizational pitfalls in leadership are described in this scenario? (5 Marks)

b. Correlating it to the above situation, explain how emotional intelligence would help the

new CEO get the support she expects from her employees?

Mr. Prakash wants to start up his venture. He has no idea about the investment stages, which forms the building block for the start-up business and hence seeks help from his financial advisor Mr. Sharma. Discuss the three stages of venture capital financing to Mr. Prakash

Vishal has recently joined an Executive MBA program from a reputed college. As a part of his assignment, his he is asked to prepare an assignment to understand how Cash Reserve ratio (CRR) is used as a credit control tool by RBI and Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) is used in Lowering Country’s Inflation. Help Vishal to prepare his assignment

Give a critical account of mergers and acquisitions for corporation in the context of the above case study.you are required to cite appropriate example