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Supply Chain

The COVID-19 pandemic has put global supply chains under immense stress as companies strive to source materials for production and make inventory available for sale to their customers.

Write a Report on the impact of the global pandemic on global outsourcing. See specific Report requirements below.

Your Report should include a cover page listing the date, Report title, course number and name, instructor name, your name and student number.

i) Supplier relationships: For example (but not limited to), describe how the pandemic affects issues such as supplier selection and supplier relationship management.

ii) Incoterms: Assume your company is in Kitchener, Ontario Canada and you are importing a consumer product from Berlin, Germany. You do not require insurance from the vendor, and E and D terms are not available in this scenarioIn this section of your Report include the following information:

a) Which Incoterm would you try and negotiate for this transaction to minimize your costs?

b) Explain why you selected the Incoterm in the previous question, including the advantages and disadvantages.

iii) Transportation modes: Describe how the pandemic may have affected your choice of transportation modes in the scenario above if you were responsible for carrier selection and freight costs to Kitchener, Ontario Canada.

iv) Distribution logistics: Describe how the pandemic may have affected your distribution of customer orders with respect to order processing, inventory control and warehousing.

Attachment:- Supply Chain.rar