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INTL-729 Principles of Freight Forwarding - Centennial College

Project - Global Logistics & Principles of Freight Forwarding courses

Scenario

You are a graduate from International Business Management at Centennial College. You worked hard, have had many important learning experiences, and are confident that you can achieve great things in your career. You are a recent hire in a medium size Canadian trading company.

Your former Professor, the Director of Global Sourcing and Importing for an overseas company, is looking to export a product to another country. The company is expanding their international trade by finding new sources of foreign products. They are considering Canadian products and would like you to structure one of the opportunities.

In order to convince the company's Management Team that you are a suitable business partner and capable of handling the task, your team will submit and presenta Business Report.

Selecting a Group
Your team accepts the challenge.
• Browse the Groups for available product-country possibilities (see Communications>Groups). Consider that your Professor's company is in the listed country and your group will export the given product.
• Choose the available Group/product/country combination and assemble your team (if you have not already). Make sure you enroll in an available Group(Communications>Groups>View Available Groups>Join Group - see below).

Business Report
The quality of the Business Report and your personal contribution will affect your final grade. Include the evidence of your research journey in your report.
Research
• Select mode(s) of transportation
• Identify a route and alternative
• Gather all related shipment costs up to delivery
• Calculate the final export price for two different Incoterms® (EXW and DAP)
• Gather all required documents for the shipment
Business Report
• Report cover
• Executive summary (1-2 pages)
• Table of contents
• Introduction andpurpose
• CREEEPSS Analysis
• Competitive analysis
• Indicate routing and lead times
• Flowchart depicting movement from seller's warehouse to the point of delivery
• Recommendations
• Conclusions
• APA references
Appendix(supporting documents)
• Commercial proposal
• Prepare typical commercial and documentation documents (i.e., Commercial Invoice, Certificate of Origin, Quote/Purchase Order, Letter of Credit, Bill of Lading, Airway Bill, Cargo Manifest)
• Letter of introduction
• Sources - Description of contacts and sources

Presentation
Use the presentation to sell the ideas and findings from your Business Report to the importing company's management team. Your presentation should be clear, concise, and convincing. Use PowerPoint with voice over and visuals to engage the management team and support your pitch. The PowerPoint presentation should include no more thantwo slides for each function and should be under 10 minutes in length.

Attachment:- Capstone Project.rar