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Write your own personal statement.

1. Describe how you feel you improved your knowledge, skills, abilities, and yourself in this class.

During the course of eight weeks, I have learned invaluable economic principles and the relationship of transportation economics focused on transportation tools that drive overall supply chain operations.  Some of those tools include successful business models, Advanced Planning and Scheduling System (APS), types of containers, tax strategies, etc. Each tool explained the relationship and its impact to the transportation economics. They were critical pieces of information for me to grasp the concept of transportation economics which helped me further understand each processes as pieces of puzzle and the assignments on case studies helped me to think in depth by identifying and evaluating the problem and suggesting possible solutions to the problem.

2. Evaluate the work you did during this class and explain ways you could have performed better.

In one of the business models we have researched, I have found interesting countermeasures of Push and Pull because of their characteristics and benefits that leads to company's success. In the post on the agenda, I have used United States Air Force (USAF) as an example of a successful organization amongst the other supply chain private sector companies specialized in the concept of Push only. I would like to take this time to re-address that the USAF supply chain operations specialize in both Push and Pull. I think I was trying to emphasize our mission to increase stockage effectiveness to reduce urgent backorder requisitions affecting mission downtime. However, USAF specializes in both Push and Pull to meet the mission agendas and I apologize on providing misinformation of our supply chain operations business model.

3. Assess the course objectives you still do not understand and suggest how to improve the course to meet those objectives.

I understood the course objectives as the resources helped me understand better. Through the course, I have learned a lot in the economic side of logistics. They were eye-opening learning experience as I did not know what to expect when I signed up for the course. I was expecting agendas on effective measures of each transportation modes and go in depth into details in comparison. However, the course took me on new perspectives on basic economics measures in logistics which I greatly appreciate because it was what I wanted to learn about.

4. List ways you might measure the future effects of what you have learned in this course or your future progress/improvement.

I measure the future effects of what I learned in the course by relating objectives in my current job in the Air Force. As I have explained above, I like to compare and implement what I have learned in my classes to my job because I can relate better to the objectives of each course. Furthermore, I can practice the concepts which help me absorb knowledge and information better. 

Thank you all for your inputs because I have learned a lot from different perspectives and Professor Reeves' help was vital on getting through the past eight weeks. I wish you all the best in future endeavors.