Company on which report should be is ACFS - Australian container and freight services
Students will need to analyse the company's "ACFS - Australian container and freight services" current logistics management related to a current issue facing logistics management in Australia today. Following the analysis students will need to propose supported recommendations for the company to manage the issue(s).
The analysis and recommendations are to be presented in a 2500 word report.
Research Requirements:
To support the analysis and recommendations, students need to use a minimum of eight (8) academic journal articles plus the text supporting the identification of problems and proposals / recommendations to resolve the problems (better marks will be awarded for more than 8).
Topics which you MUST cover in your report are-
• Financial Management/ Measuring & Managing Performance
• Vulnerability, Risk, Robustness & Resilience/ Sustainable systems
• Reverse / Service
• Emerging Designs
Also you must provide at least 1 paragraph about the company's new plan in which they are making 3 new hubs in Sydney, Australia so that high traffic of trucks in Sydney could be reduced. In these plan trains can take containers to new hubs and trucks can pick containers from 3 different locations, resulting in reduce in traffic. In this paragraph you can mention other advantages of these 3 hubs as well.
Presentation: 2000 - 2500 word response - word count applies to content only, not title page, table of contents and reference list.
Responses should include relevant logistics management theories - referenced and their application explained - do not just quote or paraphrase the theory
Short report format - title page, introduction, suitable headings & subheadings, recommendations, reference list - use Harvard (Anglia) referencing style.