The Logistics Industry

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The Logistics Industry
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Global transport
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Global business
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Global employer
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Transportation
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Specialised transport
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MP3 players
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Transporting MP3 players
Packaged MP3 players
MP3s boxed up on pallet
MP3 boxes in container
MP3s in warehouse
MP3s aboard ship at sea
MP3s en route to warehouse
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Journey of an MP3 player
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Logistics in Action

• WHAT is going to happen today
• As teams you are going to
• set up your own logistics company,
• and try to win a contract from Megastore World
  Music, to transport MP3 players by air and sea
  from China to the UK.

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Logistics in Action

• Enterprise groups
• Create your own company.
• Select which logistics job role suits you best.
• Read the Megastore pack it tells you what to
  do.
• Read your information pack - it gives you the
  information to do the work.
• Find the best routes for transporting MP3 players
  and record your answers in the Route Planning
  form.
• Use the Route Planning form to select your best
  air and sea routes.
• Enter your final routes on Megastores Tender
  form and hand it in to WIN THE CONTRACT.
• All against the clock .

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Logistics in Action

• Journeys taken by MP3 players