UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL PUNJAB

FALL 2020

SPRING 2021
Course Title: Transportation & Distribution Planning
Course Code: MGMT 4673

Assignment No. 2

Name of Course Instructor: Sayda Uzma Tahira

Section: A Program: BBA Date: 15th April, 2021

Submission Date: 22nd April, 2021 Maximum Marks: 10

Program Objective: PO4 Course Objective: CO3 Course Learning Outcome: CLO3

Instructions:
 This is a group assignment
 The assignment must be a typed document of at least three to five pages excluding title
page and references
 The document must contain a title page, main text and references
 The formatting must be as Times New Roman, font Size12, line spacing 1.5, all justified
header footer 0.5 each
 Headings must be bold with font size14
 Marks will be deducted for late submission and poor formatting.
 Zero marks will be awarded in case of cheating or copy paste.
Assignment Topic & Details:
Assignment Topic: Logistics Infrastructure and Transportation
Detail: Answer the following questions.
1) Compare the transportation and inventory costs for an online business such as Amazon
and a bricks and mortar retailer such as Al Fatah when selling kitchen utensils.
2) Do you expect aggregation of inventory at one location to be more effective when a
company such as Dell sells computers or when a company such as Amazon sells books?
Explain by considering transportation and inventory costs.

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