...that is densely populated and among one of the world’s major commercial, financial, and cultural centers. So many things to learn, see, and appreciate are found in this beautiful city. One place I would visit is New york, NY, because of its transportation, Manhattan, and places to acquire goods. First, New York’s transportation is truly admirable, due to its efforts, and well organization. A form of transportation in New York is the famous Subway trains, due to the majority of New Yorkers that use this form of transportation. These subway trains are various, leading to every direction. The connections, the information, everything is well planned so you know exactly when to pick up certain train, and where to get off of the underground form of transportation. The public transport of buses is on the streets, not underground like the subway trains. Buses are often used as connectors to the trains, due to some people needing to get to a train that is blocks away, or if the route of a train does not allow you to get close enough to your destination, then buses will take you there. It is perfectly timed that you are able to calmly leave the subway station, and get to your bus that will take you anywhere. Then the private transportation, as I love to call it, is what in New York are taxis, ubers, and...
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...Transportation in Malaysia INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to define the transportation system and its assets in Malaysia providing a brief history of the country’s transportation and examine the different means through which passengers and goods are moved from one place to another with emphasis on technology development and its overall impact on transportation. The paper will also explore the Malaysian culture looking at the origin of multiculturalism and how its broad acceptance has contributed to a better atmosphere of harmony resulting into a peaceful practice of desired religions. Further, the paper will analyze the role of government in the area of education, and the impact of technology on Malaysian culture in general. Finally, the paper will describe the moral and ethical issues associated with technology and how Malaysia addresses them. History of Malaysia’s transportation system The gateway to any society is better transportation and Malaysia is a country that has been improving on its transportation beginnings. Understanding the definition of the transportation system will provide clarity of the different system designs, structures, and capabilities set in place to meet specific transportation needs of the Malaysian people whether it is by land, air, and water. Asianinfo.org states “Malaysia’s road system, which was begun during British colonization, is extensive and covers about 63,455km.” The road systems length spans 39,429...
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...maintaining a global relationship with cultures and the people circulated within this climate, then containerisation is one of the core rationales behind the robust interaction between different nations and thus facilitated globalisation (Levinson, 2006). The aim of this discussion is to present the nature of containerisation and how the innovative use of containers transformed overtime. This case study will draw up real world examples on logistics on a global scale. The latter half of this discussion will explore the advantages of using containers to transport goods via sea, road and rail. Containerisation Containerisation is an inter-modal system which has been used over half a century to transport the universal cargo and non-bulk products in containers which are reinforced steel boxes (ECMT, 2005). The ease of using containers allows the flexibility to use a multi-modal system to transport the containers through road, rail, sea and air (Lowe, 2005). These containers are regulated by the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) body which sets the foundation to ensure the containers are eligible to be loaded and conserved unharmed onto container ships, railroad cars, planes and trucks. Containerisation has revolutionised the logistic industry in imports and exports, in transportation of goods to a degree that it has diminished costs to an insignificant point in the twentieth century. One of the justifications for this inter-modal system was to expand storage...
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...the companies for the purpose of increasing the branding and product relationships with their customers. Depending on the availability of brand elements, the companies categorize their products for representing their brands in the market. Within this study, five different industry sectors with each example company will be taken into consideration where researcher has conducted a hierarchical analysis for those company brands and products. On the other hand, the study even explores the information about the classes, categories, forms and brands of every company. A critical competitor analysis for those company brands will be carried out and finally the study draws a conclusion about their core competencies Hierarchical Analysis SECTOR1: CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY- RETAIL SECTOR- WALMART For the consumer discretionary industry the retail sector has been selected where again the world’s popular retailer company called Wal-Mart was selected as Example Company. According to the report of Wal-Mart (2011), Wal-mart is one of the world’s famous retailer companies which is based in USA that offers wider range of consumer products and goods to the customers across the world. Wal-Mart has different products range which has substitute product offerings like grocery products, consumer goods, electronics, clothing and generic products etc. Wal-Mart has its business operations in more than 200 countries which offers many popular brands and products. Classes of...
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...Transportation Model 1 Transportation Problems • Transportation Problem – A distribution-type problem in which supplies of goods that are held at various locations are to be distributed to other receiving locations. – The solution of a transportation problem will indicate to a manager the quantities and costs of various routes and the resulting minimum cost. – Used to compare location alternatives in deciding where to locate factories and warehouses to achieve the minimum cost distribution configuration. – Some of the examples are: Shipment from factories to warehouses, Shipment between departments within a company, Shipment from warehouses to retailers 2 Formulating the Model • A transportation problem – Typically involves a set of sending locations, which are referred to as origins, and a set of receiving locations, which are referred to as destinations. – To develop a model of a transportation problem, it is necessary to have the following information: 1. Supply quantity (capacity) of each origin. 2. Demand quantity of each destination. 3. Unit transportation cost for each origin-destination route. 3 Transportation Model Example Harley’s Sand and Gravel Ltd. (Top soil Shipment) Problem: How many tons of Top soil to transport from each location (Farms) to each Project sites on a monthly basis in order to minimize the total cost of transportation ? Top soil can be supplied from 3 different locations Location Monthly Supply (in Tons) Farm A 100 Form B 200 Form C...
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...Can Travel Everywhere! (Transportation)Rationale: The unit on transportation helps the students to know the importance of different kinds of transportation because it is part of their everyday lives. The students have experienced at this point of age ridding a school bus, driven to school by car, travel on a vacation on a plane or a boat. At this point of age the students learn through play and providing hands-on activities will draw them in to play and learn.Grade Level:1 Subject: English Language Arts/ Social Studies | Language Component The teacher will explain and discuss the importance of different kinds of mode of transport. While explaining the importance the teacher talks about cars, truck, bus, and airplanes how it is useful in their daily lives. We will be reading about the different mode of transport and see how people depend on transportation to help them do their jobs and get around the community, state, country, and world. Also, visuals will be provided so that students can differentiate the different modes. Explain to students that people use different forms of transportation (such as a car, bus, ferry, or airplane) to get from place to place. People also depend on transportation to help them do their jobs. Discuss different examples together. Firefighters use fire engines, emergency medical technicians use ambulances, and letter carriers use mail trucks. Construction, public safety, and sanitation workers use a variety of different vehicles to help them,...
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...Immediately after someone dies, several things need to happen. First, a medical professional will need to fill out the Pronouncement of Death form. Then arrangements will have to be made to move the body from its place of death. Finally, a death registration form must be completed and filed with the county in which the person died. And, if the person dies out of state (away from their home) or out of the country there are additional steps that will need to be taken. Pronouncement of death and transportation Registration of the death and death certificates Death out of state Death out of the country Transporting ashes Pronouncement of death and transportation Arrangements will need to be made to transport the body to a mortuary, crematory or the coroner’s office unless there is going to be a home burial service. However, before the body can be moved anywhere, a medical professional will need to complete a Pronouncement of Death form. The date and time on the form will become the official time of death. If it appears that the death was not from natural causes, the Coroner’s office will be contacted to see if an autopsy needs to be done. If the death occurs in a hospital: Someone at the hospital will complete the Prouncement of Death form. Federal law requires the person completing the Pronouncement of Death form to notify the hospital’s organ procurement staff. The organ procurement staff will talk with the family about the opportunity to donate organs...
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...that is temporarily occupied by different people, travelling to different places. It is a public space that is part of our daily routine, and is a part of the city’s cultural geography that contributes to its expansion and growth. The following six reports can be used as a learning basis for the topic of the public transit metro system in Toronto as a cultural landscape. “Reviewing and assessing the Toronto metro system” by Sybil Derrible and “Toronto: A historical leader in transportation innovations” by Ron Stewart and Joanna Musters are two research reports that analyze the facts of the Toronto metro system and can be used to see how rapidly the public transit in Toronto has grown, along with the city. The next report by Christopher A. Kennedy, “A comparison of sustainability of public and private transportation systems”, further analyzes the impact of the metro system on Toronto and proposes that it is an important cultural landscape in urban sustainability. The next report, “Characterizing metro networks: state, form, and structure”, is written by both Sybil Derrible and Christopher A. Kennedy and can be used to understand the process behind building a metro system. This report views the metro system from a geographical viewpoint; it explains how demographics, location, and infrastructure have an effect on the location of a metro system. The report by Jane McMahan, “Subway performance: An excavation” looks at this topic from a different standpoint than the other authors;...
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...Introduction The Trucking industry in China provides road freight and cargo transportation services using trucks, cars, trailers and other road vehicles (ACMR,2). Trucking is a primary mode of overland freight, and it plays an important role in the whole area of transportation. As trucking is flexible, simple and convenient in freight, it has more advantages than by rail, air transportation for short distance transportation. 2. Analysis of trucking industry in China Since 1980s, China's economy has been developing rapidly, as well as the level of technology, which improved the network. With the commodity economy becoming increasingly active, inter-regional economic interaction and exchange of goods has become more frequent, and the average transportation distance also increased. The reform changed the planned economy and the dominance of state-owned transport enterprises in the transportation market situation. Market diversification has become more plentiful, in order to meet the new demands of the national economy in the trucking industry (Cheng, 94). Transportation market diversification and rapid development both contributed to providing goods vehicle loading, freight forwarders and shipping information emerged freight services. These services include traditional truckload, LTL and container, large bulky cargo, dangerous goods transport, and express transportation, social storage transportation services are also occasional established. The rapid development of the transport...
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...Hierarchical Analysis of Industries Classes, categories, forms, brands Product hierarchy is a term which defines the way a product is relative to other products in the same industry. It guides the path and process a consumer takes to determine the products we choose and we eventually purchase. To start off we look at a basic need that our ultimate choice serves. After we identify the need and determine which industry will satisfy it we are faced with decisions. Which class of products in that industry will deliver that type of product? The different classes all serve a need that is relative to each other but may not serve the specific need. This is where we identify which category of product we are looking for. Here we will find products that serve similar functions and may be marketed to the same customer groups. To further narrow down our choices we must then select a product form that may serve a specific function. This is where we find the exact product that fills the ultimate need. Finally we make our end choice by choosing the brand of that product that will purchase. The actual number of levels in the hierarchy depends on how much more detailed or defined the need is. For example if someone wants soap and their only need is to clean something generic, they wouldn’t dig deeper into the types of soap they are looking for rather than looking for a specific type of cleaning agent for granite counter tops for example. To further explain and give examples of how a...
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...Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. The Ten Step Strategic Marketing Process 2 3. The Strategic Marketing Plan 3 3.1. Scope 3 3.2. Space 4 3.3. Segmentation 5 3.4. Serve 10 3.5. Sense 12 3.6. SWOT 14 3.7. Select 16 3.8. Sizing 17 3.9. Stand 18 3.10. Seize 19 4. References 21 Introduction In this assignment, as part of the curriculum in the MBA program, I analyze the marketing plan of an organization to illustrate the existence of the ten steps in marketing planning. For this purpose I have selected the marketing plan prepared by Expeditors Lanka (Pvt) Ltd for launching of warehousing facility in Sri Lanka. The company is a fully owned subsidiary of Expeditors International of Washington Incorporation a publicly traded company in Washington Stock Exchange. Bothe these companies carrying on the business of global logistics solutions provider, helping their customers to improve their supply chain management. The holding company was incorporated in 1979, with only 5 branches worldwide. After having operated for 28 years, today the company has become an industry legend, with 226-branch network, strategically placed at major points covering all five continents in the globe, and employing over 10,000 professionals. This has been the competitive advantage Expeditors enjoy over most of its competitors in the global market place. The local company was incorporated in 1996, as one of the branches...
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...travel is one of the most frequently used forms of transportation within the United States and is supported by over 400 airports across the country. During this attack, terrorists utilized the weakened state of security in airports to fulfill one of our nation’s most devastating events. Due to these events security measures have increased dramatically over the last ten years to include new technology and security programs to reduce possible terrorist threats from boarding plans. I would like to understand if the correlation between the increased aviation security measures and the deterrence of terrorist utilizing this form of transportation in a terrorist plot. Understanding whether or not aviation security measures are effectively deterring terrorist threats could help shape the future of transportation security within the United States. If effective then some form of these security programs can then be applied to other forms of transportation such as railways or buses. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) states We use layers of security to ensure the security of the traveling public and the Nation's transportation system that include intelligence gathering and analysis, checking passenger manifests against watch lists, random canine team searches at airports, federal air marshals, federal flight deck officers and more security measures both visible and invisible to the public. Terrorist threats of every form continue to arise; therefore continually assessing...
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...solutions for their needs. However, often the technological developments are working in the benefit of humankind evolution, but in the detriment of the nature. High-speed rails are a model of such solutions, meant to improve humans’ lives. Their high speeds (between 200 and 431 km/hour), and their easy boarding (the time spent in boarding is less than 30 minutes, depending on the travelling class), transform the meaning of travelling, making it a real experience. Moreover, the high-speed rails lead to indirect benefits such as allowing the possibility to travel for business purposes, or to working relocation. On the other hand, indirectly, high-speed rails create negative outcomes: urban agglomerations because of this efficient transportation mode, automatically lead to people deserting the rural regions, for finding job in urban areas, and to discover another lifestyle. This also results in more urban pollution. The high speed rails are sources of pollution themselves, considering the resources and the technological processes used for constructing the infrastructure, for maintenance, for operating them, and of course, for their vehicles. This paper explores the advantages and disadvantages of...
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...Transportation and Infrastrucutre development in Eastern africa Transportation and Infrastrucutre development in Eastern africa Literature Review Business Communication Johns Hopkins University Professor Crain Mohammad Alam Malam6@gmail.com The Perfect Chalk factory LTD is a private limited company (LTD), located in Kigali, Rwanda. Currently in 83% of the inhabitants of Rwanda are without electricity, making traditional forms of teaching, like chalk and chalk board, the main form of learning for schools, and universities. The goal of founder and CEO, of Perfect Chalk, Jean Bosco Mugabe is to be able to provide affordable, high quality and locally made chalk to school in the greater Rwanda region. Jeans’ vision is to expand his business to the outer limits of Rwanda, and possibly into other parts of Africa. However, The Perfect Chalk Factory is currently suffering from limited growth opportunities due to the inability to efficiently transport products outside of a certain radius of operation. The reason for this limitation is the quality of vehicles available to the company, high transportation costs and the condition of the roads outside of the city. The question that is being presented is whether there are better forms of product transportation available to the Perfect Chalk Factory, or are they forced to limit the reach of their business to their current area of operation. Lowering the Cost of Transportation of Eastern Africa Teravaninthorn...
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...project 1: The use of electricity and magnetism in transportation Electricity is without out a doubt one of the greatest discoveries of human kind. We as human beings are forever in debt to Benjamin Franklin who discovered electricity. It is nearly impossible to imagine civilization without electricity. As anything in life, even if we literally use electricity for every aspect of our lives, it is easy to sometimes forget how much we are really depend on it for our survival in life. Electricity has been revolutionizing our our way of living since its inception. Now, when it comes to transportation by using electricity and magnetism, which is the focus of my essay, there is an exponential room to grow. In the near future, electricity and magnetism is going to revolutionize our transportation system radically. The most important issues facing our world in the future in regard to transportation is reducing the amount of emission caused by an ever increasing usage of transportation and our dependence on it. Not only emission is going to be the focal point of problems caused by transportation but also reducing the number of vehicles driven by people will be at the heart of our future struggles too. As historians and energy scientists noted dully, as societies advance more and more, they are going to use more concentrated forms of energy, for example, instead of gasoline they are going to use rocket fuel. In regard to transportation, cars are leading the way when it comes to electric...
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