...Assignment On Small Business Financial Survey Course Name: Strategic Marketing Course no. EMB620 (Sec-01) Course instructor: Kazi Islam Prepared by- K.M.Yeer Hossain Date: 19th November, 2009 NSU, Dhaka 1. How relevant you found today's guest and discussion topics in relation to our class? Guest lecture is fully relevant to our like class. According to guest statement after analyzing market segments, customer interests, and the purchase process, it's time to create the strategic marketing plan. The strategic marketing plan document usually includes: Situational Analysis - Where is the company now? a. Market Characteristics [Low fixed line penetration due to lack of adequate Telecom Infrastructure] b. Key Success Factors[Network coverage and Quality, Products, Value Added Services, Innovation, Corporate Social Responsibilities, Distribution and reach] c. Competition and Product Comparisons[key Competitor’s experience, staying power, market position, strength, predictability and promotion activity] d. Technology Considerations[Technology Insight, GSM, GPRS, EDGE] e. Legal Environment [Government and BTRC Rules and Regulation] f. Social Environment [Village Based] g. Problems and Opportunities[Unmet demand, Declining prices of handsets and SIM cards] Marketing Objectives - Where does management want the company to go? a. Product Profile [Prepaid, Post Paid, Djuice, Xplore] b. Target Market [target people...
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...Kanan A. Jafarov Jlt, Cluster E, Global Lake View Tower, Flat No. 1307, Dubai 340581, UAE Mobile: | +97 1506 565 039 | Email: | kenan.jafarov@gmail.com | Professional Profile A dedicated and experienced business development professional with over 10 years’ management expertise within the Oil, Supply, Trade and Logistics industries. An enthusiastic and highly self-motivated individual who remains flexible to the changing demands of business environments, is able to develop and implement new initiatives with a particular talent for implementing projects to open and manage strategic supply routes within the Caspian and Black seas. Has experience with pipeline solutions, ensuring effective delivery of all contractual terms for multinational customers. Is able to think both laterally and strategically in order to produce innovative ideas and feasible plans for cost-effective solutions. Has excellent abilities in driving and motivating teams in order to deliver internal efficiencies, identifying opportunities for personnel development as required. Has a hands-on management style and effective communication skills, working with people at all levels to deliver results. Objective Now looking for a new and challenging position which will fully utilise existing skills and experiences, while enabling further career development. Career Summary 2010 – Present | Commercial / Business Development Manager, Milio International Ltd, Dubai, UAE. | * Responsible for the management...
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...examined the traffic problem and relation of Road to Rail. Sea and Air Transport and Science of Traffic Control to reduce accidents and smooth running of the traffic. Research Methodology 2. Lowe has done a study on the development of transportation system in Japan. He has dealt with the transport and communication system during the Tokugawa Era (1600-1686) and has described the process of the development certain features which ultimately helped the establishment of modern transport in Japan. 3. A study made by the Ministry of Transport, Scottish Development Department highlighted that the free flow of traffic at reasonable speed requires planned improvement of urban road systems. The study also suggested constructing secondary means of access to enable goods and service vehicles to load and unload at the stops. 4. Locklin concentrated on the study of rail-road systems. He opined that the Government ownership of transport system facilitates the planning and execution of transport system very effectively and the Government, in one way or the other is capable of providing necessary capital. 5. Sharp C.N. in his work on Transport Economics, examined the studies undertaken in the field of transport system of U.K. and studied a number of basic problems like transport economics, transport investment, transport pricing and reduction in accident rate. 6. Payne, tracing the history of development of transport in Europe suggests that the transportation facilities are established...
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...As a brief description of the subject in the study, the life cycle of logistics can also be maximized through establishing effective management organizing efforts to maintain a certain company’s operational structure that will avoid or prevent errors and mismanagement that can take place within the corporation. In this case, the 360 degree logistics can be found when there will be a capital expenditure that will be carried out to fund materials and human resources that will be helping to manufacture product. As soon as the product will be made and distributed to the market, there will be an exchange of commodity as well as financial trade value. This process will undergo the procedural profit taking to collect the monetary amount of profits that has been sold to the market. The monetary value will be distributed to the accounting department of a certain organization to fund services, raw materials, and salaries to employees that completes the life cycle of the business operating organization. Image is one of the most sensitive factors that should be taken cared in long-term basis for the reason that it can be used for the marketing plan that will promote the company’s products to boost sales to the public as mentioned by Ponstern (2008). Location is one of the most important considerations that will be considered for companies such as Panasonic because it is an electrical distributing company that aims to identify potential target market to maintain their production capacity and...
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...transportation and logistics and use the IMDG Code. 2. OBJECTIVE See General Condition Item 6.0 3. GENERAL Course : Diploma in International Shipping and Logistics Programme Ref. : SCDG301 Course Title : Seaborne Cargoes and Dangerous Goods Duration : 45 hours Credits : 3 4. CONTENTS UNIT ONE The Basics of Cargo Handling • What the seaborne cargoes and dangerous goods are • Stowage factors and tariffs • Preparing cargo spaces for loading UNIT TWO Safe Stowage • Causes of cargo damage and loss • Correct stowage procedures to avoid damage UNIT THREE Planning Cargo Transport • Cargo stowage plans • Unitized cargo • Transport logistics UNIT FOUR The Container • The development and standardization of containers and their markings • Stowing seaborne cargoes in containers • Container terminology UNIT FIVE Agricultural and Other Special Cargoes • Sugar and other crops • Refrigerated (reefer) cargoes • Mail, livestock, and animal products UNIT SIX The Major Dry-Bulk Cargoes • Grains and oil seeds • Ferrous ores and alloys, bauxite, and phosphate rock • Coal and coke UNIT SEVEN Minor Bulk and Semi-Manufacture Cargoes • Minerals, non-ferrous metals, and processed iron • Cement...
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.....................9 Relief logistics .........................................................................................9 The operating environment ....................................................................12 Case Study – Part 1 .............................................................................12 Planning for effective implementation of logistics programs .....................14 International involvement .......................................................................15 Part 2 Structure and organization of relief logistics ................. 17 The flow of transport and goods ............................................................17 Facilities and equipment ........................................................................19 Operational and support functions .........................................................20 Organizational structures .......................................................................20 Case Study – Part 2 .............................................................................21 Part 3 Logistics preparedness .................................................... 25 Planning for emergency logistics...
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...Transport Means & Modes 1- Transport Means : These means of transport are : Cars (trucks) , Ships, Trains, Planes and Pipes. These are the means which are used either for carrying people or carrying the goods from one place to another. 2- Transport Mode : Is the mode or the environment in which the mean is running or moving. Thus, we could say that the land roads are the mode for cars, buses and trucks. Sea is the mode for ships and marine crafts. Railway is the mode for trains. Air is the mode for the planes. And finally the pipeline is mode for pipe transportation. First : The Land Roads When building the roads there are certain requirements which should be considered and require special engineers who are specialized in this aspect in order to meet the local and the international requirements and standards which include the speed limits for cars and trucks, number of lanes, width of each lane, the degree of the steeps and the radius of the curves and many other things. Factors to be considered when planning for building a road : The highway roads and those which are designed for heavy lift trucks should pass out towns and cities in order to minimize traffic, noise and pollution inside the towns. When planning for a road or roads network it should be done to be capable of serving the future traffic considering the possibilities of the increasing population, number of cars and trucks and the expected increment in moving goods. Roads should...
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...Transport or transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport is important since it enables trade between peoples, which in turn establishes civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of the fixed installations necessary for transport, and may be roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Vehicles traveling on these networks may include automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, people, helicopters, and aircraft. Operations deal with the way the vehicles are operated, and the procedures set for this purpose including financing, legalities and policies. In the transport industry, operations and ownership of infrastructure can be either public or private, depending on the country and mode. Passenger transport may be public, where operators provide scheduled services, or private. Freight transport has become focused on containerization, although bulk transport is used for large volumes of durable items. Transport plays an important part in economic growth and globalization, but most types cause air...
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...Transport or transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air,rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is important since it enables trade between people, which in turn establishes civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of the fixed installations necessary for transport, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canalsand pipelines and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations) and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Vehicles traveling on these networks may include automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, people, helicopters and aircraft. Operations deal with the way the vehicles are operated, and the procedures set for this purpose including financing, legalities and policies. In the transport industry, operations and ownership of infrastructure can be either public or private, depending on the country and mode. Passenger transport may be public, where operators provide scheduled services, or private. Freight transport has become focused oncontainerization, although bulk transport is used for large volumes of durable items. Transport plays an important part in economic growth and globalization, but most types cause air pollution and use...
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...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 market diversification and capacity make it possible to services like providing goods vehicles, freight forwarders, and freight shipping information to emerge (Suo, 13). In addition, as the economy system has changed since 1978, the market of the trucking industry is no longer controlled by Chinese government. There are two main types of companies in this industry: the large logistics...
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...2014 Young Freight Forwarder of the Year Award Competition Multimodal Transport Operations in Practice: Radioactives and Abnormals From and to South Africa Submitted 29th April 2014 | Page | 1 TABLE OF CONTENT 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 4 2 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE CYCLE – RADIOACTIVE EXPORTS TO NAMIBIA ........................................................................ 7 3.1 3.2 SELLER CONFIRMS ORDER.................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.3 BUYER ARRANGES FINANCE ............................................................................................................................................... 7 3.4 BUYER INFORMS FORWARDER OF ORDER.............................................................................................................................. 7 3.5 FORWARDER LIAISES WITH SUPPLIER FOR SHIPMENT ARRANGEMENTS ........................................................................................ 8 3.6 ORIGIN INLAND....................................................................
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...1. Introduction Infrastructure development is one of the top priorities of a country's economic progress. Planned and well connected infrastructure services attract foreign direct investments and boost local investments. Efficient infrastructure can promote sustainable economic and social development. Thus, infrastructure is the capital stock that provides public goods and services. It produces various effects, including those on production activities and quality of life for the households, which saturates the entire society. To meet the present and future demand for infrastructure development, developing and least developed countries like Bangladesh always face scarcity of their own resources. Therefore, to accelerate infrastructure development, the Government has encouraged private sector participation in infrastructure projects. Bangladesh inherited underdeveloped and unevenly distributed infrastructure and transportation networks. Poor and inefficient infrastructure undermined the economic development in the country, and only recently has the government been able to address the problem systematically and channel investments towards expanding its highways, railroads, seaports, and airports. In this term paper I have discussed the past and current situation of the country’s 2 sectors of infrastructure i.e. communication (roads) and Power (solar) sector and their contribution towards the development of our economy. 2. Bangladesh Infrastructure: Power and Communication...
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...When working in the supply chain management business, I feel that one requirement for moving into the future and staying competitive is using a system like the transportation management system (TMS). There are numerous benefits to manufactures, distribution companies or any company that needs to ship its product to outside customers. This system goes way beyond dealing with the cost of freight shipping. I know using this system has made my company look at its transportation and freight Department different; in how it needs to leverage the system for the maximum ROI. We are still new to using this system as a whole but we are trying to help the company move products from their origin to the destination- efficiently, reliably, and of course being as cost effective as possible. We are realizing that the TMS encompasses shipping solutions for moving freight in all modes of transportation. TMS processes include transported freight inbound or outbound; whether that be domestically or internationally. We are looking to use this system for size ranges of shipping needs from parcels to bulk commodities. In the depth of the research that our company had done they had discovered that one of the main reasons for implementing TMS is to ultimately reduce freight spend. While working with the TMS, the development team is researching what ways this system actually will achieve these savings. They found that process enforcement, analytics, and optimization of shipping department. A companies...
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...TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING Introduction · Desires of the people to move Need for goods: demand for Transportation. Transportation affects everyone on earth, on a daily basis. People, countries, governments, business, whole economy rely on effective, reliable transportation in one form or another. Major Transportation Systems Highways Car, Bus, Truck, non- motorized ..etc Railways Passenger and Goods Airways Aviation and freight carrier Waterways Ships, boats… Continuous Flow systems Pipelines,belts..etc Merits and Demerits: Based on accessibility, mobility, cost, tonnage.. Highways/ Road Transportation Oldest mode Foot paths- animal ways, cart path…….. As civilization evolved the need for transportation increased India (5,000 BC) Egypt (3,000 BC) Greece and Babylonia (2,000 BC) Romans (500 BC) ROMANS OCCUPIED BRITAIN IN 55BC 5000KM OF ROADS BUILT IN 150 YEARS RADIATED FROM CAPITAL LONDON AND EXTENDING TO WALES AND EXTENDING TO SCOTLAND LEGIONS WITHDRAWN IN AD407 BREAKDOWN OF ROADS FOLLOWED DURING MIDDLE AGES, RIVERS AND SEAS –A RELIABLE MAJOR TRADE ARTERIES WHEELS OF CARTS DAMAGED THE EARTH ROAD FAST LENGTH OF STONE PAVED STREETS BUILT FOR CONNECTING RURAL AREAS FOR PROVISION STAGECOACH SERVICE WAS INTRODUCED IN UK IN 1755? HORSES WERE CHANGED AT REGULARLY SPACED POST HOUSES COACH WITH IRON SPRING MADE THE RIDE COMFORTABLE Contribution towards road development TWO MAJOR TYPES OF PAVEMENT IN EARLY DAYS Thomas Telfold...
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...Discuss the problems of forecasting future trends in transport markets 15 marks Transport is a derived demand. People and businesses demand transport not for its own sake, but because of the services that it provides. For example, air travel is demanded as people travel abroad for vacation or for business. However, forecasting the demand for transport comes with several difficulties. The nature of the demand for transport makes such forecasting a difficult undertaking. This is partly because the provision of infrastructure may itself influence demand. For example, there has been considerable debate about the effect of road building and improvement schemes. It has been argued that road improvements have the effect of increasing the amount of traffic on the roads, rather than reducing congestion. The fact that much of the transport infrastructure is publicly provided means that such forecasting is an integral part of the process – and it also means that the authorities need a way of taking externalities into account when formulating a transport strategy. There also needs to be careful coordination of transport planning, given the interactions between the demands for different modes of transport. For example, decisions taken now about improvements to the rail network may have implications for the future demand for road transport, and hence for the present need to invest in the road system. Another reason why forecasting...
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