Assessment Topic - QUBE

After reading further background material on the company and relevant case studies on related companies, prepare a 2500 - 2600 word report analysing the important features of Qube, and identify logistics management strategies to resolve the issues.

In your report you need to consider:

- The main problems at with the current logistics network in NSW
- How they might be resolved
- What, if any, involvement should the NSW government have in the resolution of the problems

Sustainability should be used here.(Chapter 16) along with learning outcomes from Week 6 to week 10.

To support your analysis and recommendations, you need to:

- Use a minimum of 15 academic journal articles, plus the text supporting your identification of problems and proposals / recommendations to resolve the problems (better marks will be awarded for more than 15).

As a report is due the usual formatting applies.

After reading further background material on the company and relevant case studies on related companies the case, prepare a 2500 - 2600 word report analysing the issues in the case, and identify logistics management strategies to resolve the issues.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-24/extended-interview-with-maurice-james/5547814

ALSO look at the web site www.qube.com.au

In your report you need to consider :
o The main problems at with the current logistics network in NSW
o How they might be resolved
o What, if any, involvement should the NSW government have in the resolution of the problems
To support your analysis and recommendations, you need to:
o use a minimum of 15 academic journal articles, plus the text supporting your identification of problems and proposals / recommendations to resolve the problems (better marks will be awarded for more than 15).
o link the case elements and discussion / analysis to correctly referenced logistics concepts and models.
o 2500 - word response - word count applies to content only, not title page, table of contents and reference list.
o Responses should include relevant logistics management theories - referenced and their application explained - do not just quote or paraphrase the theory
o Short report format - title page, introduction, suitable headings & subheadings, recommendations, reference list - use Harvard Anglia Style.
o Use EBSCO Databasesand google scholar only for sources.

Thinks to look at
o Read the questions carefully
o Logistics, Intermodals, how does QUBE import and export goods, Supply chain management, International hubs and some examples.
o Word limits 2500 words excluding bibliography
o Academic Journals more than 10
o Recommendation is important
o Supply chain alignment
o Inadequate unfit ports and hubs
o Moorebank intermodal project
o Port Melbourne
o Use EBSCO Databasesand google scholar only for sources.
o Harvard Anglia System for referencing