Introduction
Qube is one of the Australia’s biggest export and import service providers of the logistics services. In the year 2010, the company came into existence. Qube logistics deals with the services such as road and rail transport, distribution, warehousing, and the container parks.
In the last few years, the company has worked for the expansion and is now the biggest service provider of Australia in the sphere of Supply chain management and the logistics. Out of the total earnings of the Qube, 45% is only contributed by the logistics department. The Bulk and the port contribute up to 50% and the rest 5% is contributed by the assets chips and through its tactical land holding components in Sydney (Qube.com.au, 2016).
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It is the strategy of the Qube to integrate the small companies and the domestic logistic and get an efficient and effective company. Many of the acquisition are done by the Qube in the recent years and added it to its network. Qube is very competitive in the market (Qube.com.au, 2016). It has the biggest terminal of the rail network in the NSW; the fleet size of the rail is 750 wagons and around 65 locos. Qube almost generates the 17% revenue with the help of its quality management team; it also helps in the generation of the customer value with the reliability and the high speed of delivery (Qube.com.au, …show more content…
From this cost can be saved and can be used efficiently.
Intermodal transportation
Qube is already using transportation in which it has different modes which are a common and beneficial process. By this method, fast delivery is done by freight which no chances of damage or loss. This type of transportation is fruitful and convenient (Marsden, 2005).
Just-in-time
At the time of small and frequent shipments, its deliveries are used. Sometimes emergency shipments are needed at the right time and the right place. It is the complex job of providing emergency shipments (Peck, 2006). When it model is to be decided three factors has to keep in mind they are cost, quality and delivery on time. Transhipments:
This is the method by which large area can be covered with the usage of less number of vehicles. Transhipments have two main functions; consolidation and break-bulk.
Steps that should be taken by government:
Global
QT is a servant leadership company where employees are on the top of the pyramid. The service that they offer in marketing to the public are specials on food. They also treat employees with “great pay, benefits, and all the fountain drinks they can enjoy,” (QuikTrip, 2015). QT has is listed under FORTUNE 2015 list of Great Place to Work. “QuikTrip has extremely low employee turnover. Only 13% of workers leave compared to an industry average of 59%,” (Fortune
Total Quality Logistics (TQL), a freight brokerage company based in Milford, Ohio, has grown immensely since inception in June of 2005. With employee growth of 174% in just 9 years and an 191% increase in revenues, TQL needs to implement a plan that can help the company manage its employees while maintaining its reputable quality of service and revenue.
The stock price has fluctuated between 16 dollars and 20 dollars over the last quarter. As of the third quarter of 2016, revenues have increased significantly since 2009, from $23,195.05 to $47,721.00, which in turn increased the EBIT to $17,831.00. This gave us an historical average EBIT of $35,556.11. In updating the financials further, we found that the Capex for Ambev became a negative number, which was not alarming due to the acquisitions that can cause it to be “lumpy”. This lumpiness has also affected the working capital and reinvestment rate specifically in the current year. Also, part of the negative CAPEX was because of the three mergers and acquisitions in 2015. Fortunately, the company has decreased their debt, increased their cash and invested capital. Furthermore, one key characteristic of Ambev is that their expansions into markets have been through business mergers. For instance, the Company combined with Quinsa to accelerate its expansion outside Brazil. In Canada, their presence was established with an indirect holding company of Labatt. These mergers allow them to be a growing presence in existing and new markets without the burden of holding all the
Overall Qantas effectively utilises the marketing process to ensure for maximised profits to ensure for future financial stability. Enabling Qantas to maintain an effective competitive advantage over competitors maintaining its image as Australia’s number one aviation company.
BHP Billiton is the most successful company throughout the world by using unchanged strategies in their business. They have a strategy to operate large, low cost, expandable, and upstream commodities by using raw materials, geography, different assets and market, which give them a superior marginal costs throughout economic and commodity cycles for several years. They put the security of their workers first and supporting them by providing various facilities (see appendix 1). Their diversification makes the easy cash flow system by reducing the exposure to any one commodity and give for more identifiable and great financial performances. To become more successful BHP have heaps of human resources or workforce which reflect their values and communities. They have aim to recruit and attract other people who make their organization successful and thrive on working in teams and going to their extra miles to give their best. Moreover, they are committed to meet the changing needs of their customers. They have world class portfolio of growth option that will make them able to plan for a short term and long term goals and continuing them to create value for their shareholders which BHP more powerful (BHP Billiton, 2014). By using these all measures BHP Billiton kept its solid position in the nine month period till the end of March 2014 with the record of production attained for four items and at 10 operations. In aggregate, processing expanded by 10% for throughout the period what's more is required to develop by 16% over the two years to the end of the 2015 fiscal year. For further development BHP having a plan to start new projects where they pursuing a higher rate of returns on incremental investment and increasing inter...
...ng luxury, not many people want to wait two weeks to receive their product. When an item is ordered, it is needed immediately, and if it is received immediately then it not only improve the relationship to the customer. But it will also add value to the purchase which makes that customer that much more likely to buy the product again in the future, as opposed to your competitors. If you have customers in remote areas you do not have the luxury to send their shipment in a large batch of items, you must pay more to have that item shipped individually, which is costing more money.
For the past few years, the demand for NARS products from the website has increased, especially by customers from GCC countries. People order the products online and pay extra charge for the shipments. However, due to some reasons, the shipping company may have problems or delays deliver the products. NARS’s Customer service receives many complains from GCC customers about the shipping; shipment arrived incomplete; the shipment was delayed, these problems will
...onclude, the strategies used by Qantas in dealing with these influences have all been relatively effective. The use of technology has been the most effective in providing the business with a competitive advantage and has very little downsides when compared to other strategies. Operations management has dealt with globalisation effectively and greatly reduced costs and provided the business with a competitive advantage at the expense of the business reputation and individuality. Strategies which involve product differentiation have been used very effectively and are beneficial to Qantas. However the more cost leadership strategies that Qantas uses, the more likely that the business will lose it’s own individuality as the “Red Kangaroo”. In general, Qantas has been able to keep it’s business running relatively successfully and has dealt with it’s influences very well.
As mentioned in the case, there is a significant market potential (almost 870000 pieces per day) for documents and small package mailing. An analysis shows that in FEC stations, the volume for Courier Pak is 30% more than Priority One. That means Courier Pak market has a growing potential. In addition, it is found that the variable cost of it is the lowest among all other overnight delivery services provided by Federal Express (Table. 2). That means Courier Pak may be a more profitable product.
In the competitive environment, it is necessary for moving products involves reception of products at an intermediate location, store, repackage, clear customs and transport to final destination. The other factor in the supply chain logistics is speed given information flows fast in the internet era. The customer expects everything quick accustomed to the instant status access to the information. With the real time inventory, customer expects the location of the product, it is next scheduled movement and the final delivery schedule.
need to transport goods and services from one place to the other. Some of these products
Finding ways to move goods from one point to another at a reasonable cost and within an acceptable time frame is a growing challenge for global businesses today. The costs and risks associated with transportation are increasing with the advent of globalization and low-cost-country sourcing. Even for companies with local operations only, they have to supply their products to various parts of a country which increases the costs and risks. Since the cost of gasoline has been on an upward trend, high level of efficiency in transportation is required to lower the costs involved and the risks associated with the costs. Costs concepts in transportation include economic, social and accounting costs. The risks and costs involved increases if the various modes of transport are used. There has been concern over many businesses failure to strategically think when they employ multimodal transportation services. Many businesses prefer the least expensive multimodal model instead of choosing the most effective; this trade-off is very expensive with hidden costs and risks increasing significantly (Molenaar, Anderson, Schexnayder, National Research Council (U.S.)., National Cooperative Highway Research Program., American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials., & United States, 2010).
Zanjirani F., Rezapour, S. & Kardar, L. (2011) Logistics operations and management concepts and models, 1st ed. London ; Elsevier.
Preceding from this understanding and being a logistics staff officer, my carrier is full of logistics proble...
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