Instructions from instructor: In this assignment, explain how the concepts in the chapter would affect the industry of your choosing. Keep in mind that you may change industries during the course of this class, but in each post, you must clearly identify what industry you intend to use and explain the concepts in terms of that industry. This post should be the equivalent of 1-1.5 single-spaced pages for each chapter. It should be in readable form. That means at least five paragraphs on a page. Side note from me: Each chapter is treated as a different paper all within a single paper. So each chapter should be 1 page single spaced with 1 introduction paragraph 2 to 3 body paragraphs, and 1 concluding paragraph per chapter. All chapter need to be related to the auto parts manufacturing industry. · All of these chapters are from “Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management” 4th edition by John Mangan, Chandra Lalwani, and Agustina Calatayud · If needed I might be able to get some of the book for a reference/resource. Ch. 9 Facilitating International Freight Flows Core section in chapter: -Incoterms -Documents required in international trade -Trade Facilitation Ch. 10 Inventory Management, Planning, and Control Core sections in chapter: -Inventory turnover and ABC classification -The economic order quantity (EOQ) model -Inventory control systems -Inventory planning and control -Managing logistics performance Ch. 11 Materials Handling and Warehousing Core Sections in chapter: -Warehousing in the global supply chain -Warehousing layout and design -Warehousing management systems -Materials handling and storage -Work organization and job design Ch. 12 Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Procurement Core Sections in chapter: -Outsourcing -Offshoring -Selecting and managing outsourcees -Landed costs -Integration and collaboration -Procurement -LSCM costing approaches and concepts Ch. 13 Data Flows and Digitization Core sections in chapter: -Data flows in the supply chain -The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Internet of things -Analyzing supply chain data and the self-thinking supply chain Ch. 14 Management Science Applications Core sections in chapter: -System characteristics -Management science applications in transport, logistics, and SCM -Optimization -Simulation -Decision-making and forecasting SOUTH AFRICA GEOGRAPHY Area Total: 1,219,090 sq km Land: 1,214,470 sq km Water: 4,620 sq km Climate mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights Natural Resources gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas GOVERNMENT Chief of State President Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA Head of Government President Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA Government Type parliamentary republic Capital Pretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital) ...

1. Instructions from instructor:
In this assignment, explain how the concepts in the chapter
would affect the industry of your choosing. Keep in mind that
you may change industries during the course of this class, but in
each post, you must clearly identify what industry you intend to
use and explain the concepts in terms of that industry.
This post should be the equivalent of 1-1.5 single-spaced pages
for each chapter. It should be in readable form. That means at
least five paragraphs on a page.
Side note from me:
Each chapter is treated as a different paper all within a single
paper. So each chapter should be 1 page single spaced with 1
introduction paragraph 2 to 3 body paragraphs, and 1
concluding paragraph per chapter. All chapter need to be rel ated
to the auto parts manufacturing industry.
· All of these chapters are from “Global Logistics and Supply
Chain Management” 4th edition by John Mangan, Chandra
Lalwani, and Agustina Calatayud
· If needed I might be able to get some of the book for a
reference/resource.
Ch. 9 Facilitating International Freight Flows
Core section in chapter:
-Incoterms
-Documents required in international trade
-Trade Facilitation
Ch. 10 Inventory Management, Planning, and Control
Core sections in chapter:
-Inventory turnover and ABC classification
-The economic order quantity (EOQ) model
-Inventory control systems
-Inventory planning and control
-Managing logistics performance

2. Ch. 11 Materials Handling and Warehousing
Core Sections in chapter:
-Warehousing in the global supply chain
-Warehousing layout and design
-Warehousing management systems
-Materials handling and storage
-Work organization and job design
Ch. 12 Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Procurement
Core Sections in chapter:
-Outsourcing
-Offshoring
-Selecting and managing outsourcees
-Landed costs
-Integration and collaboration
-Procurement
-LSCM costing approaches and concepts
Ch. 13 Data Flows and Digitization
Core sections in chapter:
-Data flows in the supply chain
-The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Internet of things
-Analyzing supply chain data and the self-thinking supply chain
Ch. 14 Management Science Applications
Core sections in chapter:
-System characteristics
-Management science applications in transport, logistics, and
SCM
-Optimization
-Simulation
-Decision-making and forecasting

3. SOUTH AFRICA
GEOGRAPHY
Area
Total: 1,219,090 sq km
Land: 1,214,470 sq km
Water: 4,620 sq km
Climate
mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast;
sunny days, cool nights
Natural Resources
gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore,
manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, rare earth
elements, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum,
copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas
GOVERNMENT
Chief of State
President Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA
Head of Government

4. President Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA
Government Type
parliamentary republic
Capital
Pretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town
(legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial
capital)
Legislature
bicameral Parliament consists of the
National Council of Provinces (90 seats) and
the National Assembly (400 seats)
Judiciary
Supreme Court of Appeals (consists of the
court president, deputy president, and 21
judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the
chief and deputy chief justices and 9 judges)
Ambassador to US
Charge d’Affaires Yoliswa MVEBE

5. US Ambassador
Charge d'Affaires Jessica "Jessye" LAPENN
PEOPLE & SOCIETY
Population
56.5 million (July 2020 est.)
Population Growth
0.97% (2020 est.)
Ethnicity
black African 80.9%,
colored 8.8%, white 7.8%,
Indian/Asian 2.5% (2018 est.); note: colored is a term used in
South Africa,
including on the national census, for persons of mixed race
ancestry
Language
isiZulu (official) 24.7%, isiXhosa (official) 15.6%, Afrikaans
(official)
12.1%, Sepedi (official) 9.8%, Setswana (official) 8.9%,
English (official)
8.4%, Sesotho (official) 8%, Xitsonga (official) 4%, siSwati
(official)

6. 2.6%, Tshivenda (official) 2.5%, isiNdebele (official) 1.6%,
other 1.9%
(2017 est.)
Religion
Christian 86%, ancestral, tribal, animist, or other traditional
African
religions 5.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other 1.5%, nothing in particular
5.2%
(2015 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 67.4% of total population (2020)
rate of urbanization: 1.97% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
ECONOMY
Economic Overview
middle-income emerging market with abundant supply of
natural
resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications,
energy,
and transport sectors; unemployment, poverty, and inequality
remain
a challenge

7. GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
$767.2 billion (2017 est.)
GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity)
$13,600 (2017 est.)
Exports
$94.93 billion (2017 est.)
partners: China 9.5%, US 7.7%, Germany 7.1%, Japan 4.7%,
India
4.6%, Botswana 4.3%, Namibia 4.1% (2017)
Imports
$89.36 billion (2017 est.)
partners: China 18.3%, Germany 11.9%, US 6.6%, Saudi Arabia
4.7%, India 4.7% (2017)
as of March 2020
HONDURAS
GEOGRAPHY
Area

8. Total: 112,090 sq km
Land: 111,890 sq km
Water: 200 sq km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in
mountains
Natural Resources
timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore,
antimony, coal, fish, hydropower
GOVERNMENT
Chief of State
President Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado
Head of Government
President Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado
Government Type
presidential republic
Capital
Tegucigalpa

9. Legislature
unicameral National Congress or Congreso
Nacional (128 seats)
Judiciary
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de
Justicia (15 principal judges - including the court
president - and 7 alternates; court organized into
civil, criminal, constitutional, and labor chambers)
Ambassador to US
Ambassador Maria Dolores AGUERO
US Ambassador
Ambassador (vacant); Charge d’Affaires Colleen A.
HOEY
PEOPLE & SOCIETY
Population
9.2 million (July 2020 est.)
Population Growth
1.27% (2020 est.)
Ethnicity

10. mestizo (mixed Amerindian
and European) 90%,
Amerindian 7%, black 2%,
white 1%
Language
Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects
Religion
Roman Catholic 46%, Protestant 41%, atheist 1%, other 2%,
none
9% (2014 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 58.4% of total population (2020)
rate of urbanization: 2.75% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Literacy
87.2% (2016)
ECONOMY
Economic Overview
one of the poorest countries in Latin America; traditionally
depended on the export of bananas and coffee and suffers from

11. highly unequal distribution of income, as well as significant
underemployment
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
$46.3 billion (2017 est.)
GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity)
$5,600 (2017 est.)
Exports
$8.675 billion (2017 est.)
partners: US 34.5%, Germany 8.9%, Belgium 7.7%, El
Salvador
7.3%, Netherlands 7.2%, Guatemala 5.2% (2017)
Imports
$11.32 billion (2017 est.)
partners: US 40.3%, Guatemala 10.5%, China 8.5%, Mexico
6.2%, El Salvador 5.7% (2017)
as of September 2020
ITALY

12. GEOGRAPHY
Area
Total: 301,340 sq km
Land: 294,140 sq km
Water: 7,200 sq km
Climate
predominantly Mediterranean; alpine in far
north; hot, dry in south
Natural Resources
coal, antimony, mercury, zinc, potash, marble,
barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar,
pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil
reserves, fish, arable land
GOVERNMENT
Chief of State
President Sergio MATTARELLA
Head of Government
Prime Minister Giuseppe CONTE

13. Government Type
parliamentary republic
Capital
Rome
Legislature
bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists
of the Senate or Senato della Repubblica (321
seats) and the Chamber of Deputies or
Camera dei Deputati (630 seats)
Judiciary
Supreme Court of Cassation or Corte Suprema
di Cassazione (consists of the first president
(chief justice), deputy president, 54 justices
presiding over 6 civil and 7 criminal divisions,
and 288 judges)
Ambassador to US
Ambassador Armando VARRICCHIO
US Ambassador

14. Ambassador Lewis EISENBERG
PEOPLE & SOCIETY
Population
62.4 million (July 2020 est.)
Population Growth
0.11% (2020 est.)
Ethnicity
Italian (small clusters of
German-, French-, and
Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-
Italians in the south)
Language
Italian (official), German, French, Slovene
Religion
Christian 83.3% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very
small
groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 3.7%,
unaffiliated 12.4%, other 0.6%
Urbanization
urban population: 71% of total population (2020)

15. rate of urbanization: 0.29% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Literacy
99.2% (2018)
ECONOMY
Economic Overview
developed industrial north manufactures high-quality consumer
goods; less-developed agricultural south with high
unemployment
and underdevelopment; challenged by exceptionally high public
debt, dissent on eurozone membership, a sluggish judicial
system,
and a weak banking sector
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
$2.317 trillion (2017 est.)
GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity)
$38,200 (2017 est.)
Exports
$496.3 billion (2017 est.)
partners: Germany 12.5%, France 10.3%, US 9%, Spain 5.2%,

16. UK 5.2%, Switzerland 4.6% (2017)
Imports
$432.9 billion (2017 est.)
partners: Germany 16.3%, France 8.8%, China 7.1%,
Netherlands 5.6%, Spain 5.3%, Belgium 4.5% (2017)
as of April 2020
Allocate roughly one page for each of these questions. Each
answer should be single-space typed.
1. Why is logistics important in an economy based on consumer
capitalism? Use your industry to help explain its importance.
2. What impact has COVID19 had on supply chains in your
countries? Explain as much as you can in terms of the text
material and research.