Scenario
You are a graduate from Centennial College. After graduation you and your classmates opened a boutique freight forwarding firm that specializes in service to the Caribbean and Central America. Today you received an e
-mail from your old Freight Forwarding Professor who is consulting for Mevex Corp. of Ottawa a company which is looking for a freight solution to deliver a large and expensive product to the American Medical School, St. GeorgesUniversity, in Grenada West Indies.The product is one 40 MeV LinearAccelerator (Linacs Isotope Separator). It is to be packaged for transport in 4 Skids of 1300
kg each. Each of the skid having dimensions of 40" x 48" x 54" high. The value of the goods is CAD$1,985,000.00You are to choose a route and deliver the goods to St.
Georges University Medical School in Grenada. You are responsible for appropriate packaging, mode(s),
route and, IMPORTANTLY, all documentation and regulatory compliance for this equipment.
With the knowledge acquired at Centennial, your understanding of Canadian and International Logistics, the desire to succeed in the business field, and a network of Centennial colleagues (team size fixed maximum 6 students! (don’task).
You must finalize your teams by the end of week 2 (or you will be automatically enrolled in a team).
You accept the challenge. Success here holds the key your careers and you are in control. To get you started, your former Freight Forwarding Professor offered to help you and prepared the following spreadsheet: