Question

Global sourcing, as well as the global transportation associated with it, is more challenging than sourcing within the U.S.   Suppose that your employer, an aircraft manufacturer, purchases jet engines from a supplier in Russia. You have been tasked with the responsibility of arranging transportation of the engines from their factory in St. Petersburg, Russia, to your manufacturing facility in St. Louis, Missouri.   In one paragraph, identify and describe specific, unique procurement and transportation difficulties that might arise when planning this particular transport. Consider issues such as proper packaging, ancillary services, and port capabilities. Utilize knowledge you gained while reading Chapter 11, but also brainstorm and come up with your own ideas concerning this issue.  Think geographically, economically, politically, and etc.

Use proper paragraph format to answer, which includes a topic sentence which addresses the question to be addressed, body sentences which answer the question and explain, and a closing statement which repeats or reflects key words from the topic sentence. The assignment will be graded with the Discussion Question Rubric.

Answer 1

In order to transport the Aircraft Engine, the first challenge would be to find the right transportation agency that had experience in the transportation of aircraft engines. As we know that the aircraft engines are elongated machines that should not be under any type of stress during their transportation. The requirement of a special curtain side trailer and expertise to handle the shipment of the aircraft engine is the unique challenge that we will face in the transportation of the engine. The packaging of the product is also unique as the aircraft engine has to be given support from front to back all the time and it must be mounted on a shockproof stand. The packaging should be safe enough to handle it at multiple points of loading and unloading as well as docking. Once we get the right transportation agency and the suitable carrier then the next challenge would be the safe handling at the ports, It can not be handled by the inexperienced team who did not have prior experience or training of handling the Aircraft engine. The last challenge would be interms of safety of this costly equipments as there are many small parts enclosed to it therefore it should be transported with the extreme precaution and all the ancilliary must be delivered along with the engine. There should not be loss of any ancilliary items and the same should be protected and secured.