TDMT 2251 - Logistics Processes (CITT) | Supply Chain

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TDMT 2251 - Logistics Processes (CITT)
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Executive Summary
Supply chain can be best described as the interconnection between the suppliers of a good or
service and buyer of such good or service. Supply chain a broader concept which
encompasses “Logistics” that deal with the distribution of the goods and services from the
seller to the buyer or end users. The aim of this report is to elucidate supply chain relating to
Lorenza Polymer Sand Company of Montreal, Canada that aims to deliver its goods to
Hayward Home Centers located in southern USA. The efficient delivery of goods requires
LSP to comply with all the key requirements of Customs of both Canada as well as USA
along with searching for a warehouse that suits its business and fulfilment of Hayward’s
terms of sale. The research report aims in identifying such challenges including damage
control of defective goods that LPS will face while delivering Polymeric sand to Hayward’s
Distribution Centre along with requisite solutions to combat such challenges.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Description.................................................................................................................................4
Incoterms................................................................................................................................4
Customs Compliance plan......................................................................................................5
Warehousing..........................................................................................................................7
Damage control plan..............................................................................................................8
Summary and Conclusion........................................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
Supply chain in truest sense depicts the connection between the suppliers of a product
or good and its end user or customer. In other words, supply chain is a link, system or chain
that connects all the components of delivering the final or finished goods to the end users
(Stadtler, 2015). Thus supply chain denotes the conversion of raw materials and natural
resources into final goods and delivering such goods to the end users or customers for
consumption. On the other hand, supply chain management denotes the integration of all the
principal business processes originating with the suppliers of the goods and ends with the
final consumers, that is, customers. Here, the suppliers are providers of the products and
services and also enhances the value of such goods and services through information for the
end users or customers (Qrunfleh & Tarafdar, 2014). On the other hand, logistics is a term
that applies within this broad topic of supply chain denoting the distribution of the goods and
services to the end users, whereas, supply chain is the broader concept that circumferences
the entire process initiating with the procurement of raw materials till the delivery of the
goods and services to the end users.
Lorenza polymer Sand Company (LPS) is a manufacturing company that deals and
also specializes in a special type of sand known as Polymeric sand which are used by
contractors as well as Do-It-Yourself home owners. They have been in this manufacturing
business since 25 years and are considered among reputable firms in Canada. It have it’s
headquarter situated in Montreal Canada. Polymeric Sand is a special kind of sand that covers
up the joints between stones. It takes about 18 hours to dry and join the stones when mixed
with water at room temperature of around 20 degree Celsius. It had its plans of extending its
business in the US and the opportunity came when the supplier of sand for Hayward Home
Centers ceased to manufacture sand. The aim of this report is to identify the potential