Week 5 146

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(keep part 1 and 2 separated and include the references with each part)

PART 1 Scientists have now shown that it is highly likely that the Gulf Stream can be turned off completely in a VERY short time – perhaps merely days. You are in

charge of ship-scheduling for a large Trans-oceanic shipping firm that handles upwards of 100 cargo ships weekly between N. America and many European ports. FIRST:

assume that tomorrow the Gulf Stream turns off. You have 600 ship-trips in scheduling, and 150 ships at sea at the moment you find out. What will be your biggest

problem in adjusting your business to the new oceanic conditions, and why? (b) SECOND – Assume instead that the turn-off has not yet happened, but that your boss takes

the possibility very seriously. What contingency plans should you develop ?just in case?? Label the parts of your answer to correspond to the question. The exact same

things happened constantly during WWII because the Murmansk Convoys used the Gulf Stream to deliver supplies to Russia (look where Murmansk is it’s ice-free due to the

Gulf Stream). If you want to read a very tragic story from that era check out what happened to the convoy PQ-17.

PART 2 Since now most U.S. commerce actually comes across the Pacific from China (which has replaced Europe as our #1 trading area). Check out the current map on page

166 in the text of the Pacific and plan a route from Shanghai, China to the U.S. West Coast (Long Beach, San Francisco, Seattle) and find the primary currents that you

would use as a cargo ship router in order to make the fastest, most fuel efficient transit of the Pacific. We’ll call it the “Wal-Mart Trade Route”. As you research

this topic review the attached Power Point about the Walmart Supply Chain. You will see how their corporate efficiency and use of technology has made the company so

successful.

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