For this assignment, you will investigate the role of international transport and logistics in the delivery of effective business operations in a specific organisation. You will conduct web and online library research to establish how the Red Cross (or another organisation of your choice) use or could use principles and good practice drawn from international transport and logistics to efficiently deliver good quality services/products to clients.

For this assignment, you will investigate the role of international transport and logistics in the delivery of effective business operations in a specific organisation.
You will conduct web and online library research to establish how the Red Cross (or another organisation of your choice) use or could use principles and good practice drawn from international transport and logistics to efficiently deliver good quality services/products to clients.
Your report will include discussion of theory and practice and will consider each of the following (in any order):
? Recognition of key business processes, showing an awareness of the differences between manufacturing and service-oriented processes.
? Understand different modes of transport to meet organisational needs.
? Examples of theoretical concepts and specifically qualitative and quantitative techniques that may be useful in this context together with evaluation and discussion.
? Role of freight cost and pricing in balancing demand and supply and appraisal of these ideas/concepts in this context.