Assignment Instructions

Instructions: Develop a Port Improvement Plan (PIP) Presentation for a port of your choice. Do not include any secure, confidential or private information in your plan. Your PIP should include background about the port, its products and services, markets, and strategies (e.g., green port). Also describe its current freight flows and future freight flows after implementation of one or more of your recommended improvement projects would be executed. Use a multi-year planning horizon.

 25 PowerPoint slides, including cover slide and references Style: Power Point, professional style, Appropriate APA citations. 

Topics
1. Background information about the port: industry classification; markets, location, # of employees, products & services, suppliers, other pertinent information 

2: What are the ports strategic goals? Slide

 3: What are the strengths of the port?

4: What are the weaknesses of the port? 

5: What metrics does the port utilize? 

6: What improvement initiatives and innovations has it implemented? 

7: What improvement initiatives and innovations should it consider? 

8: What should be the next step be to improve the port? 

9: Provide data from the case to support your conclusions as necessary.  

Also, Compare your supply chain to an exemplar, standard, benchmark, or best practice.