Deliverable length: 500–600 words + references (minimum 2)

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

In one of your initial meetings with the chief executive officer (CEO), she asked you to identify a number of the typical criteria used when making new location decisions. Complete the following:

1. Describe and list at least 8 specific criteria to use.
2. Explain the logic of why each criterion should be important.
3. On a relative scale of importance, assign a high, medium, or low weight to each of the 8 criteria.

Do not put all of this information into 1 paragraph; instead use 8 paragraphs, answering all 3 questions for each of the 8 criteria in a separate paragraph. A chart would also be acceptable.

Instructor Notes and guidelines: (Please read it)

Please note when doing this assignment that you respond to all three task list questions for EACH of the 8 criteria you are listing and discussing here.

For example,

Criteria # 1 = xxxxxxx

Logic for selection = xxxxxxx

Level of Importance = high, medium or low and why

Then move on to Criteria #2 and do the same as illustrated above.

Here are a few examples of criteria that should be considered with location decisions:

1. How many distribution centers should the firm use and where should they be located?

For example, is your firm local, national or international?  Generally speaking you always want to locate your distribution centers “near” your customer base.

Why is this important?

1. What customers or market areas should be serviced from each distribution center?

For example, IF you have several distribution centers across the USA, which center serves which customers?

Would you allow any center to serve any customer or divide the centers geographically?

1. Which product lines should be produced or shipped at each plant or distribution center?

In other words, should each distribution center carry only a few of our company’s products and other centers carry the rest?

OR

Should each distribution center carry the entire inventory of the company’s product lines?

1. What logistics channels should be used to source material and serve international markets?

This refers to selling your products overseas.  Would you have a dedicated center that deals specifically with overseas markets? 

Do you have your product made overseas, shipped to your distribution center in the USA, and then ship it back out to overseas customers or does your overseas mfr. do it for you?

1. What combination of public and private distribution facilities should be used?

In other words, do you own your distribution centers OR outsource your center to others whom you pay to lease their facilities? 

While it might seem odd to outsource your distribution centers to others, you as a company would save the costs of having your own employees, paying benefits, etc.

1. Proximity to your suppliers and customers

How close is your proposed facility to the suppliers that you rely upon?

OR

How close is your facility to your customers?

1. Access to Infrastructure

Is the site of your proposed location near highways, waterways, airports, etc.?

Are the roads leading to and from your facility in good shape?

Clearly these are just a few of the many criteria that needs to be considered when discussing location decisions. 

Many more are available to you via Internet searches.

For each, be sure to list

1. The criteria

The logic of its importance
Its’ relative importance (high, medium, low) and WHY

1.  Please discuss the presence of Hezbollah in the TBA (Tri-Border Area of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina; also, discuss Operation Titan and the results.

2.  Please discuss in detail Mexico’s Drug Trafficking Organizations, their geographical areas of dominance, and the four drug trafficking organizational typologies as described by Beittel (2012).

Each answer to each question must contain at least  850-1000 words, 2 references per question APA formatted. No plagiarism, I will be checking.

Use this link for question 2

http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/208173.pdf

Visit the websites of three of the following companies: Kimberly-Clark, Snapple, Disney, BMW, Chrysler,

Colgate-Palmolive, H-E-B, or Universal Studios.

Select one of the websites for this assignment.

Write a blog about the selected website in which you answer the following questions:

 What are the general advantages and disadvantages of using Internet-based marketing

communications?

 Which general factors are essential for a website to be effective in terms of marketing

communications practices and strategies?

 Which of these factors does the selected company use? How does it use them? Does it use them

effectively?

 How does the website promote two-way communication between the company and the customer?

 How does the website gather information on the customer?

 How might interactions on the website between the consumer and the company be improved?

Imagine what readers of your blog might say about your original entries.

Write three responses to the blog entry as though you were three different readers commenting on your

entry. The blog should be 300-500 words and the responses to the blog should be 50-100 words each.

Cite at least two references other than the course texts.

Format reference citations consistent with APA guidelines.

This assignment should be written as a blog. It should not be written as a Q&A.

QUESTION ONE-The use of force by law enforcement officers is sometimes required when dealing with suspects resisting arrest and/or individuals disobeying direct orders. However, when the use of force becomes excessive or is used unnecessarily, law enforcement officers are arguably committing ethical violations. Compose an essay of 500 – 700 words that discusses (1) the types of ethical violations that can occur when excessive use of force occurs and (2) policies that law enforcement administrators can implement to minimize the chances of officers unnecessarily utilizing excessive use of force without impeding the discretion necessary for officers to effectively carryout their duties. Directly quoted material may be used, but will not count towards the minimum word count. Be sure to support your response with cited scholarly resources as required by APA. A minimum of three (3) resources in addition to the course textbook must be used when composing your response. QUESTION TWO- Law enforcement agencies are frequently compared to the military when discussing their organizational structure. The term “quasi-military” is often used to describe the type of reporting structure that exists within most law enforcement agencies. Compose an essay of 500 – 700 words that compares the organizational structure of law enforcement agencies with the military. When making your comparison include examples from both local law enforcement agencies, as well as state or federal law enforcement agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation or State Bureau of Investigations. Directly quoted material may be used, but will not count towards the minimum word count. Be sure to support your response with cited scholarly resources as required by APA. A minimum of three (3) resources in addition to the course textbook must be used when composing your response.