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case study HDT truck company

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Eastern International University
Became Business School
SCLM 429 Transportation and Logistics Management
CASE STUDY 1
Date: December 26, 2014
Student Name: Nguyen Hoang Dung
Student Number: 1132300178
HDT TRUCK COMPANY
Capacity
Using one shift, 2 trucks assembled / day
Maximum: 3trucks/ day for large order of identical trucks
At least 4months backlog of orders
Issue
Received an order of 50 heavy trucks from Saudi Arabia
Deliver on or before July 1, 2003at Port of Doha
Received $172,000/truck in U.S funds FAS at Doha
Production: 50-truck order is scheduled from April 2 - April 29 (2.5trucks/day)
Shipping
Charter from Chicago:
With Nola Pino, charter it for $2,400/day for 30 days ( on May 1)
Loading & Blocking: $40/truck
To Chicago …show more content…

At that time, HTD would receive $172,000/ truck in U.S funds FAS (free alongside ship) at the discharging vessel in Doha. If the buyer wants to change the selling term to FOB (free on board), which means that the buyer pays for the transportation of goods, HTD can give a discount of $2109/truck, which is considered as the expense of transportation to Doha when HTD has the FAS term.

Answer question 3 with regard to changing the terms of sale to delivery at port in Baltimore. The buyer would unload the trucks from the railcars
The buyer wants to change the terms of sale to delivery at port in Baltimore and unload the trucks from the railcars, HTD can offer a discount of $ 1790/truck (handling = $200 + ocean freight rate = $1,440 + insurance = $150), which is the total expense including fee for handling, the ocean freight rate, and the insurance fee.

There is an interest rate that would make HDT change from one routing to another An rate of interest that can cause a change in the routes would be calculated by
Assume that interest rate = i, we have $109, 470 + ($172,000 x 50 x 22 / 365i) = $137,300 => i = 0.054 = 5.4% (<8%)
If i= 5.4% the cost will decrease compare to i = 8%. When substituting this rate in the equation for the Chicago route, the cost is less than the Baltimore route.

If it was the year 2005 and the borrowing cost of money was 12% per year. The buyer would pay as the trucks were delivered, and the company should only pay for

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