Scenario

You are a graduate from Centennial College. Your Graduation from Global and International Business Management is a proof that you worked hard, and you are confident that a great future is waiting for you. You received an e-mail from an old Professor who is consulting who is assisting the government of Canada which, as of 2022 has pledged have pledged the following:

$19.5 M in Aid

The funding announced includes:

• $4.5 million in humanitarian assistance to protect vulnerable Haitians and provide food assistance - $1 million to improve integrated health services for women, adolescent girls and children in earthquake-affected areas - $4 million to support post-disaster rehabilitation efforts in earthquake-affected areas - $10 million to strengthen the security sector

Your Professor's organization, General Dynamics, in London ON has the urgent need to send a commercial delivery of $10M in security goods (i.e. armoured vehicles, weapons, security technologies, etc.) to Haiti in keeping with the above promise. You are to source the goods from an existing Canadian Manufacturer and justify your decision.

You are to choose a route and deliver the goods to the Chief of Security Services in Port au Prince, Haiti at the most appropriate EXACT location (i.e. the specific delivery address in Haiti). Please justify your location decision based on the best possible routing and the management of risk. Also, please research the most appropriate sources/types of Canadian goods that would make the greatest impact in maintaining security against the gangs and justify that decision.

In order to convince your former Professor and his managers that you are a suitable freight Forwarding Company and that you have a team that is capable of handling the job, he asks you for a Sales Presentation and Team Report to be Submitted to his Management Team.You have a short period to get everything done so you need to get started now.

With the knowledge acquired at Centennial, your understanding of Canadian and International Logistics, the desire to succeed in the business field, and a network of Centennial colleagues (team size fixed maximum 6 students! (don't ask). You must finalize your teams by the end of week 2 (or you will be automatically enrolled in a team).

You accept the challenge. Success here holds the key your career and you are in control. To get you started, your former Freight Forwarding Professor offered to help you and prepared the following spreadsheet:

A CHECKLIST WITH THE IMPORT/EXPORT TRANSACTION PARTNERS AND THEIR ROLE

PLAYERS IN THE IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESS	ROLE	EXAMPLE DOCUMENTS	WHAT YOUR TEAM SHOULD DO	WHEN AND HOW YOU COLLECT DATA
SELLER/SHIPPER EXPORTER (your professor)	Product Distributor; Attend/assess your presentation, assess your proposal, Prepares, packages & labels the goods for export	Identify a suitable CIFFA Freight Forwarder All documentation to be completed by the seller's agent (below), Import/Export Business Licence, SLI Sign the sales contract, Pro Forma Invoice, Invoice...		Market Research, Product Development Storage and Warehousing needs
BUYER/ IMPORTER	Receive Good Quality Goods on time and in good condition	RFP, International sales contract	Research the Role	Send a request for quote (RFQ) (include the e-mail )
SELLER'S AGENT (FREIGHT FORWARDER, CUSTOMS BROKER & BONDED WAREHOUSE) (your team)	Find the best the carriers; Calculates the freight rates. Arranges Insurance HS Tariff classification; Clears the goods for customs. Where you will store the goods, tariff deferral	F.F. Quotation, Commercial Invoice, Export Permit, Export Declaration... Letters of Introduction, marketing materials AWB, BL or multimodal transport documents Insurance Certificate... Warehouse receipt	An introduction letter, quotation, transport document(s) Identify HS code and put it in the documents Research the warehousing needs and explain what service is needed	CIFFA site, membership
EXPORT REGULATORS & AGENTS	Regulators who you contact issue food inspection certificates, CofO, Quality, Export Permit	CofO, Export Permit, Inspection certificate, other certifications depending on your product and the terms of the letter of credit	Identify the specific Foreign agencies to receive import approval	Research the export requirements for the product
BANKER	Financial Institution(s) to arranges credit, loans and advice about payment method	Provides the Letter of Credit, Credit Insurance	Contact a bank branch, (or BDC and EDC) talk with a Business Manager;	Call, visit
IMPORT REGULATORS & AGENTS	Protectionism (local manufacturers/jobs), policies, Trade Agreements	Import Permits, consular invoices, all documentary requirements for import, import customs broker	Identify the specific Agencies in country to receive export approval	MIGRAS, gov't website
ANY OTHER PARTIES (depends on your product) and should be included above.