Sustainable Transportation Operations Plan for XYZ Organization: A Comprehensive Analysis and Recommendations for Achieving the United Nations’ 17 Goals of Sustainable Development

INSTRUCTIONS
This is the first of a four part progressive assignment that you will build upon throughout the course.
1.Review the total requirements below for the final research paper in this course (Looking Ahead), due week 8.
2. After review of the final assignment, select a topic for your research paper.
3. Complete and submit the Assignment 1 for this week.
Instructions for this week:
Develop a Sustainable Transportation Operations Plan (STOP) Paper for a supply chain of an organization of your choice.
This is a three-part submission which will be delivered on separate weeks (uploaded to Assignments). Do not include any secure, confidential or private information in your plan. Your STOP should include background about the organization, its products and services, markets, and supply chain strategies (e.g., green chain). Also describe its current freight flows and future freight flows after implementation your recommended sustainable transportation improvements would be implemented. Use three time frames for your STOP: near term (1-2 years), mid-term (3-5 years) and long term (6-10 years). Support your STOP with theories, concepts, and best practices from the course resources and scholarly resources available from the APUS Library.
THIS IS WHATS NEEDED: -Week 3-Part 1 is the topic of your plan. This should be a paper with a minimum of 300 words. Include title page, references page, and use APA Style 7th edition style. Microsoft WORD format.
Example Template for the STOP Paper:
Demographic information about the organization: industry classification; markets, locations, # of employees, products & services, operations, suppliers, other pertinent information
How does this supply chain support the organization’s strategic goals?
How does this supply chain currently support the United Nations’ 17 Goals of Sustainable Development?
What are the strengths of this supply chain?
What are the weaknesses of this supply chain?
What metrics does the organization utilize for its supply chain?
What transportation improvements has it implemented for operations?
What should be the next steps be to improve operations of the supply chain in support of the 17 Goals?
Provide details to support your conclusions.
You may find it useful to compare the supply chain you are analyzing to an exemplary organization (Griswold, 2021), standards (ISO, n.d.), or best practices (Lee, 2021).
Grading Criteria:
Percentage Scale
100 Point Scale
Points
Integration of course concepts
30%
30 points
30
Completeness of analysis
30%
30 points
30
Logically supported conclusions, recommendations
20%
20 points
20
References support, APA 7th edition format
10%
10 points
10
Grammar, spelling, and punctuation
10%
10 points
10
TOTAL
100%
100 points
100

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