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MGT 492 - Case Study Assignment 4

Answer the questions below and submit to the Assignment box no later than Sunday 11:59 PM

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1. What are some strategic planning changes and technologies that could be implemented at ports

to reduce congestion and pollution?

2. Go to http://pierpass.org/about. What are the logistics activities that the Ports of Los Angeles and

Long Beach have implemented through PierPass?

3. Define open innovation, and describe Bosch’s process of creating new products and services.

4. What are B2B and P2P collaborations? How do they fit in Bosch’s supply chain management

process?

5. Describe how Bosch could improve its supply chain management and product innovation process

to include the Base of the Pyramid (BoP)?

6. How has Bosch’s collaboration with a large number of agents been a positive factor? How could new collaborations with underdeveloped countries also become a positive factor for Bosch?