Imagine you are a sourcing manager for Amazing Jeans. For boys' cotton denim pants, come up with specific strategies for your logistics to be green, in terms of:
a. Labeling
b. Packing and packaging
c. Transportation
d. Warehousing
1. What product categories within textile and apparel provide the greatest amount of packaging as part of their sales? If you are a sourcing manager for such product categories, what specific packaging strategies would you suggest to make your logistics green?
2. Research energy consumption and carbon footprints on ocean, air, and land transportation modes. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of each mode in terms of its environmental impact.
3. Discuss why textile and apparel products are considered trade-sensitive?
4. Examine each document necessary to submit to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to file an entry of the goods. What information is required and why does USCBP need such information?
5. Who is responsible for filing an entry for the following purchase order once the goods have arrived at a sourcer's port under each of the following terms?
a. CIF
b. FOB
c. LDP