Managing the Global Supply Chain Toenhance a firm’s global c

Managing the Global Supply Chain Toenhance a firm’s global capabilities, logistics management mustconsider five major differences between domestic and internationaloperations. These include performance cycle structure, transportation,operational considerations, informational systems (IS) integration, andalliances. Performance cycle structure. Thelength of the performance cycle is a major difference between domesticand international operations. Performance cycles are longer forinternational operations. While the domestic is measured in days,international is measured in weeks or months (e.g., fashion merchandisetakes 30 to 60 days). The reasons for longer order cycle to deliverycycle times are: Communication delaysFinancing requirementsSpecial packaging requirementsOcean freight schedulingSlow transit timesCustoms clearance Discuss the above topic and post your comments , views , opinions and recommendations. Good luck,,,,