Transportation Company Project

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Transportation Company Project
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Lesson Objective

• To explore the many different careers associated
  with the Transportation, Distribution, and
  Logistics Career Cluster.
• To expose students to the transportation industry
  through the fictional creation of their own
  transportation company.

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Transportation

• Transportation is the life blood of our economy
• US Transportation Industries
• Railroad
• Road
• Trucking
• Public Transportation
• Tram
• Bus
• Shipping
• Airline
• Pipeline

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Transportation Project

• You are now charged to start your own
  transportation company
• You will use the software Locomotion to
  complete this project
• Your project will consist of taking statistics
  and creating a presentation over how well your
  company grew and what steps you took to make it a
  success.

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Constraints

• You must use the North America (Midwest) 1920
  scenario for this project under the Easy tab
• Please name your company
• Must be appropriateno slang
• Stats must be taken every year.
• Any missing years will result in a loss of points
• Use the pause function while taking stats.
• Compete the following each year
• Company Balance Sheet
• Fleet Management

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Constraints

• Your goal is to grow your business to a net value
  of 500,000
• You may select any transportation industry you
  would like to pursue
• Look for opportunities.
• Keep track of where and what your different units
  are doing.

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Presentation Questions

• Within your company, what form of transportation
  generates the majority of your companies revenue?
  
• Why did you pick this form of transportation?
• How did you make your company profitable?
• What did you do well and what could you have done
  better as a company?
• Where did you start your business and why did you
  start there?

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Presentation Questions

• Research your primary revenue generating
  transportation industry and present the following
  on one specific company within that industry
• History - how the company was started
• Profitability and Size how does this company
  make money
• How does this company tie to the economy here.

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Good Luck!