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Transport and Travel -  SUPPLY, DISTRIBUTION & PROCUREMENT MANAGER  

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Procurement of .... School Supplies

 PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

1. As a class, you are to work out the best bargain for the cost of the following school supply items

  • Reems of Paper School Supplies

  • Scissors

  • Glue

  • Pencils

  • Erasers

  • Sticky tape

  • Post-it notes

  • Whiteboard cleaner

  • Whiteboard pens


In groups of 4 - 5 students, select one product.

2. Find out the local supplier and check online or at the shop how much each item cost for 1, 10, 50, 100, 500 items.

3. Go to two competitors' sites and list the prices for the same quantity.

4. Compare the costs.

5. What is the best deal?

6. Write up a proposal to the School Principal or Bursar providing a measured argument to change suppliers based on your research.

 

 

The Geography of Mandarins: Where do they come from? (this activity is also under the Logistics Analyst & Geographer)

PrimaryPrimary MiddleMiddle 

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

 

1. As a class, inform the school that you are conducting a Geography Research Project using Mandarins as the product being distributed. Your class will be trying to work out where the school community's mandarins come from across Australia and abroad.

Citrus Australia has done some research work. Look at the following chart and Australian map.

Availability of Australian Citrus

Availability of Mandarins
(Source: Citrus Australia)

 

What’s Available Where

Australian Map
(Source: Citrus Australia)

2. In teams, look at 5 mandarins and their labels on their skins. Collect as much detail as possible from these stickers including one photograph for each different variety (if there is variety). You might also need to get students to bring in the larger label on bags of mandarins if individual mandarins are not labeled  - see below.

 

Mandarins
(Source: Amin: Wikipedia)

 

Brainstorm how you will record the information on these mandarin labels. Create a table with all this information recorded.

Make sure you note the distributing company, the variety and the place where the mandarins are grown (procured from).

3. Each morning before fruit time get a collection of stickers from each mandarin that comes to school and record the information into the table.

4. Collect the mandarin information for

a. One week
b. Two weeks
c. Three weeks
d. Four weeks

5. Start an Excel data sheet.

6. Compare and contrast with the information on the Australian map above.

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Jeweller side

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