ASSIGNMENT: INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS CONFERENCE: BSC AND OTHER LOGISTICS KPI’SHi, Ace, Your next assignment:The International Logistics Conference is coming up in a few months. Elephant L&SC Consultants has always participated and presented a paper which increase our stature in the eyes of the industry and potential clients. You are being assigned the task to write a paper and then be prepared to present it. First, let’s focus on the paper and the topic to be presented: Balanced Scorecard versus Logistics Key Performance Indicators.Quite often, we are asked by some of our clients to develop a BSC so they can utilize a regular dashboard for measuring performance. As is often the case, there are other key performance indicators (KPI’s) that should be utilized beyond the traditional BSC. And we often have to go into a complicated discussion with clients to move them towards adapting the BSC to include other logistics KPI’s to provide a well-balanced Balanced Scorecard. We think that a well-written paper that covers this topic can be very useful. And that is your assignment. We hope to use this to develop a white paper that we can provide to clients and prospects.Your Deliverable: a report that provides a review of the traditional Balanced Scorecard and also identifies logistics/SC Key Performance Indicators. Discuss why and how to include these other KPI’s to adapt the scorecard to specific logistic companies to make it more effective. Be sure to cover transportation, warehousing, and inventory as well as the five types of performance. Also to be included is discussion of how to design and implement these measures.Be sure to use APA format for any citations and references you use in the report.

*********Case is in file attached********write a two-page paper which provides a methodology that could be followed to actually solve the case.The strategy paper need not be an actual solution to the case -- it may simply explain how one would go about solving the case, step by step.The strategy paper is being prepared for the approval of a senior financial manager who is completely familiar with the background of the problem.Therefore the strategy paper should skip background details and deal only with recommended procedures.The paper is procedural rather than descriptive.The level of detail that is appropriate in describing the procedures depends upon the objective of the particular case.For example, If an important objective of the analysis is to determine the amount of additional funds that will be required to support a new project then it is obviously not sufficient to make a statement such as: "Step 3, determine the additional funds requirements."Instead, exact and detailed procedures should be outlined for determining the amount of external financing required, being careful to identify any peculiarities or complications that are unique to that particular caseBidding for Hertz1.How does the dual-track process used by Ford to initiate “considerations for strategic alternatives affect the bidding process for Hertz? 2.In what ways does hertz conform or not conform to the definition of an “ideal LBO target”? Do you believe Hertz is an appropriate buyout target?3. Strategically, what value-creating opportunities can the sponsors exploit in this transaction?4.How realistic are the key assumptions that underlie the bidding Group’s projections in case Exhibits 8, 9, and 10? Which assumptions are most likely to have the largest impact on returns?5.Based on the base-case estimates in case Exhibits 8, 9, and 10 and your estimate(s) of terminal value if the sponsors put up $2.3 billion in equity, what return can they expect to earn?6.If Carlyle desires a 20% target return on its equity investment, does your analysis suggest that $2.3 billion is too much to pay, or can it afford to pay more – in either case, by how much?7.What is the market-required rate of return for this investment, and why might this differ from the sponsors’ target return?8.What is the value of Hertz using the equity residual method of valuation?9.Assess the amount ford is likely to receive if it pursues its IPO alternative versus being bought by a private equity group. --....l10.What factors would be considered in assessing whether the consortium’s bid is likely to beat that of a rival group?

discussed in the Larson and Gray textbook pg 621. Refer to your textbook for all instructions for this assignment. This project will be divided into 2 submissions:discussed in the Larson and Gray textbook pg 621. Refer to your textbook for all instructions for this assignment. This project will be divided into 2 submissions: