Explain how the operations can be impacted. Explain and clarify the pros and cons of having membership in this alliance.

Select an Air Cargo Alliance that is associated with british airways
 Number and state each requirement, and give each answer its own separate paragraph(s).

State the interesting current or latest news item online regarding your Air Cargo Alliances selection.

Explain how the operations can be impacted.

Explain and clarify the pros and cons of having membership in this alliance.

 Discuss 3 solutions to these problems or issues. Identify 3 possible problems or issues you see in the company’s operations.

Select a company with global/international shipping and receiving operations using our online library and/or Internet. The 3-4 page paper should include the following:

State the purpose and background of the company.

Discuss the role(s) of the company within the retail supply chain. Hint: Include a diagram of the retail supply chain. An example is provided on page 20 of the Hugos textbook.

Discuss the shipping and receiving operations of the company. Hint: Include a diagram of the operations using a process flow. An example is provided on page 166 of the Hugos textbook.

Identify 3 possible problems or issues you see in the company’s operations.

Discuss 3 solutions to these problems or issues.

What is the data telling you?How do you explain it to your client?How accurate is this forecast for XPO?Can you develop a forecasting system or model that may be more reliable and accurate? Explain.

Methods of Analysis for Business Operations

Forecasting Stock Price for XPO Logistics Company

You are an investment advisor, and your client is interested in buying the XPO Logistics company stock. To make the best financial decision for your client, you want to forecast the direction of the stock and determine whether your client should buy the stock based on forecasting and quantitative analysis. You start the process by gathering data and determining what forecasting technique to use.

Complete the following steps.

Retrieve data on the closing price of the XPO stock (Symbol XPO) from January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020. You can do this on multiple websites by using a search engine and inserting the name of the stock.

Using the time series forecasting method, moving average, compute the 10–, 30–, and 50–day continuous moving averages.

Show all data and computations for your moving averages.

Take each number computed for the 10–day moving average, and record it in a table. Do the same for the 30– and 50–day averages.

You can now either plot these data points in a graph or just compare them against each other to complete the next step.

Write your final analysis, and make a recommendation to your client:

What is the data telling you?

How do you explain it to your client?

How accurate is this forecast for XPO?

Can you develop a forecasting system or model that may be more reliable and accurate? Explain.

Your completed paper must be at least three pages in length, and you must use at least two academic sources. Be sure to include a brief introduction section in which you provide a background, purpose, and road map for the paper.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used.note that no abstract is needed.