How can the business reduce food miles and delivery costs?
This activity challenges learners to investigate solutions that might improve the current delivery system used by the farm co-operative in the Using IT to develop a farm enterprise multimedia presentation.
Chapter six of the multimedia stimulus shows how the delivery is currently organised.
Learning objectives
Learners should be able to:
- develop their problem solving skills
- develop a business solution using standard software applications.
Downloads
How can the business reduce food miles and delivery costs – activity (PDF, 126KB)
Mileage spreadsheet (XLS, 27KB)
Using IT to develop a farm enterprise – complete resource (PDF, 195KB)
Related resources
Watch chapter six of Using IT to develop a farm enterprise - multimedia presentation continued, to find out about their current delivery process.
The Peer review area contains suggestions of how to prepare your learners for giving and receiving feedback in this activity.