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  • 1 Lesson 2 Transportation

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  • What is Internal transportation?

    The movement of products inside the company
  • What are the different transportation modes?

    1. Road (highway)
    2. Air
    3. Water
    4. Rail
    5. Pipeline
  • What are the characteristics of road (highway)

    • Dominates the logistics infrastructure
    • Has become more cost-effective
    • Weaknesses -->Not the fastest nor the cheapest option
    • Strength--> flexibility to deliver where and when needed
    • Greater emphasis on delivery speed + flexible mode of transportation
  • What are the characteristics of water?

    • Water carriers- inexpensive, slow & inflexible, include inland waterway, coastal & deep-sea
    • Ideal for materials with high weight-to-value ratio, (for heavy, bulky, low-value materials) especially if delivery speed is not critical
  • What are the characteristics of rail?

    • Rail is relatively slow & inflexible
    • Similar to water but more flexible
    • Strengths--> highly cost-efective for bulky items
    • Weaknesses--> Limited locations.
  • What are the characteristics for air?

    • Ideal for customers with a low weight-to-value ratio, especially, if delivery speed or delivery reliability is critical
    • Higher shipping (fuel) costs and improvement in other modes have reversed in the rise in air growth over the past decade
    • Strength--> quickest mode of delivery, flexible especially linked to the highway mode.
    • Weaknesses --> often the most expensive model on a per-pound basis
  • What are multimodal solutions?

    A transportation solution that seeks to exploit the strengths of multiple transportation modes through physical, information and monetary flows that are as seamless as possible.
  • What are intermodal transportation?

    Combinations of various transportation mode, is becoming an extremely popular method
  • Key aspect of multimodal/intermodal solutions

    Integration of the various models through physical, information and monetary flows UPFRONT. Coordination is essential
  • What are contract carriers?

    A transportation service providor that handles shipments for other firms based on long-term agreements on contracts
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