Transportation is the lifeblood of any supply chain, but a company's logistics department tends to be an invisible link in that chain. Freight transportation—the physical distribution of goods—involves four major modes: highway, rail, air, and water carriers. Because more than 70% of all goods in the United States at some point are transported on a truck, this chapter by design focuses on best practices when dealing with motor carriers. For simplicity's sake, it looks at best practices from the shipper's point of view. The idea of supply chain management started becoming popular just as a spirit of deregulation was sweeping through Washington, DC, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. When analyst firm Aberdeen Group asked 286 companies which transportation best practices had been the most important in driving supply chain improvement, by far the top answer was collaboration.
Transportation
Logistics à la Mode
2021-06-09
18 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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