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Chapter 6 Transportation ---Logistics Management Transportation Transportation, which can be defined as the actual, physical movement of goods and people between two points, is pivotal to the successful operation of any supply chain because it carries the goods, literally, as they move along the chain. Transportation influences, or is influenced by, many logistics activities to include: P135 on text book Transportation Major macro environmental factors resulting in different transportation system are: Distance; An individual country’s topology; Economy infrastructure; Geographic conditions. An increasing number of shipments are being transported between multiple countries (Table 6-1) Transportation The information on rail gauge is intriguing. China and United States: one size-standard-rail gauge (1.435 meters) in their rail infrastructure; Brazil: broad gauge (1.676 meters), standard gauge, and narrow gauge (1.000 meter) in its rail infrastructure; India: broad gauge and narrow gauge; United Kingdom: predominately uses standard gauge rail, a small proportion of its rail system consists of broad gauge rail. Transportation Modes The attractiveness of a particular transportation mode depends on the following attributes: Cost (piece that a carrier charges to transport a shipment); Speed (elapsed transit time from pickup to delivery); Reliability (consistency of delivery); Capability (amount of different types of products that can be transported); Capacity (Volume that can be carried at one time); Flexibility (ability to deliver the product to the customer) Transportation Modes It is important to recognize that public policy can affect a mode’s performance on these attributes: Railroads, for example, were the dominant mode, as measured by ton miles (the number of tons multiplied by the number of miles transport) and revenues Example in US: The different construction cost takers of railroads and interstate Highway Transportation Modes Airfreight The speed, particularly o