TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Logistics theory - Lecture 5: Freight transportation

At the end of this lecture, students should be able to: Intermodal transportation, consignment factor, factors to consider, cost and service requirements, speed of delivery – over-riding factor, modal choice matrix, logistics decisionsm, strategic decisions, tactical decisions, operational decisions. | Freight Transportation - Continued Intermodal transportation It involves the transportation of freight using multiple modes of transportation (rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damage and loss, and allows freight to be transported faster. Intermodal transportation The most frequent intermodal services are: Air–truck (birdy-back) transportation Train–truck (piggy-back) transportation Ship–truck (fishy-back) transportation Intermodal transportation Containers are the most common load units in intermodal transportation and can be moved in two ways: Containers are loaded on a truck and the truck is then loaded onto a train, a ship or an airplane (trailer on flatcar); Containers are loaded directly on a train, a ship or an airplane (container on flatcar). Consignment Factors There are important consignment or route factors that may have an impact on the final decision

• Quản trị kinh doanh
• Logistics theory
• Lecture Logistics theory
• Lý thuyết logistics
• Freight transportation
• Intermodal transportation
• Consignment factor
• Logistics decisionsm
• International logistics
• Global logostics
• Global logistics plans
• International supply chain
• Logistics systems
• Inventory management
• Inventory management policy
• Direct shipment
• Freight transport
• External factors
• Customer characteristics
• History of logistics
• Logistics flows
• Corner store processes
• Supply chain costing
• logistical costing
• Supply chain cost areas
• Supply chain
• Value added
• Lead time
• Just in time
• Communication technology
• Satellite communication
• Electronic data interchange
• Customer accomodation
• Customer focused marketing
• Spatial convenience
• Customer service
• Building customer loyalty
• Customer care
• Total quality management
• Quality management
• Quality improvement
• Inventory categorization method
• Inventory management policies
• ABC analysis
• Eliminate waste
• Powerful strategy
• Material requirements planning
• Material requirements planning system
• Inventory records file
• Managing facilitating goods
• Inventory cost
• Businesses outsource
• Advantages of outsourcing
• Disadvantages of outsourcing
• Logistics companies
• Relationship quality
• Resource dependence theory
• Network theory
• irm performance
• Factors of restricting the development
• Logistics financial
• Logistics financial services
• Game theory
• Management system
• Urban distribution centers
• Fruit and vegetable distribution network
• Queuing theory based bi objective mathematical model
• Environmental and economic costs
• City logistics model
• Location theory
• Rapid urbanization
• Intensified industrialization
• Rise of income
• Collecting recyclables
• Student loans
• Student credits
• Binary Logistics regression
• Domestic and international authors
• Model theory
• Economic universities