Logistics

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Air transport characteristics

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Dependent on passenger revenue

expensive due to speed

best suited for high value,low volume goods&urgent goods perishables.

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What is pricing based on ?

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Air transport pricing adopts the dimensional weight for freight based on weight and cubic dementions .

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what is belly freight?

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Majority of freight is carried with passengers airplanes.

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competition depends on ?

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route,timing

meals

experinece.

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sea transport characteristics

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relatively inexpensive

low value bulk commodities can carry different types of products

carries greater volumes truck or rail

somewhat reliable and slow.

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Whats a flag of convenience

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A flag of a country under which a ship is registered in order to avoid financial charges or restrictive regulations in the country of the owner

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Disadvantages of sea transport

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speed of services

lowest

weather related disruptions

rapid fuel fluctuation

Aliening supply with demand

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characteristics of pipelines

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most reliable

slowest

accommodation only liquid

capable of transporting large product volumes.

24/7

high dependability

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market structure

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oligopoly

high investment cost

economies of scale

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Disadvantages of pipelines

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slow speed

limited product

limited geographical

limited responsiveness

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QQCT

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from a transport user perspective we think in terms of Quantity,quality,timeliness and cost.

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Why use multimodal

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because you can combine the advantages of each type of transport. Overall achieving cost efficiency without sacrificing quality.

Usually the carrier decides what combination the use.

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What is land bridge

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movement from one sea port to anther substituting rail for portion of ocean trip.

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what is mini bridge

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port is the origin or destination ,rail and ocean transport are used for line haul.

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micro bridge

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same as mini bridge just an inland port

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Transport management

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refers to buying and controlling of transport service by either a shipper or consignee.

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Pubic and private transport carries.

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Public- include common carries who serve the general public or contract carries who offer specialized service to customers.

Private-are companies whose primary business is other than transport and provide their own transport services.

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Transport regulations

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influences all modes of transport on a federal ,state and local basis. Covering safety,environment economic regulations

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Transport managers need to know transport rates which influence the cost of their services

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Commodity rates-one specific rate for every possible combination of product,weight and distance.

Ease of handling-refers to challenges to handling that might be presented by a commodity size.

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How to choose mode of selector

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first determine the appropriate needs,then select carries within the chosen transport.

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Transport cost analysis

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valuable for shipment consolidation decisions,but this needs to be balanced with other logistics functions.

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Bill of landing

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functions as a receipt and binding contract.

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Freight bill

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invoice submitted by the carriers requesting to be paid.

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for a supply net work the most important thing is

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whether the strategy is focusing on cost consideration or customer service expectations,location to market.

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five major drivers of supply network

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1,production

2,inventory

3,location

4,transportation

5,information

the right combination allows the supply chain to increase through put while simultaneously reducing inventory and operating expenses.

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why do sensitivity analysis need to be conducted?

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to assess the impact of changes of various variables in the system.

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Facility considerations

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added when service levels become unacceptable software can help determine the location and number of facility.

time it takes to get from facility to major of the target population.

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factors that influence location

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natural resources

population characteristics

taxes and incentives

labor

transport considerations.

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factors that influences transport

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cost

mode

inventory required

packaging

material cost

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economic transport two basic principles

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quantity-individual shipment should be as larger as involved carriers can legally transport.

Tapering principles-large shipments should be transported distances as long as possible.