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¶ … supply chains continue to gain in importance as a core attribute of current and future business models across nearly every industry, the need for using IT resources more effectively in orchestrating each transportation mode becomes essential. Orchestrating supply chain processes from transaction to fulfillment provides third party logistics providers (3PLs) with the opportunity to manage and modify manual processes to gain greater performance on a consistent basis (Gilmore, 2002). In the article Global logistics solutions: A Guide to the problems Shippers face (MacDonald, 2007) the author provides an overview of how supply chains need to be managed as a strategic series of process and system assets, with specific attention paid to the orchestration of transportation modes. Four critical problems supply chains face are also discussed including a lack of supply chain visibility and forecasting, the need for continual quality improvement at the process level, more optimization of transportation network designs, and selecting the best possible analytics and metrics to measure global performance. These four problems taken together are often the impetus for many corporations who have a high reliance on their supply chain systems to create and expand a technology platform to support and strengthen suppliers, buyers and their supplier network (Milmo, 2002). Managing and optimizing a transportation network design concentrate on the most relevant analytics and metrics...
The following analysis evaluates effective vs. ineffective transportation designs and the modes of transport they are based on, exploring the implications of these on global supply chains.
Assessing Effective and Ineffective Transportation Design
The most ineffective of transportation designs are those built on the assumption that there will be little of any significant change to the underlying market conditions and factors driving a business. With so many supply chains predicated on this assumption, it is not surprising that the greatest challenge many face is visibility and forecasting (MacDonald, 2007). Supply chain visibility across the many modes of transportation is essential for any manufacturing company to meet the customer delivery dates they have set (Gilmore, 2002). Creating greater visibility across road, rail, maritime, air, intermodal and telecommunications-based supply chain components all needs to start with the design of transportation network designs that are agile enough to react to market pressures yet strong enough to withstand varying types of market conditions and transaction velocities (Trunick, 2002). Each of the modes of transportation, from road and rail to pipelines, maritime, air, intermodal and telecommunications, all need to be galvanizing the explicit goal of how they can be optimized for…
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Gilmore, D. (2002). Achieving transportation excellence. World Trade, 15(11), 36-38.
MacDonald, A. (2007). Global logistics solutions: A guide to the problems shippers face. World Trade, 20(5), 36-38, 40, 42.
Milmo, S. (2002). Logistics and distribution services begin to separate. Chemical Market Reporter, 262(13), 6-6, 28.
Trunick, P.A. (2002, 10). 4 logistics trends driving and driven by 3 PLs. Transportation & Distribution, 7.
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