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Definitive Guide to Transportation, The: Principles, Strategies, and Decisions for the Effective Flow of Goods and Services(Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals)

Definitive Guide to Transportation, The: Principles, Strategies, and Decisions for the Effective Flow of Goods and Services(Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals)

          
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This is the most authoritative and complete guide to planning, implementing, measuring, and optimizing world-class supply chain transportation processes. Straight from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), it brings together up-to-the-minute principles, strategies, and decisions for cost-efficiently and effectively moving goods between sellers and buyers. CSCMP and Thomas Goldsby introduce crucial concepts including transportation modes, execution, and control; outsourcing, modal and carrier selection, and 3PLs; TMS technologies; ocean shipping, international air, customs, and regulation; and much more. Step by step, The Definitive Guide to Transportation helps you optimize all facets of transportation, one of the highest-cost, highest-impact areas of supply chain management. Coverage includes:   Basic transportation management concepts and their essential roles in demand fulfillment Key elements, processes, and interactions of transportation operations management Design principles and strategies for establishing efficient, effective, and sustainable transportation operations The critical role of technology in managing transportation operations and product flows Requirements and challenges of planning and moving goods between countries Best practices for assessing performance using standard metrics and frameworks

Table of Contents:
SECTION 1  TRANSPORTATION:  THE BASICS     1 Chapter 1  Transportation in Business and the Economy     3 Transportation and Logistics     4 Transportation and the Supply Chain    6 Transportation and the Economy     7 Transportation, Society, and the Environment    10 Summary     12 Endnotes     12 Chapter 2  A Survey of Transportation Modes     15 An Overview of the Modes     15 The Five Modes of Transportation     17    Road Transportation    17    Rail Transportation     25    Water Transportation     31    Air Transportation     36    Pipeline Transportation     37 Intermodal Transportation     38 Summary    44 Endnotes     45 Chapter 3  The Economics of Transportation     47 Accounting Costs and Economic Costs     47 Fixed Costs and Variable Costs     48 Carrier Cost Metrics    50 Carrier Pricing and Costs for Shippers     54 Expressions of Transportation Rates     56 Additional Services and Fees     59 Summary     61 Endnotes     62 Chapter 4  The Transportation Services Market     63 Private Transportation     63    Private Road Fleets    63    Advantages of Private Road Fleets     65    Other (Nonroad) Private Fleets     66 Outsourcing Transportation     67    Contract Carriage (2PLs)     67    Third-Party Logistics Providers (3PLs) 67    Lead Logistics Providers/Integrators (4PLs)     70    Freight Forwarders     71    Difference Between 3PLs and Freight Forwarders     72    Brokers     73 Summary    74 Endnotes     74 SECTION 2  TRANSPORTATION FOR MANAGERS     77 Chapter 5  An Overview of Transportation Management     79 Transportation Management Decision Making    79 Network Design     80    Typology of Transport Networks     81    Optimization    83    Heuristics and Simulations    84 Lane Analysis    85 Mode and Carrier Selection    90 Service Negotiations    94    Shipper—Receiver Negotiations     94    Shipper—Carrier Negotiations    96    Contract Versus Spot Rates     96    Contractual Provisions     97 Service Evaluation     99 Dock- and Movement-Level Decisions     102 Transportation Documentation     103    Documents Common to Domestic and International Transportation    104    Documents Exclusive to International Transportation     106 Summary     108 Endnotes     109 Chapter 6  Transportation Technologies     111 Understanding the Need for Technology: The Bullwhip Effect    113 Technology Architecture     115    Hosted Systems/Hosted Software     115    Software as a Service (SaaS)     115 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)     116    What Is EDI?     116    Benefits and Applications of EDI     118    EDI Implementation     118 Transportation Management System (TMS)     119    Benefits and Applications of TMS     120    TMS Implementation     124 Routing and Scheduling (R&S) Systems     125    What Are R&S Systems?     125    Benefits and Applications of R&S Systems     126    R&S System Implementation     128 Automatic Identification    129    What Is Automatic Identification?     129    Bar Codes     129    The Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC): A Special Tool in Transportation Management     130    Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)     133 Control and Monitoring Systems     136    What Are Control and Monitoring Systems?     136    Location Monitoring Systems    136    Temperature Control and Monitoring Systems     138 Summary     140 Endnote     141 For Further Reading     141 Chapter 7  Transportation’s Role in Logistics and Supply Chain Strategy     143 Lean Logistics     143 Shared Transportation Resources     146 Merge-in-Transit (MIT)     147 Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI)     149 Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR)     150 Collaborative Transportation Management (CTM)     151 Summary     154 Endnotes     155 Chapter 8  Transportation and Global Supply Chains    157 Need for Global Supply Chains     160 International Modes of Transportation    161    International Ocean Transportation    162    International Air Transportation    168    Intermodal Transportation    174 Enablers and Key Players in Transporting Goods to Global Supply Chains    179 Incoterms    180 Key Documents Used in Enabling Transportation for Global Supply Chains     185 Summary     187 Endnotes    188 Chapter 9  Transportation and Sustainability     189 Transportation’s Role in Sustainable Supply Chain Management    190    The Need for Sustainability in Transportation     191 Triple Bottom Line (TBL)     197 Potential Solutions to Make Transportation More Sustainable    199 Summary    202 Endnotes     203 SECTION 3  TRANSPORTATION IN 2013 AND BEYOND     205 Chapter 10  The Future of Transportation     207 Changes Affecting Consumer Shopping Behavior     209    Internet Retailing (IR)     209    Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing     210 Changes in Technology    213    Self-Driven Vehicles     213    Intelligent Transport System (ITS)     216 Geopolitical, Legislative, and Societal Changes     217    Rising and Erratic Fuel Prices     217    Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases     219    The Need for Infrastructure to Support Growing Populations     219    Increasing Demands for Security and Safety in Transportation     221 Summary     222 Endnotes     223 For Further Reading     223 Index     225  The most authoritative, up-to-the-minute guide to planning, running, measuring, and improving supply chain processes and operations related to transportation


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780133449112
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson FT Press
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0133449114
  • Publisher Date: 03 Jan 2014
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 264
  • Sub Title: Principles, Strategies, and Decisions for the Effective Flow of Goods and Services


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