Best practices in transportation Effective transportation strategy and planning

摘要

Transportation is commonly viewed as a derived demand. This is partially true in the sense that the modes and carriers that a company selects to move its goods are determined by the volume oi orders it receives and the transit time it takes to move goods to market.On the other hand, some successful companies, such as Walmart, use their supply chain strategy as a compet-itive weapon, as a differentiator, as a leading component of their business strategy. A company's transportation strategy forms part of its supply chain strategy and can be, like Walmart, an essential part of its success. Supply chain planning (SCP) is the component of supply chain management (SCM) involved with predicting future requirements to balance supply and demand. SCM is sometimes broken down into the stages of planning, execution and shipping.