Role of transportation in Supply Chain Management

 

 Transportation play very important role in supply chain management & choosing best route. Transportation in supply chain to help move inventory and route are choosing its help to take decision. Transportation is main important driver of Supply Chain Management. Any supply chain success using appropriate transportation, effective transportation like Ikea transportation.   The various role of transportation involve in supply chain management like, Move goods and material from one place to another place and supply material successfully for final destination, And its not necessary you have your own vehicle, you outsource material. Basically four types of vehicle, 1. Common Carriers(This early common carrier like, bus air ship without discrimination) 2. Contract carrier (This carrier have specific route and specific time fixed and contract also done with any organization) 3. Exempt Carrier( There are different ways to move animal in worldwide as compare men, But in our country 1 way use to move animal and men in same vehicle like open Suzuki, But if we talk about worldwide so he have proper and different way to move animal and men separately) 4. Private Carrier (Those company come in this category to have own vehicle or either outsource vehicle they sign the contract with carrier like, Pepsi, Coca Cola).

Author: M. Yasir Ikram