Module 1 - Transportation Management

Front

the act or process of moving people or things

from one place to another.

Back

Transportation

Front

the act or skill of controlling and making

decisions

about a business, department, sports team, etc.

Back

Management

Front

a regularly interacting or interdependent group or items

forming a unified whole

Back

System

Front

Involves the outbound flow of materials from the supplier or

manufacturer to customers.

Back

Distribution

Front

According to the Council of Logistics Management, is that the part

of the supply chain that plans, implements, and controls the efficient

forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related

information between the point of origin and the point of

consumption in order to meet customer requirements.

Back

Logistics

Front

Is broader than logistics and includes all activities involved in the

sourcing, manufacturing or conversion, storage, distribution, and

delivery of goods to customers.

Back

Supply Chain Management

Front

Is the creation of place and time utility. When goods are moved to

places where they have higher value than they had at the places

from which they had at the places from which they originated, that

have place utility.

Back

Transportation

Front

Aspects of Transportation

Back

1. The movement service.

2.The equipment used.

3. 3. Cost of the transportation service.