Chapter III Designing and Planning Transportation Networks

Chapter III Designing and Planning Transportation Networks-

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Transportation in Supply Chain

3.3 Importance of Transportation

Basic service for increasing national income

Create new economic activity

Indicator of development

Enlarge the trading activities

Promotes industrialisation

3.4 Role of Transport in Supply Chain

3.4.1 Transportation Modes in Supply Chain

3.5 Transportation Infrastructure and Policies

3.6 Design Options For Transportation Network

3.7 Tailored Transportation

3.8 Trade-off in Transportation Design

3.9 Routing and Scheduling in Transportation

3.10 Making Transportation Decisions in Practice

Recommended Reading:

• Chase, 2006. Operations Management for Competitive Advantage, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 11th ed., p.875.

• Tyndall, G., 1998. Supercharging Supply Chains: New Ways to Increase Value Through Global Operational
  Excellence. John Wiley and Sons, New York, p.269.
• Meredith, J.R., & Shafer, S.M., 2007. Operations Management for MBAs. John Wiley and Sons, New York,
  3rd ed., p.445.