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Topic 6 - Physical Transportation Management
Topic 6 - Physical Transportation Management
▪ Prescribed textbook:
Coyle, J. J., Langley, C. J. & Bardi, E. J. 2003, The Management of Business Logistics: A Supply
Chain Perspective, 7th edn, Thomson Learning, Canada.
▪ Reference textbook:
Bloomberg, D.J., Murray, A. and Hanna, J.B. 1998, The Management of Integrated Logistics: A
Pacific Rim Perspective, 2nd edn, Sprint Print, Prentice-Hall.
Bowersox, D.J. Closs, D.J. and Cooper, M.B. 2002, Supply Chain Logistics Management, McGraw-
Hill/Irwin, New York.
Christopher, M. 1998, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, 2nd edn, Pearson Education. Essex.
Cooper, J. 1994, Logistics & Distribution Planning, Kogan Page, London.
Coyle, J.J., Bardi, E.J. and Langley, C.J. 2003, The Management of Business Logistics, West
Publishing Company, New York.
Greasley, A. 2006, Operations Management, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, England.
Johnson, J.C. 1999, Contemporary Logistics, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Stock, J.R. and Lambert D.M. 2001, Strategic Logistics Management, 4th Edn, Irwin/McGraw-Hill,
Boston.
Rushton, A., Croucher, P. and Baker, P. 2006, The Handbook of Logistics and distribution
Management, 3rd edn, Kogan Page, UK.
Lambert, D. M., Stock, J. R. and Ellram, L. M. 1998, Fundamentals of Logistics Management,
McGraw Hill, USA.
▪ List of additional readings:
Chacon-Hurtado, D., Kumar, I., Gkritza, K., Fricker, J. D. and Beaulieu, L. J. 2020, ‘The role
of transportation accessibility in regional economic resilience’, Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 84,
pp. p.102695-18.
Topics
• Transport exists
cầu nối về mặt không gian
for the purpose of bridging
spatial gaps that can be expressed not only in
terms of distance but also of time and of cost
• Accessibility is low
connect
• Advantages:
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– “One-stop” shopping
– Less handling
– Applicable to the “systems approach” to doing
business
– Can be more cost efficient to the customer
– Increased safety and security
Types of Intermodal Transport Service
• Trailer-on-Flat-Car (TOFC):
– Trucks ride on rail cars
– Takes advantage of motor
flexibility and rail’s long haul
economic advantage
– “Piggyback”
• Double-stack train
Types of Intermodal Transport Service: Design
Requirements
• Standardisation of physical form and
dimensions of cargo units such as pallets, trailers,
containers, etc.
• Provision of effective transfer equipment at
intermodal terminals which allows maximum
direct transfer between transport modes
• Adequate buffer storage capacity to allow for
storage of cargo at intermodal terminals due to
differences among interfacing modal transport
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Types of Intermodal Transport Service: Design
Requirements (C)
• Provision of effective capacity to minimise
turnaround of modal transport carriers at
intermodal terminals