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DELIVERY (Transportation (MODES AND CARRIES, Regulations: USA & Canada…
DELIVERY
Transportation
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transportation may cost as much as 40 percent of the total cost of the item, but it depends, if its heavy or difficult to tranposrt; it may be also cost as much as 1 percent
the transportation buyer must look not only at cost but also at service provided. For example, items are purchased to meet a production schedule, and the available modes of transport require different amounts of transport time
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Delivery of services often depends more on radio frequency waves and the Internet than trucks, trains, and planes. No matter which mode of transport is involved, on-time delivery is a critical element of both goods and services purchasing.
Logístics
that part of the sup- ply chain that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective flow and storage of
goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumptiontion in order to meet customers’ requirements
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Role of supply
Supply may have direct functional responsibility for some logistics responsibilities, such as arrang- ing in-bound transportation with suppliers or responsibility for supervising warehousing and stores. Meanwhile, others in the organization, such as marketing, may turn to supply to assist in establishing relationships with third-party logistics (3PL) service providers to operate distribution facilities and warehouses. Consequently, supply’s role in delivery can involve functional oversight and logistics services acquisition.
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Puchasing and Supply Chain Management, 14th edition. Authors: Johnson, Leenders & Flynn, Editorial MGH, ISBN 9780073377896
