Transport

Goods should be moved from Point A to Point B as efficiently as possible. The specific strengths and weaknesses of each means of transportation within a freight-transport system must be weighed and possibly linked.

Definition of transport

Efficient movement from place to place

The author Jules Verne once dreamed of traveling around the world in 80 days. Phileas Fogg, the British hero of his novel, achieved this speed of travel, which was incredible for the conditions of Verne’s time, by cleverly networking various means of transportation as a practitioner of travel logistics. Today, solving the transport problem is a central task of logistics in shipping a good from one place to another.

The transport chain as solution to transport problems

In general or profession terms, transport involves covering distances or changing the location of cargo through the use of a means of transport.
A distinction must be made here between internal transport within an operation and external transport. For instance, internal transport takes place from one production line to another in a factory or between different departments in a warehouse. External transport, on the other hand, is a shipment from the supplier to the customer, between various factories or between warehouses of a company.
External transport consists of the cargo, the means of transport and the transport process. Means of transport involves the "hardware" of transport - that is, the means of transport that will carry the goods. The transport process, in turn, concerns the “software” of transport and refers to the procedural-organizational rules governing the transport process.
For any given transportation problem, two questions must be generally answered:

• Which means of transport is the most advantageous?
• Which transport process is the most advantageous?

Ultimately, the solution of the transport problem lies in the composition of a transport chain. In a transport chain, goods are moved from Dispatch Point A to Receiving Point B in accordance with procedures that are connected in technical and organizational terms. Transport, handling and storage solutions are often offered by large, networked logistics service providers for an entire transport chain.

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