The Definitive Guide to Transportation: Principles, Strategies, and Decisions for the Effective Flow of Goods and Services

The proper management of transportation processes and issues is critical to fulfilling customer demand and to the ultimate success of a supply chain. Now theres an authoritative and comprehensive guide to managing transportation processes and operations in any supply chain. Authored by leading expert Thomas Goldsby alongside the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) this text focuses on the key principles strategies and decisions required for the cost-efficient effective flow of goods between sellers and buyers. Coverage includes: Basic transportation management concepts and their essential roles in demand fulfillment including transportation links efficiency and aligning capabilities with customer requirements Key elements processes and interactions of transportation operations management including transportation modes execution and control Design principles and strategies for establishing efficient effective and sustainable transportation operations including functional control terms of sale outsourcing modal and carrier selection rate negotiation contracting consolidation 3PLs sustainability and overcoming barriers to success The critical role of technology in managing transportation operations and product flows including the latest TMS tools for routing scheduling load planning carrier selection load tendering status tracking appointment scheduling performance reporting scorecarding and auditing Requirements and challenges of planning and moving goods between countries including freight flows intermodal options planning/execution ocean shipping and international air services; customs; global challenges and regulation Best practices for assessing performance using standard metrics and frameworks including KPIs tradeoff analysis and more