Dispatch and routing decisions
- 1. Dispatch and Routing Decisions Leema Joy
- 2. Transportation refers to the movement of product from one point to another as it moves from the beginning of a supply chain management. • Any supply chain’s success is closely linked to the appropriate use of transportation. • Logistics companies effectively use responsive transportation systems to lower overall costs.
- 3. Dispatching is the routine of setting productive activities in motion through the release of orders and necessary instructions according to pre- planned times and sequence of operations embodied in route sheets and loading schedules. Routing is defined as the process of creating the most cost effective route through minimization of distance or travel time necessary in order to reach a set of planned stops.
- 4. Dynamic vs Static Routing Dynamic Routing Static Routing • Routes are created from scratch using a given set of orders and also allow adjustments based on traffic-related or weather issues. • Sending deliveries through pre- configured routes with no deviations allowed. • These routes are fixed.
- 6. Air: • Rapidly growing segment of transportation industry. • Lightweight, small items. • Quick, reliable, expensive.
- 7. Rail: • Low cost, high-volume. • Improving flexibility.
- 8. Water: • One of oldest means of transport. • Low-cost, high-volume, slow. • Bulky, heavy and/or large items. • Standardized shipping containers improve service. • Combined with trucking & rail for complete systems.
- 9. Road: • Most used mode. • Flexible, small loads. • Trucks can go door-to-door as opposed to planes and trains.