An interesting description about transportation systems in a supply chain

1. TRANSPOTATION SYSTEM

2. TYPES OF TRANSPORT
All the companies use a transportation system according
to the product they need to transport, also they
consider the following features in transport:
 Cost
 Capability
 Reliability
 Accesibility
 Security
 Traffic

3. Railroad
Advantages Disadvantages
Capability High cost
Long distances Low security
Rapidity
No traffic
This kind of transport is used for companies that
transport a large quantities of materials and they
have an specific route to conect all the points of
distribution of materials and goods.

4. Water carrier
Advantages Disadvantages
Capability High cost
Long distances Low security
No traffic Slow
Low accesibility
Companies use ships to transport big loads and
the products they transport must be
unperishable. They only arrived to seaports so
sometimes it’s necesary another transport to get
the destiiny for the products.

5. Air carrier
Advantages Disadvantages
Rapidity High cost
Long distances
No traffic
Accesibility
This transportation mode is very confidence
to perishable products becuse of its rapidity.

6. Motor carrier
Advantages Disadvantages
Low cost Low security
Accesibility Traffic
Every companies use this transportation mode in
some operation in its supply chain. They use
trucks of different size according to the quantity
of products they want to move.

7. Pipelines
Advantages Disadvantages
Low cost Low security
Accesibility
Pipelines generally are used to transport liquids
or gases, it’s necesary to design a good network
to install this mode.