2. It is called a transport system
consisting of multiple elements,
being three fundamentals,
infrastructure, and vehicle
service company that comes to
constitute the activity that
previously
3. The transport system is the most
important component of
organizations, because the success
of a supply chain is closely related
to its design and use appropriate
4. Freight transport is a fundamental
activity in the Colombian
productive since it is the sector that
allows a product reaches the final
consumer, generate the movement
of goods and invigorate the
economy
5. TYPES OF TRANSPORT
Air transport (airplanes)
Air transport (helicopter)
Road transport (roads and
highways)
Rail transport
Water transport
River transport
6. Air transport (airplanes)
Usually used when supplies are
needed most urgently or when
access to the affected areas does
not allow the use of other means of
transport
7. It is much more versatile than
airplanes because they can reach
difficult areas but usually have little
capacity
Air transport (helicopter)
8. Road transport (roads and highways)
Their use depends primarily on
traffic conditions (physical and
security) of the paths to the
delivery points.
9. Rail transport
Your use obviously depends on the
existence of railway and the status
of women, possesses great burden
and operating costs are generally
quite low
10. Water transport
Mostly used for imports and
obviously access to a port or dock
is required to receive the load has
high load capacity and is quite
economical
11. River transport
Useful to supply coastal
communities in moderate
quantities of supplies, or for
mobilization in the event of floods,
is low cost of operation and allow
access to difficult areas to other
transport
