The Management of Transshipment Terminals: Decision Support for Terminal Operations in Finished Vehicle Supply Chains (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780387308531)

1.1 Freight Transshipment We observe an ongoing trend towards globalized industrial produc- tion. Multinational companies aim at strategic competitive advantages by distributing their activities around the globe. As a result, the in- dividual supply chains become longer and more complex. Next to the supply chain reliability, companies try to keep supply chains cost effi- cient and responsive, i.e. warrant short order fulfillment lead times (Siirie and Wagner, 2005). The above goals dictate low inventory levels at the stages of a supply chain as well as a high frequency of transports between the partners involved. Supply Chain Requirements. Detailed performance measures for a supply chain are provided by the Supply Chain Operations Refer- ence (SCOR) model (Supply-Chain Council, 2002). The SCOR model provides four levels with increasing detail of process modeling. In accor- dance to the process detail depicted SCOR metrics are defined for each level. Level 1 distinguishes metrics addressing the reliability of supply chains, their responsiveness, flexibility, cost and optionally their assets. On levels 2-4 these metrics are operationalized with respect to the pro- cess types source, make and deliver. Thus, as substantial activities of the deliver process, transport and transshipment are evaluated as an integral part of the supply chain.

Author: Dirk C. Mattfeld
ISBN-10: 0387308539
ISBN-13: 9780387308531
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2006
Pages: 178
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.60d