Main principles influencing the optimization of transportation within the logistics of supply chain center on the maximizing the carrier capacity involved in the delivery mission while obliging to the set legal frames and bulk hauling to remote destinations. This explains the case for manufacturers to supply to customers over wide...
Leasing or renting a car can be attractive to some consumers due to the fact that lease payments are usually lower than financing a similar one. In addition, leasing gives more financial control to a person by allowing him use a car for pre-determined period. However, the buyer’s period mostly...
Autonomous vehicles are vehicles that can self-operate without the use of a human driver. Some self-driving cars can still have a driver present to perform the general oversight and shoot back at the attackers rather than doing the driving. Unlike the situation with the small bots assisting on the battlefield,...
Transportation was a critical element of American development both politically and economically. While highway driven Trucks have replaced the Railroad for many transportation duties, today railroads still occupy a vital role in the countries economy as one of the cheapest and most economical methods of moving large quantities of bulk...
Planning of logistics synchronizes warehousing, transportation, and inventory between supply chain partners and within the firm. The planning of logistics incorporates vehicle availability, overall movement demand and pertinent movement cost into a general decision support system, which aims at minimizing overall freight operating cost. There are three crucial factors to...
Freight forwarders accumulate their business earnings by combining small volume shipments from different customers to form a sizeable load and use one means of transport t at their disposal for the delivery missions. A convenient location is set where a local operator then delivers single loads to their respective client’s...
A freight bill consists of the protocols that are applied by a transport operator in billing for the service rendered. Much of the details guiding the payment for the transactions are contained in the bill of lading. Two approaches used in the recovery of freight bills are either prepaid or...
Logistics are made up of a very distinct geographical dimension, whose main character is in the form of flows, networks, and nodes. With the transformation of the space-time convergence concept of transport geography, as the need for improved methods of delivery and meeting customer demands has risen, the concept of...
Whereas transportation has, over the years, posed a great challenge to the environment, it is important to note that there exist some alternatives to crude oil products like petrol and diesel that have been in use over the years. This is by using environmentally friendly products that, even when consumed...
Transportation started to span the entire world in 1920, and since then, it has posed a lot of challenges in the world. Whereas the transportation sector has assisted most individuals and companies in giving them mobility and also means of transporting goods and services, it has exhibited impacts on the...
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is symbolically the leader in setting international standards. The ISO 14000 series came into place to set quality benchmarks for environmentally friendly management practices (UNEP, 2006, 450). The above research question, “Does the concept of certification of transportation operations and logistics management explain the...
The strength of coexistence established by the relationship between transportation operation and logistics management is a measure of the degree of correlation. Previous studies on the cost contributed by transportation operations to logistics management expenses functionally explained as an example of how to measure the interactive association between them. This...
The central question,” What interactive experience is shared by transportation and logistics management in mainstreaming global environment concerns?” has characteristics of emerging design and is relatively open-ended. The same applies to the associated sub-questions thereof. The global rise in atmospheric temperatures stemming from global warming is phenomenal, and this has...
In exploring the growth that transportation is experiencing from its cradle to current, a thin line of distinction may exist to distinguish it from development that is occurring in logistics management. Often that two may seem synonymous especially considering the diversity in the sectors that have customized the two as...
Introduction This analysis provides a relationship between levels of customer satisfaction and quality of services using a likert scale analysis. The service quality variables are denoted by aspects such as tangibility, reliability, responsiveness and assurance of XXX airline management system. Our research indicates that cabin safety and accident rate levels...
Introduction Subject and Objectives The business report discusses the technological advances undergone by Boeing 787 from a commercial perspective. In this respect, the case examines possible costs and benefits imposed by technological enhancement to meet the current commercial demands and sustain a competitive edge at the market. The considerations are...
Summary Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) is a program that focuses on providing operators in the commercial airlines the ability to implement corrective security by use of shared information categorized as de-identified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The information equips FAA with the capacity to analyze and monitor operational...
Between the years 2000 and 2010, many employees in various industries lost their jobs while others had major cuts in their salaries. The trend was no exception for airline workers in America. However, airlines have started recording profits and as a result, their employees have started to demand a pay...
Introduction In the contemporary world, demand for the air travel has significantly increased. Air travel is one of the fastest means of transport. Therefore, air travel is important both for passengers and cargo. Air travel has significantly promoted trade and hence contributed to economic growth. In the modern world, technology...
Introduction Globalization has led to a considerable increase in travel-related activities around the world, which in its turn enhanced the business prospects. Airports are generally the entry points of almost all business ventures and tourism-related journeys. This way, airports have a crucial role in presenting the first impression to the...
Write three pages about presenting your opinion of what the current state-of-the-art MANPAD mitigation system should be. Reinforce your opinion with facts Travel and tourism are now among the world’s largest industries. Air travel has become a vital constituent in contemporary day travel as a result of its fast speed...
Whether or not to allow flying car is a very controversial issue at present time. A considerable amount of money has been spent over the last decade on the invention of this vehicle. Flying car refers to an auto- aero machine that can be used on road and can also...
Introduction Public transit is also known as public transportation and varies from buses, trains, coaches, trolleybuses and tram among others. Usually, passengers are required to pay fares in order to access transport services. Buses mainly provide short journey transportation for passengers and accommodate minimum passengers compared to trains and trams...
Executive Summary The Arizona department of Transportation (ADOT) is an agency that serves the transportation sector within Arizona. There other agencies that operates at the local level. Both the state and the local agencies work in much the same way as the US Department of Transport at the Federal level....
Abstract It has been estimated that one in every six fatal vehicle collisions in the year 2008, was caused by driver interruption while driving (Wilson & Stimpson, 2010, p. 2213). Though the causes of the distraction varies, the use cell phones and text messaging has been ranked as the major...
The safety of passengers in aircraft and people who are in and around airports depends on aircraft and airport operations. The safety of passengers in an aircraft does not only depend on the mechanical condition of the aircraft, but also the operations of the airport. Therefore, airport operations such as...
The hiked globalization has resulted into momentous ascend in the trends of air traffic across the globe. Consequently, the aviation business has revolutionized world over owing to the evident air territorial movements. Much emphasis is therefore imminent in this industry since any negligible mistake might cause elevated death incidences culminating...
Executive summery Airline industry faces a number of challenges in trying to cut down their carbon footprint. Nonetheless, there are a myriad of opportunities that when adopted, the industry will ultimately curb the problem. Among the proposed ones include using bio-fuel, develop plans to effectively and efficient use energy, reduce...
Introduction Risk management program deals with ways that can be used to minimize the possibilities of certain events happening or even reducing the consequences of such events. In the field of aviation, risk management deals with utilizable techniques to improve aviation safety. An effective strategy for managing risks minimizes the...