Efficiency in Intermodal Transportation
Introduction
The Intermodal transportation is the efficient method to transport freight containers from one point to the other. However, the intermodal transportation system is experiencing inefficiencies and delays. For instance, the shortage of personnel in the industry makes it difficult for supplies to reach on time; the laborers are exhausted resulting in accidents and quitting. Additionally, many trucks are needed for a trip and the drivers are usually faced with the problem of traffic jams during rush hours. Sometimes products get lost at the time of delivery and technology is not in a position of tracing the products. As the population increases so as the requirement for larger and better transportation; this impacts ports infrastructure and prompts city to construct more and better gateway to enhance demands of importation and exportation.
The efficiency of Intermodal Transportation in the Supply Chain Management Industry
The Supply Chain Management (SCM) industry involves the transportation and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and of finished products from the source point to the point of consumption. Therefore, the supply chain management entails the management of the movement of goods and services. The intermodal transportation system can be more efficient in the supply chain management industry as it aids in the movement of goods and services from one destination to the other through integration of air, road, sea and railway modes of transport. The Intermodal transportation system can be more efficient and provide better support to the supply chain management industry as explicitly discussed in the subsequent paragraphs.
The construction of the good road transport networks that limits the chances of traffic jams is efficient to support the operations of the supply chain management industries. Road transport involves the transportation of small batches of products or containers from one destination to another by road (Lu
