2: Transportation Components

Search online for the video topic: “Widening the NJ Turnpike and Gardenstate Parkway” by Jon S Corzine

1. Why should states, cities and towns foster the development of their transportation systems?

2.What issues should a logistics or transportation or operations manager consider in trying to select a mode of transportation?

3: Transportation Policy; Supply Chain Relationships

Read Chapter 1-2 of the NTP report (ATTACHED) and then discuss the following questions.

Discuss the role of government to mass transit and transportation infrastructure in general. Then answer these two questions:

1. What do you think should be the role of the city, state, and national government in the development of mass transit systems and the infrastructure that goes along with it?

2. How could transportation policy support local, interstate and cross-border supply chain relationships?

4: Highway & Mass Transit; Non-Food Logistics

Read “Public Private Partnerships a Sober Reflection” (ATTACHED) and then address the following questions:

1. Do you think that there could be a partnership between public and private entities in the maintenance of our road infrastructure?

2. How do you think this partnership would affect logistics for non-food products?

5: Rail Infrastructure; Food Transportation

After reading the article, “The Benefits of Separating Rail Infrastructure From Operations” (ATTACHED) answer the following questions:

1. What do you think is the difference in the organization of the American Railway system versus European Railway system? (Do some research to support your argument)

2. How do these differences impact food transportation?

 

6: Port Challenges and RFID Technology

Provide a discussion from the following questions below. Watch the video below also to help guide your answers:

1. What are some of the main logistical challenges of implementing RFID technology into a supply chain?

2. How do you think RFID technology will affect the intermodal shipping of goods and services. Specifically, how will it affect shipping, rail and trucking services?

Go to this link below to watch video.

7: Foreign Transportation Infrastructures; Online Retail Logistics

Answer the following two questions:

1. If there were a model of a foreign country that you think could be used as an exemplar to improve transportation infrastructure in the US what country/countries would your model come from?

2. Using this model, what are the main qualities that should be adopted for transportation in the United States to improve logistics for retailers selling online?

8: The Future of Transportation; Green Retail Logistics

Discuss/answer the following two questions:

1. What are future challenges in transportation and logistics?

2. How will these challenges impact achieving green logistics in the Retail sector?