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Tecnología en Gestión Logística

Evidencia 4: Resumen “Product distribution: the basics”

Presentado por:
Juan Guillermo Medina Ruiz

Bogotá, Octubre del 2019

 IMPORTANCE IN PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION
The author explains that choose transport for products distribution is very
important, so that have a balance between times and restrictions; at the same time,
let's analyze what kind of transport is reliable and what kind of load it needs to
satisfy customers.

Considerations for choosing mode of transport:

• Budget must be the most important factor in your decision making.

• The speed of transport: if expiration date of the products is greater than travel
time.

• Transportation of dangerous products, institutional guidelines for transportation of

these must be followed.

• Insurance of products, in case they are very expensive.

Modes of transport

• Choosing the correct mode depends on the size and urgency of the shipment.

Road transport:

• Road transport is cheap, comfortable and flexible but disadvantages aren't eco-
friendly, and may be subject to weight, dimensions of load and occasionally to long
delays.

The railway transport:

• It's fast and eco-environment has high load capacity, however it can be very
expensive.

Air transport:

• Air cargo is undoubtedly the fastest way to transport their products over long
distances, but is expensive and limited weight is not very ecological.
The maritime transport:

• In comparison with air cargo ship their products by sea is relatively economical,
especially if you send large volumes. However, it is quite inflexible and slow, there
is relatively few ports and probably should make arrangements to transport
products inland.

Air • Aire
Baggage • Equipaje
Business • Negocio
Carry • Llevar
Courier • Mensajero
Covered • Cubierto
Damage • Dañar
Haulage • Acarreo
Hazardous • Peligroso
Machinery • Maquinaria
Package • Paquete
Passenger • Pasajero
Perishable • Perecedero
Road • Carretera
Sea • Mar
Surcharge • Recargo
Tankers • Petroleros
Voyage • Viaje
Wagons • Vagones
Weight • Peso