INTER-GLOBAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC.

Brgy. Bocohan, Lucena City

NAME: PRINCESS CLAUDETTE R. MERCURIO

SCM05-ACTIVITY NO. 1
ESSAY
DIRECTIONS:
ANSWER THE FF. QUESTIONS LEGIBLY. SUBMIT IN PDF FORMAT (20PTS.)

QUESTIONS:
1. EXPLAIN WHY TRANSPORTATION HAS A BIG IMPACT ON BUSINESS, ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND
SOCIETY?

In my own opinion, transportation has a big impact on business, economy, environment and society
because it facilitates exchange and travel. Without transportation the different regions are isolated from
each other. Transportation is very important for human being as it helps in providing nutrition to each
and every cell, part, organ, tissue etc. It also contains transport of oxygen which is most important
without which no human being can survive. Some people take the role of transport in their lives for
granted, it has become increasingly necessary to discuss and understand how different life would be
without transportation, especially within a contemporary society, business, economy, and environment.
Improved transportation plays an important role in a country’s economic growth, tourism industry and
infrastructure.

2. DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR BOTH MANUFACTURERS AND CONSUMERS

Transportation has been a major contributor to the economy and a competitive force in business. It is
the activity that physically connects the business to its supply chain partners, such as suppliers and
customers, and it is a major influence on the customer’s satisfaction with the company. Transporting is
required in the whole production procedures, from manufacturing to delivery to the final consumers
and returns. Only a good coordination between each component would bring the benefits to a
maximum. Transportation links together the factors of production in a complex web of relationships
between producers and consumers. The outcome is commonly a more efficient division of production by
the exploitation of comparative geographical advantages, as well as the means to develop economies of
scale and scope. Transportation has made it possible to increase its customers range because it has
possible for conducting business both on a countrywide and national level, which would otherwise in
the absence of transportation be otherwise only limited to the local areas.