Assignment#1

Subject: - Transportation and Distribution Planning

Submitted To: - Prof Muhammad Idrees

Submitted By:- Khadija Kashif L1F19BBAM0057

Zubair Tariq L1F19BBAM0019

Ammar Ahmed L1F19BBAM0720

1) Customer Request:-
Customer request the order that I want to send the order.
2) Goods Booking:-
Company books the order of the customer and the company ask the customer whether he/she
him/herself comes to the office they called it walking Customer and will place or they ask the
company to send the rider and pick up the parcel and they called it Premises.
3) Goods received:-
They goods will be received from at the TCS small shops. These shops are located at the
different locations all across Pakistan.
4) Booking Centre:-
Parcels will be delivered by small trucks to the medium warehouses which they called them
Booking Centers.
5) Transportation:-
The parcels will then be delivered by trucks to the hub.
6) Hub:-
All the parcels from the area of Lahore sent to the large Warehouses and these warehouses are
located at the 3 locations. Thokar Niaz Baig, Davis Road and Airport.
7) Sorting:-
These Parcels at the Hub sorted to the locations to which they will be delivered. (Location
means Cities and the customer address).
8) Goods Type:-
At this point they sort out the parcel according to the type of goods. Means it is a liquid, fragile
or other type of good.
9) Segregation of goods:-
After the goods type are selected then they are again segregated according to the location of
the customer.
10) Air:-
The company called it Support Hub. Divide the geographical area into three parts. South Region
which includes (Karachi, Sindh etc), Center Region (which includes ( Lahore, Multan, Islamabad
etc) and North region which includes (Muree, Gilgit, Abottabad etc). The Support Hub is used for
Karachi and
Lahore. The deliveries in the Southern regions are covered by the Support hub through Karachi
airport and the deliveries in the Northern Areas are covered by the support hub through Lahore
airport.
11) Different cities:-
The goods will be segregated at the airport depending upon the different cities mentioned on
them.
12) Connected by road:-
The parcels will be delivered through a connection of roads.
13) Delivered to customers:-
The parcels are then delivered to the customers at their doorstep.