9. NEXT SLIDE INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS
This slide depicts the elements that need consideration in international logistics. Regularly scheduled shipments of goods and components from factories in eastern Asia ports to assembly sites and warehouses in the eastern part of the U.S. through northwest coast ports in the U.S. and Canada take as little as 16 days or less. If an individual ship, train, truck or plane is running even a few hours late, connections within or between modes may not take place. In addition to this, scheduling and unloading of container ships from Asia through West Coast Ports is often influenced by rush-hour train schedules in Chicago. This is the type of schedule that the shipper's customers have come to rely on, and need, in order to maintain operations and/or meet customer demand.
10. NEXT SLIDE LOGISTICS ISSUES
From an operational standpoint, the issues are from the standpoint of the customer are very important. Information and information flows are key.
11. NEXT SLIDE DEMAND AMPLIFICATION
An illustration of the supply-chain shown in the next slide shows how lack of information amplifies demand moving toward the origin in the supply chain.
12. NEXT SLIDE SIMLIFIYING AND COUPLING THE SUPPLY CHAlN
The next slide shows how new information technology (EC or electronic commerce) can simplify, couple and improve operations within the supply chain.
13. NEXT SLIDE A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE
A systems perspective is needed in which to better understand how transportation flows and patterns evolve and can be modified. Achieving a high throughput of freight requires good logistics management as well as good transportation operations, equipment, facilities, and infrastructure. In order to meet (increasing demand on the marine side) economies of scales are desired to reduce unit costs. A typical transoceanic container ship carries approximately 4,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units ) today, but ships carrying more than 6,000 TEU are on now the seas and 8,000 TEU ships are on the drawing boards.
