Sunday, March 23, 2014

THE URBAN TRANSIT CHALLENGES


Pickup and delivery terminal is one of the important transit places in the Logistics chain. This kind of terminal is normally situated in the middle of the urban area. With the high accessibility, the urban area had become the point of view for all the carriers. But, there are also many constraints that they need to face when they transit at this location.

One of the challenges is the regulation. As most of us already know, not all types of vehicles can move freely in urban area especially the truck which carries the freight load. There are regulations that had been stated by the government to all the vehicles in order to make sure that we will have the sustainable transportation system in our country. So, this has been one of the challenges that need to be faced by all the carriers when they transit in the urban area. With the complex documentation, all the carriers need to adapt with this situation.

Next is the congestion. In the urban area, there always the traffic congestion since there are many vehicles that moved on the road every day. This kind of problem will be the biggest challenges to the parties involved since this will affect the whole Logistics process. Just imaging, once there is the traffic congestion at the middle of the urban area where the transit terminal located, it will make the total transit time become more longer. This will automatically increase the lead time and customer waiting time. The inefficient process time will reduce the customer service level and at the same time affect our profit.

Last but not least is the safety challenge. When involve the safety, the urban area is the most critical location. This includes the safety of the vehicles and goods that they carried. The risk of loss and theft is very high at this area. When they transit at the urban location, the freight is exposed to the high risk as there are many cases which involve the losses of the cargo.


As a conclusion, the urban area is the only place where most of the carrier transit to complete the supply chain process. The area can be said as the intersection point of the carrier. But it also becomes the biggest challenges to the parties involves. So, they need to plan for their journey to ensure all the process are going smooth and served the best services to their customer.

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