Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement (2012) / Chapter Skim
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. Five more can be found in Appendix A, for food services, urban wholesale food, supermarkets, big box retail, and retail drug stores.
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The goal of the route design is to achieve full use of each vehicle Moving Urban Goods: It's All about Supply Chains 17
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Case Illustration 2: Gasoline and Petroleum Fuels Supply Chain Overview Petroleum fuels are derived from crude oil, which originates in a variety of worldwide locations and arrives at U.S. refineries principally by ship, and also by crude oil pipelines from domestic and offshore oil wells.
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Apart from delivery efficiency, vehicular accident, injuries, environmental risk from overfill (spillage) or leaks, and passenger vehicle access to the loading point area all are common Moving Urban Goods: It's All about Supply Chains 19 Exhibit 3-2.
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Greater flexibility for delivery windows results in better service, because the system already functions under tight constraints. Case Illustration 3: Apparel Retail Supply Chain Overview Within the U.S.
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Case Illustration 4: Aggregate-Based Construction Materials Supply Chain Overview The aggregate-based construction materials supply chain includes multiple inputs, sources, consolidation points, and transportation modes. The interrelated processes of cement and readymix concrete production and transport illustrate this complexity.
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Similarly, the supply chains for bulk products, including petroleum, aggregate-based construction materials, and waste, all involve 22 Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement For-Hire Truck Direct RailBarge Exhibit 3-4. Construction aggregates flowchart.
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Exhibit 3-5. Supply chain comparison.
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Exhibit 3-5. (Continued)
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Virtually all supply chains become dependent on trucks at some point, particularly as they reach the final delivery miles. Trucking is also the chief mode in the regional transport stage.
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For many supply chains, a clear modal shift can be traced through the stages of distribution. Delivery Trips For the delivery stage, there are at least three types of standard patterns exhibited by the case studies.
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The difficulties with urban facility access can be partially mitigated by nighttime or dawn delivery, which many supply chains employ to some degree and some trend toward strongly. Transport regulations, especially those that are inconsistent across jurisdictions, are potential barriers to optimal urban delivery performance; weight limits are a typical example.
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