User:Jukeboksi/BBA studies/Logistics and SCM: Difference between revisions
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# Own [[w:fleet]] or hire outsiders ? ( [[w:private carrier|private carrier]] or [[w:common carrier]]) | # Own [[w:fleet]] or hire outsiders ? ( [[w:private carrier|private carrier]] or [[w:common carrier]]) | ||
# Will the company manage transportation operations or [[w:Outsourcing|hire a 3rd party]] ? | # Will the company manage transportation operations or [[w:Outsourcing|hire a 3rd party]] ? | ||
'''Cost of transport''' ( all trips Hong Kong - Helsinki ) | |||
* Volume: A small lot is more expensive then a big lot per unit | |||
* Transport lot: 650€ / 100 kg (air) vs. 1570€ / 24,000 kg (sea) | |||
:::100x price difference per kilo ( air vs. sea ) | |||
* Time: shorter transport time == higher cost | |||
* Time: 2 days / 10,000kg / 40,000€ (air) vs. 30 days / 10 tons / 1,400€ (40' container 2 [[w:TEU]], sea transport) ( all figures from Soile Kallinen's material ) | |||
* A '''[[w:private carrier|private carrier]]''' is a company that transports only their own goods. ( Wikipedia ) | * A '''[[w:private carrier|private carrier]]''' is a company that transports only their own goods. ( Wikipedia ) | ||