Transportation and Freight Forwarding
====== Course length ======
This course is two-weeks long.
====== Marks overview ======
* A1 15%
* A2 15%
* A3 15%
* Daily activities 10%
* Mid-course exam 20%
* Final exam 25%
====== Textbooks ======
* See [[textbooks#transportation_and_freight_forwarding | Transportation and freight forwarding]]
====== Assignments ======
===== 1 =====
* Due on day 5
* 15% of the final
* Details of [[transportation_assignment_1 | assignment 1]]
===== 2 =====
* Due on day 5
* 15% of the final
* Details of [[transportation_assignment_2 | assignment 2]]
===== 3 =====
* Due on day 10
* 15% of the final
* Details of [[transportation_assignment_3 | assignment 3]]
===== Valuable resources =====
++++We will use these resources in this course |
===== Videos to watch =====
==== Logistics ====
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIPXqhz6y14 | Future of logistics, supply chain management, freight, manufacturing keynote speaker]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAClZJmkoyY | Cerasis Rater Transportation Management System (TMS)]]
- [[https://youtu.be/Yiafb0-gqF4 | How Amazon Delivers On One-Day Shipping]]
- [[https://youtu.be/IYJ4-fTDy_E?t=70 | China’s Mega Projects - Transportation]]
==== Watchlists - Mega ====
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahdhk1rZZrU&list=PLLgqOez346ZOw8Ylnv_HlEvPg2wh5saoe | Mega Transports watchlist]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPIZWLmX9Ts&list=PLLgqOez346ZM39lZ4Awd80qMV47lmgxMW | Mega Shippers watchlist]]
==== Road Transportation ====
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlPrAKtegFQ | How Long-Haul Trucking Works]]
- [[https://youtu.be/V0PcwSLNi4M | The Logistics Involved In The Truck Driving Industry]] - Big Australia - Spark
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqdsb90_9bg|Incredible Transport Miracle: Power on Axels - The heavy-duty German Transporter]] - WELT Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/wZWAtpRAXyA | Most Dangerous Transports: Siberian Ice Road]] - Mega Transports - Free Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/XoAlAYJzONo | Extremely Heavy Mining Truck - Mega Transports]] - Free Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/YZXHfXcWcBs | Gigantic Power Generator - Mega Transports]] - Free Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/iqDMnwc434E | Moving an Entire Village - Mega Transports]] - Free Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/1B9wu_4xblA | MADE IN USA - American Truck Construction]] - Full HD Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/gIGOVKseZmk | Mega Tow Trucks - The World’s Toughest Towing Vehicles]] - Full Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/mQYNlPkkvE0 | The Making of an American Truck - Exceptional Engineering]] - Free Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/a3moToOCXqE | Mercedes-Benz Trucks: The World’s Biggest Truck Factory]] - Full Documentary
==== Railroad Transportation ====
- [[https://youtu.be/9poImReDFeY | How Freight Trains Connect the World]]
- [[https://youtu.be/uTSpdD6MswA | World’s Most Extreme Railway]] - Megastructures - Full Documentary
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrLNJi2Zffs&list=PLyzOGHwRdoIcXlv35eupRf-psCOIbufwC | The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway]]
Also, problems with Freight Trains:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2keSJzYyY|Freight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]] (HBO)
==== Air Transportation ====
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qfeoqErtY | How Overnight Shipping Works]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2oPk20OHBE | Air Cargo’s Coronavirus Problem]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlIdzF1_b5M | Big Plane vs Little Plane (The Economics of Long-Haul Flights)]]
- [[https://youtu.be/tXjTQuxC5_g | How Drones Could Change The Shipping Industry]]
- [[https://interestingengineering.com/drone-delivery-service-wing-reaches-100000-deliveries-milestone | Drone Delivery Service Wing Reaches 100,000 Deliveries Milestone]] - an article
- [[https://youtu.be/Cd0b29LztcY | UPS Worldport: Superhub Kentucky - Giant Hubs]] - Episode 4 - Free Documentary
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0allr4GFIZM|Gigantic Air Freighter - Antonov 124 & the Best Cargo Cool Facility]] - Mega Air - Free Documentary
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2FbmJVfvkk|World’s Biggest Air Package Handling Facility]] - Mega Air - Free Documentary
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYcZ1Gbbpiw|World's Most Bizarre Air Freighter]] - Mega Air - Free Documentary
==== Large objects ====
- [[https://youtu.be/XbgY8gr535M | Demethanizer Tower Superload - Lone Star Transportation]]
- [[https://youtu.be/kM4BwNfC8vs | 20 Most Epic Transport Operations In History]]
- [[https://youtu.be/4AGSQXazb5I | 15 Most Epic Transport Operations of All Time]]
- [[https://youtu.be/Tn33f49HQrk | World of Amazing Biggest Carriers And Trucks - Over size Transportation]]
==== Water Transportation ====
- [[https://youtu.be/2JcHMhtH6_s | How Container Ports Work: Logistics of Intermodal Transport]]
- [[https://youtu.be/DY9VE3i-KcM | How Container Ships Work]]
- [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x74eo2t|Gigantic Cargo Ship]] - Discovery Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/ahdhk1rZZrU | Gigantic Overseas Autoliner]] - Mega Transports - Full Documentary
- [[https://youtu.be/Q7Espb0afMw | World’s Biggest Containership]] - Mega Transports - Free Documentary
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcDwtO4RWmo | Canada’s New Shipping Shortcut]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d5d_HXGeMA | How Ocean Shipping Works (And Why It’s Broken)]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-IEcZOa4rg | How Maersk Dominates the Global Shipping Industry]]
- [[https://youtu.be/iuMfdFCvChA | Global shipping crisis - Amazon and others take on DIY approach]]
==== Pipeline ====
- [[https://youtu.be/XEFMgap6Ptg | Constructing Mammoth Underwater Gas Pipeline]] - Building The Biggest - Spark
- [[https://youtu.be/iCM05UWp0tY | World’s Longest Subsea Pipeline]] - Megastructures - Free Documentary
==== Ports ====
- [[https://youtu.be/5aEk6ccHV98 | How This Port Became The Largest Loading Port In Australia]] - Port Hedland - Spark
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36vfeu9_r1Y|Yangshan: How China Built A Mega-Port 30km Out At Sea]] - Megastructures - Spark
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIlTa50rhvI | Big Ships & Heavy Load - Hard Work At The Port of Hamburg]] - Full Documentary
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7xOE2HT33A|Logistical Masterpieces: Revolutionary Ports Compared - Legends vs Modern Icons]] - FD Engineering
==== Traffic-related ====
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNokBgtSUvQ | What is phantom traffic and why is it ruining your life?]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlLFK8oSNEM | What a driverless world could look like]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4PW66_g6XA | How to Fix Traffic Forever]]
- [[https://youtu.be/1oQNVuNdZP4 | Why changing lanes doesn’t get you to your destination faster]]
==== :( ====
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAcEcb2osi4|The Hidden Costs Of Amazon Shipping And Returns]] - CNBC
===== Articles =====
- [[https://jrupprechtlaw.com/drone-delivery/|The Truth About Drone Delivery No One Is Talking About]] - Feb 2021
- [[https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_eureca/2020/winners/18/|Robotics in Last Mile Delivery]] - Sept 2021
- [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00291-020-00607-8|Last-mile delivery concepts: a survey from an operational research perspective]] - Sept 2021
- [[https://optimoroute.com/last-mile-delivery/|What Is Last Mile Delivery? Costs & How to Optimize]] - Dec 2021
- [[https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/future-air-mobility-blog/drone-delivery-more-lift-than-you-think|Drone delivery: More lift than you think]] - Mar 2022
- [[https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/04/how-walmart-and-alphabet-jumped-ahead-of-amazon-in-drone-delivery/|How Walmart and Alphabet jumped ahead of Amazon in drone delivery]] - Apr 2022
- [[https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/amazon-s-drone-delivery-program-is-hit-by-crashes-and-safety-concerns-1.1750464|Amazon’s Drone Delivery Program Is Hit by Crashes and Safety Concerns]] - Apr 2022
===== Other resources =====
* For statistics, tools, country indicators, Project Mgmt tutorials and courses, etc. see **[[resources]]**
- [[https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/indicators | Canada - Economic Indicators]]
- [[https://internationalcommercialterms.guru/ | Incoterms 2020]]
- [[https://spherestandards.org/ | The Sphere Standards]]
* “The Sphere movement was started in 1997 by a group of humanitarian professionals aiming to improve the quality of humanitarian work during disaster response. With this goal in mind, they framed a Humanitarian Charter and identified a set of humanitarian standards to be applied in humanitarian response.”
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====== Day 1 ======
===== Learning Objectives =====
* Transportation role in supply chain management
* [[https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/globalvaluechain/chapter/4-2-modes-of-transportation/|5 modes of transportation]]
* More on [[https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/logistics001oerfc/chapter/chapter-4-modes-of-transportation/|Modes of Transportation]], LTL vs. TL, types of vehicles, ships, carriers, and vessels, loads considerations,
* [[https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/globalvaluechain/chapter/4-3-importance-of-containers-in-international-transportation/|Containers]]
===== Index =====
* Chapter 11 — //Supply Chain Management//
* Chapter 13 (pp. 318-321) — //Introduction to Materials Management//
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====== Day 2 ======
===== Learning Objectives =====
* Legal types of Carriage
* Outsource Transportation Logistics
* Modal Selection
* Carrier Selection
* Total Cost Concept
===== Index =====
* Chapter 11 — //Supply Chain Management//
* Chapter 13 (pp. 320-321, 315) — //Introduction to Materials Management//
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====== Day 3 ======
===== Learning Objectives =====
* Shipment Preparation
* Freight Documentation
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_lading | bill of lading (BOL)]]
* freight bill
* freight claims form
* In-transit visibility
* Transportation Metrics
* Service Quality
* TMS
===== Index =====
* Chapter 11 — //Supply Chain Management//
++++Extras |
===== Recommended article =====
* [[https://innovecs.com/blog/transportation-management-system/ | How Transportation Management System Can Benefit a Supply Chain]]
* [[https://innovecs.com/blog/freight-management-uberization/ | Freight Management Advances as Uberization Comes into Play]]
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====== Day 4 ======
===== Learning Objectives =====
* Term of Sale
* [[https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/globalvaluechain/chapter/4-4-international-transport-network/|International Transport]]
* [[https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/globalvaluechain/chapter/6-2-learning-objective-1/|Incoterms 2020]]
* Rate Negotiation
===== Index =====
* Chapter 11 — //Supply Chain Management//
* Chapter 13 (pp. 325-326) — //Introduction to Materials Management//
++++Extras |
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===== Recommended articles =====
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incoterms | Incoterms - Wikipedia]]
* [[https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/incoterms-2020-7-key-changes-you-need-to-know/ | Incoterms® 2020 - 7 key changes you need to know [update] - Trade Finance Global]]
* [[https://www.wcaworld.com/static/downloads/incoterms/WCA_Incoterms2020.pdf | Incoterms® 2020 summary in PDF]]
* [[https://momot.rs/lgrsnf/2799000/abb7f62c41fe19efd3b2e97c427871a4.pdf | Incoterms® 2020]]
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====== Day 5 ======
* Mid-course exam
* A1 is due
* A2 is due
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====== Day 6 ======
===== Learning Objectives =====
* Cost of Service
* Value of Service
* Level of Service
* Distance
* Weight of shipment
* Commodity Characteristics
===== Index =====
* Chapter 11 — //Supply Chain Management//
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====== Day 7 ======
===== Learning Objectives =====
* Cost of Carriage
* Total Transportation Cost
* TL Vs. LTL
* LTL Vs. Parcel Carrier
* [[https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/logistics001oerfc/chapter/chapter-6-third-party-and-fourth-party-logistics/|3PL and 4PL]]
===== Index =====
* Chapter 11 — //Supply Chain Management//
* Chapter 12 — //Supply Chain Management//
* Chapter 13 (pp. 318, 324-325) — //Introduction to Materials Management//
++++Extras |
**3PL vs 4PL Logistics: The Layers of Logistics Explained**
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**Definitions for LLP, 3PL, and 4PL**
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===== Recommended article =====
* [[https://www.warehouseanywhere.com/resources/3pl-vs-4pl-logistics-definition-and-comparison/ | 3PL vs. 4PL Logistics: Best Definition, Explanation and Comparison]]. An excellent article to read, thanks to Dalia 👍
* [[https://innovecs.com/blog/3pl-logistics-api/ | How to Connect Shippers and Transportation Providers in Third-Party Logistics (3PL)]]
* [[https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MSCRA-09-2019-0019/full/html | The role of 4PL provider as a mediation and supply chain agility]], thanks to Abimbola for the find 😉
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====== Day 8 ======
===== Learning Objectives =====
* Line Haul
* Pickup & Delivery
* Terminal handling
* Billing and Collecting
===== Index =====
* Chapter 13 (pp. 321-325) — //Introduction to Materials Management//
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====== Day 9 ======
* Course review
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====== Day 10 ======
* Final exam
* A3 is due