Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement (2012) / Chapter Skim
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A supply chain is a group of human and physical entities including procurement specialists, wholesalers, logistics managers, manufacturing plants, distribution centers, and retail outlets, linked by information and transportation in a seamless,integrated network to supply goods or services from the source of production through the point of consumption.
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It is worth recognizing at the outset of this discussion that "goods movement" in a metropolitan context is likely to mean very different things to different members of society that make up the urban fabric, as follows: • To a business, metropolitan regions are highly concentrated production/consumption environments. Consumer demands for goods and services are transmitted to facilities that source, 2 Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement In today's global economy, virtually anything anyone consumes comes whole, or in part, from somewhere else.
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Within the logistics industry, the term freight most often refers to the long-haul component of a supply chain. The longhaul linkages of a supply chain are nominally intercity, port to transport terminal, terminal to terminal, interplant, plant to distribution center (DC)
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How the Guidebook Is Organized The guidebook covers • How urban supply chains function and how freight delivery services operate in urban settings, • How they connect to the urban economy-infrastructure, and land-use patterns, • The impacts of land-use codes and regulations governing metropolitan goods movement on private-sector freight service providers, • Planning strategies and methods for improving mobility and access of goods movements in urban areas, and • Case studies to illustrate application in practice. By supplying a foundation for understanding and then focusing on the local actions, codes, ordinances, regulations, policies, and management that influence freight performance, this 4 Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement Freight is defined as goods or cargo carried by a commercial means of transportation or, the ordinary method or class of commercial transportation for goods, slower and cheaper than express.
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Moving Urban Goods: It's All about Supply Chains, 4. Using Freight Data for Planning, 5.
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