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1LOGISTICS MANAGEMENTAbstractThe purpose of the following paper is to discover the main issues that are encompassing thefreight transport industry. The chosen organization in this regard is ACFS in Australia. Theyhave been the largest freight transport organization in the country. They have been facing someissues in the recent times. These issues have to be sorted out. The supply chain and logisticsmanagement of the organization has been in trouble for some reasons. The necessary reasonshave been identified and some recommendations have been provided on how they can solvethese issues. This would surely bring some improvement within the organization.

2LOGISTICS MANAGEMENTTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3The description of the intermodal companies..................................................................................3A brief about the chosen organization.............................................................................................5Logistics and supply chain of the organization...............................................................................6Freight analysis by the intermodal companies.................................................................................8Freight movement........................................................................................................................8Knowledge, skill and experience.................................................................................................9Challenges and issues......................................................................................................................9Sustainable transport solutions..................................................................................................10Not able to provide proper logistics support..............................................................................10Responsibility of the NSW government....................................................................................10Recommendations..........................................................................................................................10Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11References......................................................................................................................................12

3LOGISTICS MANAGEMENTIntroductionOne of the most important aspects of maintaining a transport business is to govern a goodand thorough supply chain and logistics management. The transport companies feel this to beone of the most important parts in the freight transport industry has emerged to be one of themain sources in the transport industry in the recent times. The aim that these freight transportcompanies have in mind is to transport the goods and export them to the other countries throughships. This would carry out the trade in a faster way. This also helps in importing the goods fromother countries as well. It is a notable fact that there are many modes of transportation availablein these days. These are air, water, rail, cable and pipelines. The intermodal freight companieshave become very essential in the modern context. However, the most important things to carryout this kind of business is to maintain a good supply chain and logistics support. If they set upvery strong network, they will be highly benefitted indeed. This will lead to faster action in manywings. The intermodal companies will be able to send their goods to their destinations faster andsmoother. They use the cargo ships to send these things to the ports in several countries indeed.Though some problems have been seen in this context, it is very much important to know thatsome way outs have been found in this context as well. The problems have been regarding thesupply chain and logistics. These barriers must be overcome indeed. The description of the intermodal companiesThe intermodal companies have become to be known as the most important parts of thetransport industry. The transportation of the goods by ships has to be carried out properly andperfectly. The intermodal companies will have to carry out several processes so that they canachieve their objectives perfect (Liu et al. 2014). These intermodal companies look after all theimportant things needed for the smooth flow in the transport of goods. The intermodal

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