Logistics Management Strategies

Running Head: LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Logistics Management Strategies
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Executive Summary
The aim of this report is to explore the concept of intermodal transportation and how it operates
in the logistics industry. In order to achieve the objectives, the paper at first highlights the
concept of intermodal and how it benefits various firms in getting their products delivered to the
consignee easily and within time. The specific features of intermodal are also described with
special details. The paper selects Glen Cameron group to show how they have been operating in
this industry since past years. The aim of selecting a company is to focus on the related
challenges the logistics industry in Australia faces and how they can be resolved. The report
finally concludes by giving an overview of the entire report and recommending to follow the
sustainability strategies or measures for establishing a better future.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
Specific features of an Intermodal...........................................................................................4
The Glen Cameron Group.......................................................................................................5
Current Logistics Network problems in Australia...................................................................6
How they might be resolved....................................................................................................8
Logistics Management Strategies or the Logistics Sustainability...........................................9
Recommendation and Conclusion.................................................................................................11
Reference.......................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The industries of modern world need ease, comfort and assistance in the disposal of their
products. One of the best ways to assist industries is a well-equipped and structured
transportation network. In this respect an excellent transportation network is the Intermodal
transportation (Qu, Bektaş and Bennell 2016). It is a type of shipping that includes many
transportation ways to ship goods from the seller to the buyer. It is probably the most cost –
effective to deliver products from one place to another. International intermodal on the other
hand enables to experience the domestic as well as international containers. International
intermodals ship across the state, border, country and around the world (Serper and Alumur
2016). The expansive use of intermodal shipping has given birth to many intermodal companies
who provide rail, truck, motor, ocean and air shipping services.
In Australia logistics and transport and transport is a large business which employs more
than 1.2 million people. There are companies like Glen Cameron Group, Air Road, Kings
Transport & Logistics which are running successfully satisfying the customers with their
solutions (Hong et al. 2017). This report will explore the important features of an intermodal and
identify various logistics management strategies to solve operational issues of a particular
intermodal company. The selected company for this report is an Australia based intermodal
company Glen Cameron Group which provides transport, logistics and supply chain services.
The report concludes by recommending proper solutions to logistics related problems to the
company and the industry as well.