LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE FARM TRANSPORT Industry

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Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Abstract
The following paper deals with the various aspects of the freight transport industry. The
intermodal companies deal in with the freight transport. An organization has been chosen in
regards to this paper and all the operations of this organization have been described. The nature
of the organization and the freight analysis of this organization has been done properly. Other
than that, a brief background has been given for this organization. The logistics and supply chain
management of this organization has been provided as well. This will help to understand what
really the needs are for the betterment of the organization. The important challenges and issues
have been identified. The proper recommendations have been made in this context as well.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Nature of Intermodal companies.....................................................................................................3
Overview of the chosen organization..............................................................................................4
Supply chain management of the organization................................................................................6
Freight analysis by intermodal companies......................................................................................7
Freight movement........................................................................................................................7
Knowledge and skills in the new operational procedures...........................................................8
Challenges and issues in current times............................................................................................8
Smart transport solutions with sustainability...............................................................................9
Inability to provide proper logistics support................................................................................9
Higher expectations on the levels of service...............................................................................9
The responsibility of the government..............................................................................................9
Recommendations..........................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Logistics and supply chain management is one of the most important things in the
modern operations of the transport companies. It has become an essential part of the modern
freight transport companies as well. The main objective of these companies is to transport
various things through ships and exporting those things to other countries as well as importing.
The goods are transported from one place to another. This is why the things have to be on time.
There are several modes of transport like air, seas, cable, space and pipelines. This helps the
trade between several kinds of people. This sets up the civilization in different locations and
countries. If the companies make the transport properly, this will in turn be effective for the
countries and cities as well. The intermodal companies take the pioneering role in these
situations. This is why they have to set up their logistics and supply chain network strongly so
that they can get success in their objectives. The cargo ships are used for the transport of the
goods in this purpose. This helps the goods for faster transportation by all the means. However,
in recent times, some problems and challenges have arisen that have to be tackled properly
indeed. The logistics and supply chain has posed some problems in this regard. It is very
important to overcome these issues for the smooth flow of the goods to their destinations.
Nature of Intermodal companies
As transportation by seas goes through several processes, it is the responsibility of the
intermodal companies to carry out several processes before they can export these things to the
other countries and locations (Liu et al. 2014). The intermodal companies take care of all the
things in the modern import and export business. Freight transportation has gained a huge
importance in the modern times as a part of the transportation. There have been some important
things that are causing problems in the modern transportation system all over the world. Some of