7 Steps to transportation management

Here are the last steps in developing a strategy to build a 1 transportation management function.

Many firms are spending more on 2 transportation than necessary. Though many recognize the critical importance of transportation management, they 3 projects to improve transportation management in deference to other corporate projects. These steps communicate the potential improvement a transportation management project can deliver by helping to “size the prize”, design the moving parts of the solution, and articulate the path forward.

The seven steps are:

1.	Assess your transportation management 4 .
2.	Identify your “target state” of transportation operations performance.
3.	Size the 5 .
4.	Determine the appropriate moving parts to move you to the target state.
5.	Determine the appropriate solution deployment strategy to move to the target state.
6.	6 the course.
7.	Keep score for continuous 7 .

Approaching the transportation management business process in this manner provides a series of facts and insights that guide improvement and can instruct top management on the value and importance of the transportation management discipline. To achieve these 8 , people, process, and technology will be important. All three dimensions are central to progression toward transportation management excellence.

Steps one through four, work through the process of establishing a current performance baseline and setting goals. These steps also help determine how much opportunity exists in your company, and you will determine what additional capabilities (people, process, and technology) will be required to realize those 9 .

Steps five through seven, focus on ascertaining which deployment strategy best 10 your company’s environment and help plot the path forward. The final step helps provide perspective on the importance of performance measurement and the need for a cultural commitment to continuous improvement.

5. Give Russian interpretation of the following English sentences.

1.	When shall we be able to settle the delivery point?
2.	We can’t accept your delivery terms.
3.	We can’t proceed with deliveries.
4.	– How will deliveries be made? – In three consignments, at a 4 month interval.
5.	We are not responsible for disrupting the delivery schedule as the deliveries are made on f.o.b. terms.
6.	Who can we turn to to discuss transport problems?
7.	I think we are entitled to the preferential rates.
8.	On what terms do you normally transport cargoes?
9.	What quality of materials is acceptable to you?
10.	Have you received our notification of readiness?