January 2023
Intermediate to advanced
250 pages
11h 7m
English
As global economic growth continues, so too does international trade increase and hence transport. The trend to global sourcing has inevitably led to products travelling greater distances. The end result is an increase in what might be termed the transport-intensity of the supply chain. Transport-intensity can be measured in a number of ways, but at its simplest it is a reflection of the miles or kilometres travelled per unit of product shipped. As the transport of raw material and finished goods globally is estimated to consume 15 million barrels of oil each day – almost one-fifth of the world’s daily production6 – there is clearly a correlation between transport-intensity and a supply chain’s ...
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