Starting point Traveled to Time taken Distance covered
ROGERS,MN HAGERSTOWN,MD 3Days,14 hours,10 1061
minutes
HAGERSTOWN,MD NORTH WALES 7 Hours 18 minutes 180.6
NORTH WALES VALLEY FORGE 6 Hours 26 Minutes 16.6
ROGERS,MN NORTH WALES Un known 1185
IDENTIFY THE ROLE THAT EACH LEG OF THE JOURNEY PLAYS:
The role of the leg of the journey here are:
PICKUP: Pickup help in taking the good from the suppliers and then delivering the goods to the
final consumers it does the work of identifying the amount of goods and what is the weight of the
goods.
CITY TRUCK: City trucks help in delivering the goods to the stores or the to the end consumers,
city trucks can enter into city easily and can deliver efficiently in the city.
LINE HAUL TRUCK: Line haul trucks are the trucks that are 40to 53 foot trailers in which the
goods are loaded and delivered. They are used to deliver the goods, the trucks are used to deliver
the goods to different cities. They carry goods from the origin office to the city office where the
goods are delivered.
MOTOR FREIGHT: Motor freight are used to pick up the orders from the suppliers and deliver
the goods to the company office so that the goods could sent through other modes to the final
location.
RAIL INTERMODAL: The rail intermodal is used to deliver goods that are on long distances
rail transportation has a significant advantage over truck in terms of fuel efficiency which
translates into a large cost advantage.
AIR CAREERS: In this the goods are transported to the other places by using planes for
transportation of goods. There are 3 types of operations
All cargo- In this the full plane is rented for the transportation of goods
Commercial Airlines- These are the commercial planes that are used for delivery, they use the
belly for storing the goods and also carry the passengers.
Parcel carriers- Parcel careers also use planes for small shipments but they are often very
expensive as they only the goods that are to be delivered.
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WERE USED:
Wednesday 10:04 am to Wednesday 4:00 pm: pick up shipment from shipper in Rogers, MN. Wednesday 4:00
pm to Wednesday 5:54 pm: bring the shipment to FedEx facility in Rogers, MN. Mode: Motor Freight (delivery
vans) Reason: short distances, inside Rogers, MN
Thursday 1:37 am to Sunday 3:47 pm: line haul Mode: Intermodal (rail) Reason: long-haul, far distance,
about 1061 miles (for distance over 750 miles, rails will have speed advantages over trucking). Hagerstown was
the center of the Western Maryland Railway, Rail transportation must be easily incorporated.
Sunday 9:34 pm to Monday 4:52 am: bring the shipment from FedEx facility in Hagerstown, MD to another
facility in North Wales, PA Mode: Air Freight (air plane) Reason: Shipment moved through the night, air
transport of FedEx usually operate all around the clock, while by trucking, drivers have to sleep by night .FedEx
usually use airplane to transport between its terminals.
EXPLAIN THE ROUTING BETWEEN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION
Straight line method of delivery is the method in which there is no broker or third party involved
and there is a gat margin in profit as there are no charges in the delivery in the form of
commission.
AREAS OF DIFFICULTY:
The area of difficulty that I found was Analyzing the route of the delivery as I am a citizen of
Indian and it was very difficult for me to analyze the route as I have to go for a deep research for
this assignment and then I have to study different routes that were used by the company to
deliver the goods.
LEARING FROM THIS ASSIGNMENT:
This assignment helped me to understand the way how the supply chain and logistics of a
company works in real life. I came to know that how company tries to deliver the goods through
different modes of transportation and also how to cut extra cost of delivery and increase the
profit of the organization
