Supply Chain Management Transportation Strategies For Retailers

Question: Discuss About The Transportation Strategies For Retailers? Answer: Introducation Retailers are trying to provide better service to their consumers and for that they are trying to adapt few alternative business strategies like cross channel retailing. However all these new methods have been causing them high cost margin. Retailers also struggle to establish their visibility in the supply chain. Generally the suppliers control the shipping and retailers are not provided with the detail information about their products when and in which accounting are getting shipped. Before implementing such alternative models of managing parcel of air freight the retailer must be sure that they are capable of managing such mode of business. They must take help from the TMS to manage the truck load (Ross). By applying a holistic approach they can control from the truck load to the ocean inter model. The retailers must continue adapting transportations closed loop approach (Govindan et al.). Network plan, network design coupling with procurement process will enable the retailers to monitor the order, lock the lanes and other day to day services. The lack of understanding between the suppliers and the retailers must be removed the purchase order level only, then only their visibility will be established. They must consider supporting the sustainability by utilizing the asset properly. The retailer can use advanced technologies like advanced routing and containerization. A company like JDA offers such multi model support and vendor supplier control and sustainable a sset utilization which the retailer can utilize for enhancing profit and a maintaining a better transportation system. References Govindan, Kannan, et al. "Fuzzy multi-objective approach for optimal selection of suppliers and transportation decisions in an eco-efficient closed loop supply chain network."Journal of Cleaner Production(2017). Ross, David Frederick. "Transportation Management."Distribution Planning and Control. Springer US, 2015. 687-760.