Paper requirements and guidelines:

• Maximum 10 pages double-spaced not including the one-page Executive Summary.

• Sources of information should be identified and cited work should be referenced properly.

• Must interview at least one company; more than one would be preferred.

• Paper will be graded on basis of both content and quality of writing (e.g., organization, grammar and punctuation, clarity, references and citations, etc.).

• The paper is worth 75 points.

Description: Many of the biggest transport challenges occur when domestic/urban transportation systems fail to meet the needs of modern urban mobility. There is a large number of different factors that contribute to these issues with domestic transportation, as well as many solutions being installed. This group project will cover these obstacles and innovations within this topic.

Company:

● Target (Interview date Wednesday 11/13)

Outline

Talking about the following regarding the domestic transportation in US:

● Growing demand in domestic transportation

â—‹ Growth in urbanization, regarding Target there are thousands of stores

and DCS around the country that enable them to keep up with demand

â—‹ Automating orders DC>Store>Customer

● Methods of domestic transportation

â—‹ LTL truck loads are important for Target, as well as 3rd party carriers

helping transport items

● Types of domestic transportation

â—‹ Ground freight-Majority of domestic shipments. How are locations chosen based on DC location? What truck should go to what store? Important implications regarding this.

â—‹ Air freight-international items that need to be shipped and allocated to certain DC/WH

● Costs of domestic transportation

â—‹ Delivery time-How efficient are the logistics around moving a specific

item? How large is the item and what form of transportation is being used to move this item? What level of speed do the customers expect relating to this item.

â—‹ Value of shipment-What kind of product is it? Does it need extra security or is it an item that could be sent through the normal mail channels?

â—‹ Location of pickup and delivery-Who is moving this item and by what means? What is the time frame in order to make the customer satisfied? Increasing customer service by having reliable delivery and pickup times for the customers.

â—‹ Weight and dimension-Size of the product?

â—‹ Location type-Is it close or far from the distribution center?

â—‹ Security-Ensuring products are delivered safely and in full

â—‹ Packaging-pallet size. Target uses a case system to calculate