Transportation: A Global Supply Chain Perspective
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Author: Robert A. Novack, Brian Gibson, Yoshinori Suzuki, John J. Coyle
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To determine: The meaning of the given statement with reason.
Statement: Transportation has sometimes been described as the glue that holds global supply chains together.
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The statement signifies that the transportation holds the global supply chain together. It can be agreed to a certain extent that transportation plays a key important role in organizing global supply chain. Along with transportation function, other elements are also necessary for organizing global supply chain. Among many elements, information is one of the major key elements which is vital for functioning of supply chain.
Transportation play a key role in effective functioning of supply chain on a global scale. It must be pointed out that transportation and information both are key for operation of supply chain on global level.
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