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JC Delivery Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Delivery system | refer to the facilities used to transport people and goods from one place to another place |
| Factor to consider when choosing a deliver system? | Cost ,Reliability, Speed, Safety, Distance ,Type of Goods |
| Cost | Business want to keep COSTS LOW. |
| Reliability | System chosen must be RELIABLE and PUNCTUAL |
| Speed | Speed of delivery is an important factor especially for PERISHABLE goods |
| Safety | Important for VALUABLE goods and people |
| Distance | Distance between buyer and seller will be an important factor |
| Type of good | Will influence the delivery system. If it is PERISHABLE OR FRAGILE |
| What are the 5 Main forms of delivery? | Road, Rail, Air, Sea, Pipelne. |
| Road Advantages | Fast over short distances, Door to Door delivery, Minimum handling, Convenient and cheap |
| Road disadvantages | Congestion, Bad weather may delay, Not suitable for bulky goods, Slow over long distances. |
| Rail advantages | Fast over long distances, Suitable for bulky goods Reliable, Cheap for bulky goods. |
| Rail disadvantages | Not flexible, Lot of handling, Not all parts have a rail line, Expensive over short distances. |
| Sea advantages | Suitable for bulky goods, Cheaper then air, Suitable for containers, Good facilities at ports, Modern ships large loads. |
| Sea disadvantages | Slow over long distances, Weather conditions delay, Not flexible, Must link with other forms of transport, High insurance costs. |
| Air advantages | Fastest method over long distances, Suitable for expensive goods, Good safety record, Less packing, Modern aircraft large loads. |
| Air disadvantages | Expensive, Bad weather delays, Must link with other forms of transport, Not flexible, Not suitable for bulky goods. |
| Pipeline advantages | Safe, Cheap to maintain. |
| Pipeline disadvantages | Expensive to install, Only suitable for liquids or gases. |
| Motorways | Large roads often have three or more lanes and bypass traffic |
| Regional airports | Smaller airports that serve a particular region |
| Tunnels | Used to reduce the amount of traffic |
| Toll roads | people have to pay to use these more modern roads |
| Luas | A light rail system that helps people to get around quickly in Dublin |
| A Pipeline | is a system of inter-connected pipes laid down to transport something over long distance |
| A common carrier | is an individual or company that transports goods or people for a fee |
| A courier | is a person or company that delivers documents and small,valuable packages byt hand |
| Freight | refers to goods being transported |
| A pallet | is a specially designed platform, usually wooden,on to which a large quantity of goods can be loaded to make it easy to move them |
| A forklift | is an easily manoeuvrable transport device with two protruding rigid steel bars that can be raised and lowered . it is used to move pallets |
| Quality bus corridors | are parts of a public road that can only be used by buses and taxis |
| Bypasses | are roads built specifically to divert traffic away from villages,towns and cities |
| Bicycle lanes | are parts of a public road that can only be used by cyclists |
| A refrigerated mode of transport | refers to any form of transport -e.g trucks,vans and ships- that has a refrigerator incorporated into it |
| Importance for deliverys | To deliver raw materials to the manufacture, To delivery finished goods, To transport workers to their job, To transport goods abroad. |
| Types of delivery system? | Road, Rail, Sea, Air, Pipeline. |
| Modern Developments in transport | Toll Roads, Tunnels, Luas, Motorways |
| Carriage inwards | Cost added to purchases by the seller for getting them to you. |
| Carriage Outwards | Cost you add to sales for getting them to the customer. |
| Distance = | Speed x Time |
| Time = | Distance ÷ Speed |
| Speed = | Distance ÷ Time |
| formula for calculating delivery time | distance divided by speed |
| Calculating delivery time | Work out distance. Calculate the average speed and allow for stops |
| Distance tables | are gridded tables showing the distance between various places |
| Tachographs | are devices installed on commercial vehicles that record the vehicles speed and the length of time that it is moving or stationary |
| Roll-on/roll off(RO/RO) | ferries are ship designed to allow cars and fully loaded trucks to drive directly on to and off them |
| Load on/load off(LO/LO) | ferries are ships designed to allow goods to be lifted on to and off them ,e.g by cranes |
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