Functions of logisticians

Freight traffic is an important field of national economy, because the point of production is often located far from the point of consumption. Transportation is usually performed by air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space.

Logisticians must take into account many factors, for example, fuel saving, efficient shipment, correct packaging, rational routes of delivery, time saving, product safety, necessary vehicles for transportation, safety rules of storage and etc. They must keep all safety regulations. The freight may be dangerous, poisonous, highly inflammable and explosive. We must provide harmless freight traffic and storage not to injure people and environment.

It is very essential to keep freight quality and quantity. Consumers will be unsatisfied, if the delivered cargo is damaged. The goods must be brought in time. We must supply the right item in the right quantity and quality, at the right time, at the right place, for the right price and to the right customer.

The main functions of logisticians include purchasing, management, warehousing, transportation, distribution and planning of these activities. Logisticians must provide coordination of these tasks. People of this profession must be responsible and careful. They have to organize the correct transportation of goods from the point of origin to the point of consumption avoiding different accidents.

5. Answer the questions:

1. What ways of transportation do you know?

2. What factors must logisticians take into account?

3. Why must logisticians keep all safety regulations?

4. What types of freight may be transported?

5. Is it very essential to keep freight quality and quantity?

6. Will consumers be unsatisfied, if the delivered cargo is damaged while transportation and storage?

7. Must the goods be delivered in time to the point of consumption?

8. Must the logisticians supply the right item in the right quantity and quality, at the right time, at the right place and for the right price?

9. Which functions of logisticians do you know?

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