TRANSPORTATION ASSIGNMENT:

Wednesday 10:04 am to Wednesday 4:00 pm: pick up shipment from shipper in

Rogers, MN.

Wednesday 4:00 pm to Wednesday 5:54 pm: bring the shipment to FedEx facility
in Rogers, MN.

Wednesday 5:54 pm to Thursday 1:37 pm: sortation/consolidation in FedEx

facility in Rogers, MN

Thursday 1:37 am to Sunday 3:47 pm: line haul

Sunday 3:47 pm to Sunday 9:34 pm: sortation/consolidation in FedEx facility in
Hagerstown, MD

Sunday 9:34 pm to Monday 4:52 am: bring the shipment from FedEx facility in
Hagerstown, MD to another facility in North Wales, PA

Monday 4:52 am to Monday 7:30 am: deconsolidation

Monday 7:30 am to Monday 1:56 pm: delivery to consignee in Valley Forge, PA.

Mode of transportation likely used:

Wednesday 10:04 am to Wednesday 4:00 pm: pick up shipment from shipper in

Rogers, MN.
Wednesday 4:00 pm to Wednesday 5:54 pm: bring the shipment to FedEx facility
in Rogers, MN.

Mode: Motor Freight (delivery vans)

Reason: short distances, inside Rogers, MN

Thursday 1:37 am to Sunday 3:47 pm: line haul

Mode: Intermodal (rail)
Reason: long-haul, far distance, about 1061 miles (for distance over 750 miles,
rails will have speed advantages over trucking). Hagerstown was the center of the
Western Maryland Railway, Rail transportation must be easily incorporated.

Sunday 9:34 pm to Monday 4:52 am: bring the shipment from FedEx facility in
Hagerstown, MD to another facility in North Wales, PA
Mode: Air Freight (air plane)
Reason: Shipment moved through the night, air transport of FedEx usually
operate all around the clock, while by trucking, drivers have to sleep by night.
FedEx usually use airplane to transport between its terminals.
However, when considering the distance (180 miles), trucking is more
economical. If FedEx has drivers driving through the night, it’ll be most likely
that they use the truck.

Monday 7:30 am to Monday 1:56 pm: delivery to consignee in Valley Forge, PA.
Mode: Motor Freight (delivery vans)
Reason: short distance (16.6 miles)

4.Explain the route between origin and destination

The shipment moved from Rogers, MN to Hagerstown, MD.

North Wales, PA Valley Forge, PA
Total distance is 1258.2 miles.
This route is not a straight line. It moved to Hagerstown in Maryland and then
went North a little to North Wales, PA.

As explained above, the shipment was picked up from shipper in Rogers, MN.
Then, it was brought to FedEx facility in Rogers, MN for consolidation. After the
shipment was been in FedEx facility in Rogers, MN. It was moved through a long
line-haul to facility in Hagerstown, Maryland. In FedEx facility in Hagerstown,
MD, the shipment was sorted, together with other parcels before to be moved to
another facility in North Wales, PA.
After arriving at FedEx facility in North Wales, PA, the shipment was
deconsolidated, and finally, it was delivered to consignee in Valley Forge, PA.

Efficiency of the routing:

The routing chosen by FedEx is quite efficient in my opinion. They have used
multiple modes of transport to achieve a faster delivery of shipment as well as cost
effective for the company. To balance out this it is essential that a company uses
multiple modes of transport and not stick to just one. This would help reduce the
time as well as cost to company.