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Procedure of Sending Goods by Rail: 8 Steps | Transportation | Business

The following procedure is adopted while transporting goods through railways: 1. To Make a Choice between a Goods Train and a Passenger Train 2. Packing and Marking 3. Sending the Goods to the Railway Station 4. Consignment or Forwarding Note 5. Booking the Goods and Obtaining the Railway Receipt 6. Sending in Railway Receipt to the Consignee 7. Taking Delivery [...]

By |2017-03-24T07:02:59+05:30March 24, 2017|Transport Management|Comments Off on Procedure of Sending Goods by Rail: 8 Steps | Transportation | Business
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Transport Management of Materials

The important aspects in traffic and transporta­tion management are choice of mode of transport, route selection, rate verification and audit­ing, management of claims as well as application of linear programming minimise transporta­tion costs. Let us consider the various transport avenues that are open to the materials manag­ers viz., Shipping, Rail, Road and others. Transport by Shipping: This is generally resorted [...]

By |2016-11-02T06:00:09+05:30November 2, 2016|Transport Management|Comments Off on Transport Management of Materials
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