1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Oxford dictionary (2014) defines a route as a path for getting to a certain destination from a start off point. The world is a global market and the journey of continuous expansion is on the rise. The demand for goods and services span from within immediate environments but also transcend cities, borders and continents. Logistics and transportation is a crucially important part of the manufacturing process, however the focus of this report is not on the supply chain from manufacturer to consumer but focuses on the management of logistics and transportation under the School Bus routing Problem. Logistics Management can be defined as the process of planning, control and application of an operational and cost conscious model which enables an well organised flow of goods or in this case people from multiple points of origin to multiple destinations. The focus of logistic management prioritises the effectiveness of the model as well as its efficiency and cost (Bramel & Simchi-Levi, 2004).
There are several problems in the logistics management process, those that would be treated in the context of this report include; Management of the number of buses required, time constraints, capacity of vehicles for transportation and the number of start off points and destinations.
The problem presented in this case study involves the design of a logistic management model to tackle the School Bus Routing Problem (SBRP) for a selected area which has a population of 7500 students spread across the city and in different locations. This area consists of 269 schools and 838 bus stops. As expressed in the previous paragraph the primary focus is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness while also reducing the cost expended on t...
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...eration has to be placed on the impact the fleet of vehicles has on the environment. This is a factor that has to be taken into account.
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The core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have stronger systems emerging in the Blue and Green Light Rail lines, however the southern suburb located Red BRT line is struggling with ridership. The proposed Orange BRT line to Burnsville will continue to have similar ridership problems if the transit engineers do not balance efficiency and speed to encourage riders to step out of their cars and onto the bus. Finally, without the extension of the Orange BRT line to Lakeville, the community will be restricted to the 467 Express Bus during rush hour, be forced to drive to at least Burnsville to other options, or continue to drive themselves and add to the
The most important part of integrating anything into a plan is the logistics portion of that plan. What is
Automobiles play a major role in today's society. Almost every American owns at least one motorized transportation vehicle. Some say they make our lives better by reaching places faster than before. Others say they are a harmful to the environment. Have they made our society better or worse? They may be fast, but do we as humans want our environment to suffer because of time. Face it, cars pollute. And they release destructive chemicals into the air. Air pollution can threaten the health of many subjects in the environment including human beings.
“The poor public transportation prevents many public-university students from taking full advantage of their education. They have long waits before boarding their buses and miss many of their morning classes and, occasionally, exams.”
The invention of the automobile in the early 20th century has had an adverse affect on our environment. Our society has used technology in order to advance the automobile to make it better and more efficient. The automobile industry knows what sells and they take advantage of that. With this growing technology to advance automobiles also comes flaws. The biggest and most obvious flaw is pollution. Because of pollution, we find ourselves asking the question of whether this technology has helped our society more than it has hurt it.
Of course, there are going to be oppositions of this idea. Majorities of the students in survey choose to have a school bus, yet the other side cannot be ignored. In one of the Document, a parent was frustrated with the North Hills school district's new bus driver. They told the school board that her child’s bus has been between 30 and 45 minutes late arriving at the bus stop. Another parent said buses have been up to an hour late dropping kids off.
For example, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a bus service that students use. The campus itself is very huge compared to NIU. However, they have bus services that goes through the residence halls just like at NIU. The school shares with the city of Champaign as well. The service is called MTD which is the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District. Students can get on any bus with their student ID. University of Illinois has an app that tracks the exact time of the bus, just like NIU has. They have different routes that go well with the students and residents. All of the bus routes are labeled as colors. There are four primary campus routes are Gold, Yellow, Teal and Silver. These routes normally come every 10-15 minutes, and these routes continue throughout the nighttime. MTD has a service called Hopper service where these routes are used when the bus experiences high volume of people. They offer these during peak times of the
Logistics exists to satisfy customer requirements by facilitating relevant manufacturing and marketing operation. The main responsibility of logistic is the geographical positioning of raw materials, work in process and finished inventories at the lowest possible cost.
When most people think of the word school busing, they get the mental picture of a big yellow school bus. This big, yellow school bus goes out to the towns’ neighborhoods and picks up all the towns’ kids and brings them to school to receive their educations’. On most occasions, they are brought to the nearest school that is usually within their own neighborhood. Technically, this picture is correct, but it is not the same type of busing we will be discussing. The school busing we will be discussing is when a child from one neighborhood is picked up by a bus to attend a school in a totally different (sometimes far away) neighborhood. This is done even when a student lives close to the school within their neighborhood. So the question is, why is there a need for this type of busing and whom does it affect? In order to answer these questions, we must discuss the revolutio...
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For formulating a more efficient transport pattern, there are some specific strategies. Firstly, government can encourage people to pay more attention to public transit. The actual data about transit use from most cities indicates that transit use is growing in many cities, in addition, some developed cities have been reducing their car use and pay more attention to the public transport (Newman, 1999). Encouraging urban citizens use more public transit is effective in reducing the quantity of private cars. It is generally known that private cars have brought great pressure on urban traffic. Secondly, government can restrict cars based on the “odd-and-even l...
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The fast population growth rate of humans means that the necessity for transportation vehicles is also enormously increasing. Studies have shown that in 1999 the worldwide number of vehicles registered was 700 million. From this huge number of vehicles, the US has a large share, which includes 200 million cars and light trucks. The number of cars worldwide also grew three times faster Competition for good things like public health, making the earth safe to live are positive aspects of competition, but global competition can also have a downside concerning the environment. This is true for the production of vehicles, as companies are coming with designs and new models with improved engines, but fuel consumption and the pollution of the air remains the same.
My experience and erudition is my strength which I wish to embolden and use to my advantage. in the concentartions “Transportation and Logistics” and “Inventory Management”, are a combination of inventory ,logistics and management concepts, wherein I seek expertise. For that, I look forward to learning from the acclaimed faculty at your university, prof ______________ and _______. I am excited that their research interests perfectly match my own.