ABSTRACT
Transportation is a service industry that enables the movement of people and/or goods from one location to another. There is a wide range of specific demands for transport, which are differentiated by time of day, day of week, month of year, journey purpose, type of cargo, importance of speed, frequency, safety and security, and so on (Ortuzar and Willumsen 2011). A transport service has to match this differentiated demand. Transportation takes a link function perspective to connect the origin and the destination arising from the transport demand. The management of transportation concerns managing a range of activities including vehicle fleet sizing, routing, scheduling, maintenance, fuel costing, communications, technology implementations, traveler and cargo handling, and carrier selection. The goals of transportation are to achieve high utilization, cost reduction, and safe and on-time transport.
