Safety Stock for Slower or Less Reliable Modes
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You size the safety stock each transport mode needs from demand and lead-time variability, look up z for the service level, and turn the extra pumps into a holding cost that belongs to the mode decision.
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Lessons in this course
- Line-Haul Cost per Tonne-km, Minimum Charges & Cost per Shipment Locked
- Door-to-Door Chains: Pre-Carriage, Main Leg, On-Carriage & Handling Locked
- Transit Time & Reliability: Days per Leg, Spread and On-Time Share Locked
- Inventory in Transit: Capital Tied Up in Goods on the Move Locked
- Safety Stock for Slower or Less Reliable Modes Locked
- CO₂ per Tonne-km: Emission Factors, Shipment Totals & Intensity per Unit Locked
- Break-Even Distance: Where Intermodal Beats Road Locked
- The Mode Decision: Weighted Scoring, a Modal Shift & the Chart Locked