Any supply chain’s success is closely linked to the appropriate
use of transportation. Logistics companies effectively use responsive
transportation systems to lower overall costs. They employ “Crossdocking”
– a process, in which product is exchanged between
trucks so that each truck going to a retail store has products from
different suppliers. Today, the growth in shipments to and from
China is creating both problems and opportunities for logistics
companies. Many large corporations have already invested in
buying offices in China and India.