Transportation Policy
Tesco sources both locally and globally. With the geographical expansion of Tesco to Central Europe, Asia and recently in US, it has been a challenge to manage the transportation and distribution of goods at the new locations keeping the quality consistent to that of the global image of Tesco. [Anderson, D. L., Britt. F. E., and Favre. D. J. (1997)]
Risks associated with international logistics and transportation (Zhihui Song, Apr 2005)
* Easy to lose control of operation and movements
* Increase in paper work and documentation binding to the different legal and taxation in overseas countries.
* Risk of delays in receiving and arrival of goods internationally.
* Difficult to trade and trace as the point of action is remote.
* There can be conflict in the customs and culture of the overseas country,
* Lack of infrastructure capabilities in the hose country which may hamper the easy movement of goods