The diagrams below show the Manchester orbital logistics network and the UK end of the Trans-European Network (TEN) which form the urban and national infrastructure for UK and Republic of Ireland supply chains:
a. Illustrate, with examples, all of the seven transport modalities that are used in the networks and critically compare the primary selection criteria for each.
b. Create and explain a workable example of the cost-service modality trade-off ‘curve model.
c. Evaluate the impact of recent security initiatives across the supply chain.
d. Critically examine the role of ‘trans –parks’, freight villages’ and ‘logistics campuses’ within the modality network concept .
