Analysis Of Clemtex Inc.: Transportation Improvement Plan

Transportation is the cornerstone of our global economy. Every companies whether large or small wants to make a profit, and in order to make that profit they have to be able to transport goods efficiently to their consumers. According to Coyle, Novack, & Gibson (2015) transportation was referred to as the “glue” that holds the supply chain together. It is necessary for companies to develop and maintain a strong transportation plan to better meet the needs of their customers. After a great deal of thought and research, the company that I decided to develop a transportation improvement plan for is Clemtex Inc.
Clemtex Inc. is a corrosion control company base out of Houston, TX. Since 1955 this organization has made a significant impact on the

However, the need to seek new integrative alternatives for streamlining transportations processes in a multifaceted mission that Clemtex Inc. is moving towards. The current supply chain is geared towards the organizational goals by having the variety of products that they market getting shipped to their consumers in a timely manner. Clemtex’s freight flow structure goal is the movement of goods from one place to another. Once these products are bought and transported to Houston, Dallas or Corpus Christi, they are then store and routed to their final destination through their own in house freight transportation

freight flow transportation it would be a long process. It would potentially span over the course of 2 or 3 years. So of the transportation initiatives that this organization has implemented are the use of GPS within the vehicles so that they are able to track the time and distance. It helps the drivers and company tract the overall locations of their vehicles to expedite the transportation process. They are be able to track current traffic situations to better guide their drivers path. A transportation initiative that tit should consider would be incorporate RFID systems into their freight containers and ware houses. RFID enables identification from a distance, and unlike earlier bar-code technology, it does so without requiring a line of sight (Want, 2006). This would allow them to know step by step the location of their shipments from their hands to the hands of the customer. It also gives transparency to the movement operations of the organization to the customer. The first thing in adding anything thing to the supply chain metric of the company is planning. Technology has two important dimensions. It can be viewed as an internal change agent that can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization and its ability to compete in a global marketplace (Coyle, Novack, & Gibson, 2015). You would have to research the best and most cost effective cutting edge equipment on the market. The following step would be