Tailored transportation

Firms must consider customer density and distance from warehouse when designing transportation networks. The ideal transportation options based on density and distance are shown in Table 14-10. 

Transportation Options Based on Customer Density and Distance 

High density Private fieet with miik runs Cross-dock with miik runs Cross-dock with miik runs 

Medium density Third-party miik runs LTL carrier LTL or package carrier 

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In the near future, the use of multifunctional polymer-based materials with separation/selective transport capabilities is also to be expected in the design of production systems with integrated environmental protection or inthe combination of chemical reactions and separation by attaching a catalytic functionality to the respective material [1]. Thus, those multifunctional materials should contribute materially to the development of clean energy and/or energy saving and therefore sustainable production technologies. In connection with these perspectives, there is considerable interest in new/modified polymer-based materials with tailored transport/catalytic properties. Also, many sensor applications are based on controlled permeation. 

Fig. 10.16 Chemical structures of polymers with tailored transport and emission characteristics.

M.L. (2011) Tailoring transport properties in blends based on olephinic and liquid crystalline polymers. J. Membr. Sd., 377. 141-150. 

Composites with tailored transport, electrical, or optical properties... 

Tailoring transportation based on customer density and distance, customer size, or product demand and value allows a supply chain to achieve appropriate responsiveness and low cost. 

Discuss key drivers that may be used to tailor transportation. How does tailoring help ... 

Clearly additional layers may be used to accomplish other benefits, tailoring the energy profiles and mobilities across the entire organic stack. Splitting the transport layer(s) into two separate layers permits the optimization of injection into the layer nearest the electrode (sometimes called the injection layer), and transport in the farther layer [101]. Layers of insulator (charge confinement layers) have also been used in an attempt to control the motion of the charges and ensure recombination in the desired region [102]. 

Improved characterization of the morphological/microstructural properties of porous solids, and the associated transport properties of fluids imbibed into these materials, is crucial to the development of new porous materials, such as ceramics. Of particular interest is the fabrication of so-called functionalized ceramics, which contain a pore structure tailored to a specific biomedical or industrial application (e.g., molecular filters, catalysts, gas storage cells, drug delivery devices, tissue scaffolds) [1-3]. Functionalization of ceramics can involve the use of graded or layered pore microstructure, morphology or chemical composition. 

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