ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the impact of POM on transport and logistics. It discusses the representative extant POM studies in a range of selected topics. These topics are selected due to their importance and representativeness in the transport and logistics industries. The chapter attempts to provide good coverage of many well studied and some newly emerging topics. It also discusses the features of different transport modes, which is helpful for mode selection and multimodal arrangement. The chapter provides a brief discussion on operations management issues at maritime container ports and terminals. Logistics covers the entire transportation journey while also considering additional managerial activities such as consolidation, storage, warehousing, packaging, repacking, repairing, re-use, and documentation. Road transport dominates passenger and goods transport for relatively short distance. From the road user's viewpoint, the main advantage of road transport is accessibility and flexibility. Rail transport is more suitable for longer-distance journeys in larger countries or international land journeys.
