Value-Drivers in Rail Freight
In this and other posts in this series, “value-drivers” are those aspects of rail freight provision for which the customer...
Performance Significance of Supply Chain Configuration
A Kraljik Matrix will likely be useful. The matrix, informed by the previous diagrams, will show the relative criticality and...
The Tax-Sensitive Supply Chain
To understand the taxation significance of supplier activities, the physical location of supplier trade, cost-intensive activities, and/or those activities that...
Identifying Customer Value in Rail Freight
In the context of pure rail freight, identifying what constitutes value for the customer is problematic but strategically critical because...
Supply Chain Mapping
Proposal: if comprehension of DB’s supplier interaction is required, a diagram like the following will be useful. The diagram will...
Wagon Provision and Wagon Procurement
The DB rolling stock procurement strategy must be ascertained. DB’s fleet will combine directly-owned and, presumably, leased locomotives and wagons....
Rail Freight: Challenges and Opportunities
The advantages of rail freight give us some insight into the possibilities and challenges faced by a rail freight service...
The Advantages of Rail Freight
The advantages of rail freight can be summarized thus: The inflexibility of the modality is also its strength, provided the...
Relating Core Rail Freight Functions to Customer Value-Drivers
This diagram outlines the value driving-significance of rail freight operations. Blue indicates core rail freight functions; orange indicates customer value-drivers....