Means of delivery
From Supply Chain Management Encyclopedia
Choosing the most appropriate term of delivery within the Incoterms 2010 framework the shipper has to keep in mind the means of delivery in accordance with logistics transportation infrastructures presented on the way of goods in home and corresponding foreign countries. The choice of the means of delivery depends of many peculiarities characterizing every unique case of goods and transportation arms necessary to be included in the route. There are such factors to be taken into account as a nature of goods (especially perishable and hazardous ones), a trade-off between the time of delivery, cost of freight and cost of insurance. In accordance with 3pl concept a lot of logistics and freight insurance companies which can help to do this choice. Their information supplied on their web-sites give more about the services offered (means of delivery included)[1] http://www.stoof-international.de/en/service/logistics/[2] [3].
