1. Mewong Exercise TASK 3:
Secondary transport
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2. Lesson Objectives 1 2 By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
Identify the key differences between transport modes, their advantages and disadvantages 2
Optimize a given budget for secondary transport and describe the trade-offs between cost and effectiveness in decision making

3. Mewong Exercise Task 3: Overview
The FDPs have been defined and secondary transport must be organized…
You have been deployed in Negeri and you are the Logistics officer. The program unit has planned for 6 EDPs to be supplied from Negeri. Some EDPs are quite remote and the state of the roads will make the access difficult.
You will have to present the pros and the cons for the transport in general, assess the different options of transport in the above scenario and optimize the given budget as rationally as possible.
Timing
Presentation exercise : 10 min
Exercise: 110 min
Debriefing: 60 min
Handout
The hand-outs 4 and 8 contain all the information you need for this exercise.

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Mewong Exercise TASK 3:
Secondary transport
Your task:
1. Summarise in your group the pros and cons of each mode of transport:
Road transport
Rail Transport
Air transport
Sea transport
2. Your are given a 100,000 USD budget to fund the next 4 weeks of secondary transport from Negeri to 6 FDPs. Optimize this budget and describe the trade-offs between cost and effectiveness in decision making.
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Optional depending on time

5. The possible modes of Transport
Mewong Exercise TASK 3:
The possible modes of Transport
Air
Sea
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Rail
Outline the different modes of transport listed.
Q&A with participants: what are the pros and cons of each? See slide 8 for examples.
Road
Other

6. Question 1 - Transport mode pros and cons
Mewong Exercise TASK 3:
Question 1 - Transport mode pros and cons
Road
Rail
Sea
Air
Speed
Reliability
Cost per mt/km
Flexibility
Advantages
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Disadvantages
Answers for the debrief.
Other Considerations
Fritz Institute 2006:14

7. Question 2 - Secondary transport planning
Mewong Exercise TASK 3:
Question 2 - Secondary transport planning
Hainan
Gamuca
Sadway
Nah Dang
Gangoy
Rach Chueng /Balagan
People in need of assistance (pax)
13,000
20,000
12,000
22,000
15,000
38,000
Tonnage required per month (MT)
162.5
250
150
275
187.5
475
Reachable by
Air
Barge
Road
Distance
1 hour roundtrip
6 days roundtrip
4 days roundtrip
50km
100km
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*Each beneficiary requires 12.5kg food/month
Participants will receive all this information in a handout. They should agree as a group on how the budget of $100,000 should be allocated.
Trucking Rate
Helicopter Rate
Barge rate
Rate
$0.85 per MT per km
$6875/hour
$5000 round trip
Capacity
10mt capacity
3MT capacity
120MT capacity
You have a budget of $100,000 for the next four weeks. How will you spend it?

8. Question 2 – transport mapping to EDPs
Mewong Exercise TASK 3:
Question 2 – transport mapping to EDPs
Gum
Sitwite
Obiang
Saba
Rach Chuen
Rach Chuen & Balagan Drop
off point: 38,000
Balagan
Bahal
Hainan: 13,000
Maleninkoga
Lokodi
Bacolad
Hainan
Ossandre
Zore
Pagaspi
Domsa
Shinang
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Gamuca
Southern
Gamuca: 20,000
Nah Dang
Sadway: 12,000
Explain the exercise; this map to highlight the different areas that are reachable by the different transport means.
Nah dang: 22,000
Sadway
Sebore
Yomiti
Gangoy
Timea
Mann
Gangoy: 15,000
Fom

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Mewong Exercise TASK 3:
Secondary transport
Solutions
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10. Question 1 - Transport mode pros and cons
Mewong Exercise TASK 3:
Question 1 - Transport mode pros and cons
Road
Rail
Sea
Air
Speed
Moderate
Moderate
Slow
Very high
Reliability
Good
Good
Limited
Very good
Cost per mt/km
Medium
Low/Medium
Low/very low
High
Flexibility
High
High
Low
Medium
Advantages
Relatively fast
No transshipment
Direct delivery
Flexible
Cost
Economical
Large loading capacity
Range & speed (in most countries)
Economical
Large/no restriction on loading capacity
Low cost
Fast
Reliable
Limited losses
Direct
Easy tracking
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Disadvantages
Roads may be dangerous (landmines) or blocked (rainy season)
Sometimes driver's nationality/vehicle registration not acceptable
Difficulty finding freight cars
Delays
Transshipment
Inflexible
Tracking
Slow
Transshipments at ports
Use as second means of transport for larger volumes
Higher theft risk in port
Inflexible
Expensive
Restricted to journeys between airports
Restricted loading capacity (dangerous goods, shipment size, weight, fuel, etc.)
Answers for the debrief.
Other Considerations
Extensive network
Limited/fixed infrastructure
Restricted network
Limited network
Short/medium distances (e.g. Europe/Middle East)
From a neighbouring country to operation site
Internal transport
Large consignments
From port of discharge to inland operation site (warehouse)
Ecological
Large quantities
Less urgent
Pre-positioning phase
Second phase
Long distance with no time constraint
Emergency phase
Expensive goods
Fragile/perishable goods
Cold chain
No alternative option
Small shipments (e.g. diplomatic pouch)
Long distance with time constraint
Fritz Institute 2006:14

11. Question 2 - Secondary transport planning
Mewong Exercise TASK 3:
Question 2 - Secondary transport planning
Hainan
Gamuca
Sadway
Nah Dang
Gangoy
Rach Chueng /Balagan
People in need of assistance
13,000
20,000
12,000
22,000
15,000
38,000
Mt required per month
162.5
250
150
275
187.5
475
Reachable by
Air
Barge
Road
Distance
1 hour roundtrip
6 days roundtrip
4 days roundtrip
50km
100km
Budget required
$ 372,396
$ 18,000
$ 12,000
$ 11,000
$ 15,000
$ 38,000
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*Required budget exceeds that available. One possible option (note there are many) is as follows:
This is one possible answer – guiding principles were:
Assume air is absolutely necessary due to the seriousness of situation in Sadway
Use only enough hours of helicopters to reach the most urgent of needs – more than tokenistic one rotation, but only to reach the most urgent 10%
Then prioritise the most economical transport (barge), however do not waste money by sending any barges not at full capacity
Remaining budget for road transport to be allocated in proportion to need at each destination
Alternative answers may seek to eliminate air asset use entirely until more funding is found, or to prioritise some areas over others.
Important point: it is not the job of the logistics team to decide on prioritization, however they would need to provide the upper management with the possible options, demonstrating exactly what is possible to pursue.
Proposed Budget Allocation
Percentage of requirement
Two barges to Gamuca
$ 10,000.00
86%
One barge to Sadway
$ 5,000.00
80%
6 hours helicopter
$ 41,250.00
11%
Spend remaining evenly on road destinations
$ 43,750.00
64%
Road transport allocation
% of requirement
Nah Dang
$ 7,519.53
64%
Gangoy
$ 10,253.91
Rach Chueng / Balagan
$ 25,976.56
TOTAL
$ 43,750.00

12. Questions
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