Logistics & Transport modes in Mexico: Railroad transportation (Case Study)
Team Members:
Yure Quintero
Omar RodrÃguez
Raúl Peralta
Supervisor: Omar Salgado
Logistics process for moving Japanese steel to automobile assembly plants in Mexico via the railway network.
Introduction.
The following case study aims to show the logistics of moving specialized steel manufactured in Japan to stamping plants of car manufacturers in Mexico, using the national rail network in a scheme Just In Time.
Development: the case study plans an annual movement of 210,000 tons of rolled steel fabricated in Japan, two seaports in the Pacific coast are analyzed with the following characteristics:
• Port of Manzanillo, trains roads on Ferromex Co. railroads and it is the port with the highest burden of the country, specialized on intermodal transportation and steel.
• Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, trains roads on KCSM, it is the port with highest investment in the six years, specialized in general cargo.
Destinations: The destinations are stamping plants located in surrounding within a radius of no greater than 10 km. They adjust to changes in production lines in both models and quantity.
Delivery Just In Time: The Railroad by its nature is complex and little flexibility to adjust to a system, which is why the analysis is performed considering a 7% use of motor transport. This percentage is applied mainly in the first days after arrival of vessel to cover the first cycle of rail transit.
Conclusions:
Deciding the proper logistics to take into account the following considerations in addition to economic analysis:
• Security
• Integrity of the load,
• Service
• Placement of equipment
• Storage Time
• Service broker
The Railroad is an efficient mean of transport with substantial competitive advantages that surpass its competences, particularly in Mexico that it has to be analyzed according to the railroad route served by each company.
In this case the steel has to be unbind on a single port, because the volumes with each particular destination are the basis for choosing the port, thus the savings can be optimized and the logistics can be customize to customer expectations.
Map: Railrod routes, times, costs
Ver Equipo 1 Red Ferroviaria Nacional A en un mapa ampliado