A framework of logistics village in reducing the problem regarding goods transportation in peninsular Malaysia

Author

Arip, Mohd Sabri Mohd ; Mohid, Mohamed Noor Bin ; Tambi, Abdul Malek A ; Shukor, Idrus Abd

Author_Institution

Malaysian Inst. of Transp. (MITRANS), Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

7-8 April 2012

Firstpage

273

Lastpage

278

Abstract

The planning of a good logistics village is very significant for the new era of logistics industry, it play a major role in the transportation and distribution of goods effectively. Efforts were put to understand the characteristics of a comprehensive logistics village planning by referring to Malaysia Environment. Result from the analysis showed that there are differences in planning a logistics village in Malaysia by referring to the local needs. At the end of this paper, a list of comprehensive logistics village planning that meet the needs of logistics industry in Malaysia was identified.

Keywords

goods distribution; logistics; town and country planning; transportation; Peninsular Malaysia; goods distribution; goods transportation; local needs; logistic industry; logistic village planning; Industries; Logistics; Planning; Rails; Roads; Vehicles; Logistics village; characteristics; distribution system; infrastructure;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Business Engineering and Industrial Applications Colloquium (BEIAC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0425-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BEIAC.2012.6226066

Filename

6226066