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SRS Limited is a manufacturing company in Asia (China and India) specializing in
bicycles that they sell to the USA, Canada, and Africa. Recently they acquired JAP Bicycle in
Jamaica and supplying them with bikes and parts. They want to get in the automatic wheelchair
for the physical challenge.
SRS Limited contracted you as a transportation consultant to see their shipment from
Asia to Canada, the East and West coast of the USA, Jamaica, and Africa.
a. Differentiate the difference between intra-modal and inter-modal and why you will have recommended one over the other.
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