You have just taken a job with a diversified manufacturing firm, and as your first assignment, you must make some transportation decisions on behalf of your organization for shipping its various products. Given the following set of products, argue for using air, truck, rail, or water assets to ship the product. Why would one be more appropriate than another method?

(1) Petroleum distillates from Fresno, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
(2) Critical, time-sensitive medical supplies from Tampa, Florida, to Bogota, Columbia.
(3) Automobile parts for secondary markets from Long Beach, California, to Shanghai, China.
(4) Refurbished office equipment from Atlanta, Georgia, to Charlotte, North Carolina.