Unlike route planning – which evaluates options in advance – alternate routing is a reactive measure: the carrier or freight forwarder deviates from the originally planned path because it has become unavailable or impractical due to congestion, an accident, a border closure, or infrastructure failure.
Source: https://cscmp.org/CSCMP/Educate/SCM_Glossary/CSCMP/Educate/SCM_Glossary.aspx
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