Int. J. Logistics Systems and Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2017 379 Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Evaluating import cargo performance through Tanjung Priok sea port vs. Cikarang dry port – a case study in a FMCG company in Indonesia Elia Oey* and Vanessa Setiawan International Business and Management, School of Business and Management, Bina Nusantara (Binus) University, Jl. KH Syahdan No. 9 Palmerah, Jakarta Barat, Indonesia Email: eliaoey@binus.ac.id Email: Vanessa_setiawan@live.com *Corresponding author Abstract: In the era of globalisation, inter-market cargo movement is common in industry. Monitoring and improving inter-market transit time for cargo and choosing which port of entry is then essential for products and company. This research is based on a case study in a fast moving consumer good company operating its two facilities in West Java, Indonesia. Currently, it uses Tanjung Priok as port of entry, but with continuous volume increase and congestion in Tanjung Priok, the company is evaluating Cikarang dry port (CDP) as alternative port of entry. The study concludes that cost saving is possible when using CDP for its cargo from Malaysia (MY). It also suggests monitoring the time component of in-transit time using statistical process control X-chart to cater prevalent variability and be flexible for future possibility. Keywords: Cikarang dry port; CDP; inter-market transit time; Tanjung Priok; TP; Indonesia. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Oey, E. and Setiawan, V. (2017) ‘Evaluating import cargo performance through Tanjung Priok sea port vs. Cikarang dry port – a case study in a FMCG company in Indonesia’, Int. J. Logistics Systems and Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp.379–401. Biographical notes: Elia Oey is a faculty member at International Business and Management, Bina Nusantara (Binus) University. She was a supply chain practitioner prior to joining Binus University. Her research areas are operation management, (global) supply chain management, and cross cultural management. Vanessa Setiawan is an Undergraduate student at the International Business and Management, Bina Nusantara University. She is in her final year and currently doing her thesis for Bachelor degree.