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Motor carriers have had to make profound changes in their method of operations with the advent of deregulation. Before deregulation, operating inefficiencies could be passed on to the consumer through negotiated rate hikes with the Interstate Commerce Commission. However, in today's competitive environment improvements in productivity are a necessity. A survey of the needs of the industry was conducted and it was determined that one such improvement would be the use of a decision support system (DSS) in the day-to-day operational planning of a motor carrier break-bulk. A break-bulk facility is for the consolidation of less-than-truckload freight. A DSS was designed and developed in conjunction with a large motor carrier. The DSS was designed to use a personal computer at the break-bulk operation in conjunction with a data base maintained at a remote main frame. The data base consists of a file of labor used and productivity achieved as well as data from a tracking system. The DSS on a daily basis determines the best allocation of men, equipment, and facilities for various costs and service situations; it also determines a weekly forecast of manpower required. The DSS developed has been demonstrated at the motor carrier's facility and is to be implemented systemwide.

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Commodities; Consolidations; Decision making; Freight traffic; Improvements; Information processing; Management; Motor carriers; Productivity; Resource allocation; Tracking systems

Management systems

Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

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Sep 30 1986 12:00AM

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