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Title: TRANSITION OR TRANSFORMATION? EMERGING FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES
Accession Number: 00820037
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: During the past 2 years, traditional freight transportation intermediaries, which include freight forwarders, brokers, and third-party logistics (3PL) providers, have been joined by new intermediaries. The main drivers in the development of these new companies are advances in information and communications technologies, development of web-based or online freight transportation marketplaces, and worldwide emergence of business-to-business electronic marketplaces and business-to-consumer e-tailers. Advances in information technology enable many new operational paradigms and, potentially, the efficient integration of supply chains. These new companies are examined, including their potential benefits and costs of shifting from traditional 3PL to these online service providers. Also addressed is the extent to which changes in the industries appear to be more of a transition than a large-scale transformation.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1763, Multimodal and Marine Freight Transportation Issues.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Song, JinzeRegan, A CPagination: p. 1-5
Publication Date: 2001
Serial: ISBN: 0309072247
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Nov 20 2001 12:00AM
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