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Title:

FUTURE TRENDS AND VISIONS IN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS: RAILROAD CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S VIEW

Accession Number:

00662849

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309055032

Abstract:

This paper presents a railroad chief executive officer's view of the railroad industry and what its freight transportation research needs are. He sees "competitive necessity" as the decisive factor, and technology, born of that necessity as what has gotten railroads where they are today and what will determine their future. He identifies two broad categories where competitive necessity is driving technology decisions today and for the years ahead. These are technology driven by the need for improvements in efficiency and productivity, and technology driven by customers' continuously changing expectations. Following a discussion of these two areas of competitive necessity, he concludes that it is up to railroad professionals to move change forward by anticipating and meeting the changing needs of customers, and that if the railroads make a commitment to quality, they opt for something new and invigorating for the industry: satisfied customers and revenue growth.

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Monograph Accession #:

00662847

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Hagen, J A

Pagination:

p. 21-25

Publication Date:

1994

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Issue Number: 2
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 1073-1652

Conference:

Railroad Freight Transportation Research Needs

Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Date: 1994-7-12 to 1994-7-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board; American Association of Railroads; and Federal Railroad Administration.

ISBN:

0309055032

Media Type:

Digital/other

Uncontrolled Terms:

Efficiency; Quality

Subject Areas:

Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Research

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jul 15 1994 12:00AM

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