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Title:

FUTURE TRENDS AND VISIONS IN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS: SHIPPER'S VIEW

Accession Number:

00662851

Record Type:

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

Abstract:

This paper presents the shipper's view on the priorities for railroad freight transportation research needs for the next 10 to 15 years. To accomplish the objective of identifying priorities for railroad freight transportation research needs implies identifying things that should be changed. Here is an example from the General Motors Corporation (GM): the average distance a vehicle is shipped is 1,000 mi. The average transit time is 10 days, which equals 100 mi a day. Assuming 24-hr days are available for shipments to move, GM is delivering vehicles to dealers at 4 mi an hour--walking speed. Here is another example: in 1980, a shipment from Michigan to California averaged 10 days transit time with a 10 percent chance of transportation damage. In 1993, a similar shipment from Michigan to California averaged 9.5 days transit time, but with a less than 1 percent chance of transportation damage. What needs to be changed? Someday GM will have the manufacturing and order management capability to produce a "3-day car" and will not want to wait 10 days for delivery.

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

00662847

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Zamjahn, J E

Pagination:

p. 35-36

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:

Shippers

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

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

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jul 15 1994 12:00AM

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