... be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Automated loading Automated unloading Autonomous trucks Interoperability Material flow Road transport Freight transport Case study The loading and unloading (L/UL) of goods from trucks and trailers is integral in any...

...Hans-Joachim Schramm; Michael Lehner Purpose Carbon emissions commonly serve as an indicator for environmental friendliness, and so more and more carbon emission calculators (CECs) are offered that allow an estimation of the environmental footprint of freight transport operations. Unfortunately...

... emissions in freight transportation. Design/methodology/approach – A framework is suggested that captures internal, competitiveness-driven motives and external, stakeholder-driven drivers for companies seeking to reduce CO₂ in freight transportation. These factors are tested in a large...

..., the data were then subdivided by industry type and region and similar experiments were performed, again using freight density data provided by JBHT. Many of the industrial and regional models produce good results. A summary of all model results is located in Table III . Forecasting Freight transport...

... and with balanced good flows in both directions. This paper provides an overview of Hub and Spoke theory and proposes some possible improvements to this practice for freight transportation (trucking industry). In particular, the re allocation of transportation resources and the direct connection between pairs...

... emphasis on direct transport costs than many context‐free studies would suggest. The paper concludes that logistics studies should have an accepted typology of relevant context features, so that better comparisons between studies can be made. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Freight transport Location...

... of the trials. © Company 1996 Data capture EDI Freight transport Mobile communications Small‐ to‐medium‐sized enterprises A growing number of road haulage companies are turning to mobile communications to enable them to maintain, at any time, direct contact between their office...

... in Road Transport, Energy Efficiency Office, Harwell, 1993. 12. Phillips, J., "The Drag Factor", Motor Transport, 23 January 1992. 13. Motor Transport, 26 August, 1993. 14. Motor Transport, 17 December 1992. 15. Fuel Management Guide, Freight Transport Association, Tunbridge Wells, 1992. 16. "Truck Fuel...

... of these market imperfections, not a succession of isolated actions, will support further development of CT. The consequence of its fast liberalization, without higher returns on capital, could be a serious crisis for the whole industry. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Barriers Deregulation Europe Freight...

...James L. Whyte In the UK the last decade has been a period in which the supply of freight transport services has generally exceeded demand, while both the characteristics of the transport managers, who are the industry′s customers, and organizational variables, which affect their behaviour,have...

... suppliers purchasing sea services and a combination of schedule and space is more important for freight suppliers purchasing air services. Discusses strategic implications for marketing. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Freight transport Ireland Marketing Selection Shipping FACTORS INFLUENCING...

... cost savings, are examined using an extensive set of simulated data that are based on a firm in the automobile industry supply chain. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Automotive components industry Discounts Freight transport Logistics 20 IJPD & LM 22,9 O ffers a model to assess when product...

... the experience of air express firms′ use of technology to improve their competitive performance. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Air transport Freight transport Technology Competitive strategy Electronic data interchange TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY: EDI AND GLOBAL AIR EXPRESS 43 S uccessful firms in the 1990s...

...James L. Whyte The UK market for freight transport services used to be characterized by buyer inertia and high levels of source loyalty. For the last decade, suppliers of freight transport services have been operating in competitive markets in which supply has exceeded demand. Simultaneously...

...: establish co‐operative terminals on a basis of regional economic blocks; design optimal sites of terminal depots; and promote both modal linkage and modal shift to arrange infrastructure. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Freight transport Japan Multiple regression analysis 20 PERSPECTIVES...

...R. Mohan Pisharodi Past efforts to model freight transport‐choice decision making as a behavioural process have resulted in the development of models which may not reflect the actual steps, activities, decision rules, and interactions in the typical freight transport‐choice decision process...

... were implemented by the company during the year of the project′s lifetime – a signal success! © MCB UP Limited 1991 Australia Distribution management Freight transport Inventory control Agriculture Cost effectiveness ELDERS PASTORAL DISTRIBUTION 15 A report on a project to reduce...

... of site‐handling systems, varied loads, automation,supplier selection, etc., must be co‐ordinated in an overall strategy to improve cost performance and customer service. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Distribution Distribution management Freight transport Technological innovation 4 2 STREAMLINING...

... scheduling Freight transport 10 IJPD & LM 21,2 A real-time decision-support system using a heuristic based on the cognitive rules used by an experienced scheduler. Dynamic Vehicle Scheduling: An Expert Systems Approach Prabir K. Bagchi and Barm N. Nag International Journal of Physical Distribution...

..., pp. 169-87. C.D.J. Waters is based in the Faculty of Management, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Freight transport Logistics Surveys Canada Computers ...