... Freight operations Multiple regression analysis In order to survive, many truckload (TL) trucking companies have initiated dramatic changes in their operational philosophies. Companies that once sought to capture as much freight as possible, concluding that higher volumes yield higher revenues...

...Yukio Ozawa; Yutaka Karasawa; Eiichi Moriya Japan suffers from a serious labour shortage, particularly in the carrier industry. Analyses the deviation between the demand and supply of truck drivers through a forecasting model based on multiple regression analysis. Proposes the following solutions...