Supply and Demand in Freight Car Distribution
Author : Daniel C. Conway
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 1974
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Author : Daniel C. Conway
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 1974
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Author : John Richard Felton
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : Patrick Parker Boles
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 34,3 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Freight cars
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Pricing policies are discussed as they relate to the supply and allocation of freight cars for the movement of agricultural products. Incentives guiding the allocation of empty cars--per diem, time-and-mileage car rentals, car service orders, and demurrage--have not always been adequate to ensure an equitable distribution of cars. The incentive per diem plan instituted in 1970 by the Interstate Commerce Commission is intended to increase freight car utilization by speeding up the return of general purpose boxcars during the grain harvest season when the shortage is most severe. Despite improved pricing policies, demand for freight cars will probably continue to exceed supply for several years. However, growing use of other modes of transportation for hauling agricultural products, improved railroad operations, and addition of more specialized equipment should reduce the demand for general purpose boxcars.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,45 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Freight cars
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Committee Serial No. 91-8. Considers the ICC failure to implement Public Law 89-430 to correct a shortage in railroad freight cars.
Author : Carl V. Lyon
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Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Freight cars
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Author : William Carl Jordan
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Page : 384 pages
File Size : 21,29 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Freight cars
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Author : Eugene W. Coughlin
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Page : 364 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Freight and freightage
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce
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Page : 154 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 1969
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Special Freight Car Shortage Subcommittee
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Page : 1674 pages
File Size : 14,33 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Freight cars
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Author : Paolo Brandimarte
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 10,53 MB
Release : 2007-07-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0470170042
unique introduction to distribution logistics that focuses on both quantitative modeling and practical business issues Introduction to Distribution Logistics presents a complete and balanced treatment of distribution logistics by covering both applications and the required theoretical background, therefore extending its reach to practitioners and students in a range of disciplines such as management, engineering, mathematics, and statistics. The authors emphasize the variety and complexity of issues and sub-problems surrounding distribution logistics as well as the limitations and scope of applicability of the proposed quantitative tools. Throughout the book, readers are provided with the quantitative approaches needed to handle real-life management problems, and areas of study include: Supply chain management Network design and transportation Demand forecasting Inventory control in single- and multi-echelon systems Incentives in the supply chain Vehicle routing Complete with extensive appendices on probability and statistics as well as mathematical programming, Introduction to Distribution Logistics is a valuable text for distribution logistics courses at both the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate levels in a variety of disciplines, and prior knowledge of production planning is not assumed. The book also serves as a useful reference for practitioners in the fields of applied mathematics and statistics, manufacturing engineering, business management, and operations research. The book's related Web site includes additional sections and numerical illustrations.