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      <title>COMPUTER VS. OUR RATE STRUCTURE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Here is described a method for handling large quantities of paper work and some tedious jobs that are time consuming. In fact these types of jobs are increasingly hard to fill. They are not attractive.  The system provides daily audit of 85 percent of the outbound freight bills received.  Some of the remaining are audited manually if the need arises. This daily audit has generated measurable savings of one percent of the freight bill.  It allows correction of billing errors prior to payment by means of the exceptions reporting system.  Classification errors have been eliminated by the use of a preprinted bill of lading.  Each product is classified under the Standard Transportation Commodity Code (STCC) in its seven digit format.  In this system, three additional digits have been added for specific product characteristics.  Errors in rate selection and extension have been eliminated.  These two steps are the largest sources of error occurring on 34 percent of the freight bills the system processes.  What is described here is a responsive system that contributes substantially to distribution management techniques.  It is unique in the manner it reproduces the regular traffic procedures on the computer.  It is significant in the manner it provides information to better manage the company's distribution activities.  Documented savings run to about $1 million on a total company freight bill of about $100 million a year. In addition, undocumented savings are estimated to be another $2 million a year.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 1975 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>STUDY OF SHIPBOARD COMPUTER FOR SHIP OPERATION INPROVEMENT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Potential uses of computer and data processing systems in commercial ship operations are reported, excluding a study of the merits of shipboard or shore-based facilities. Operational costs are given for amortization, wages and subsistence, port, brokerage, and voyage expense, cargo handling, stores, maintenance and repair, insurance, and fuel.  Operational areas considered include: allocation of computer costs, assignment of shipboard activities to operational areas, documentation, cargo operations, ship en route operations, cost control and management, payroll control and preparation, and ship owner's management and control.  Computer system requirements are also described. It is concluded that the estimates of potential economic pay-off are not considered to be more than order of magnitude estimates and are subject to modification.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 1973 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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