TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTIVITY: BARRIERS AND BREAKTHROUGHS

The papers presented here represent the objective of this meeting which was to examine a wide variety of ideas concerning efficiency and productivity in transportation and logistics management, and to learn about opportunities for their successful implementation, as well as to assess the constraints which are inevitably associated with any attempt at improvement. Seminar type activites at the meeting included such topics as sales estimating and inventory planning, management by objectives, truck and freight car leasing alternatives, distribution innovations, computerized systems, and the role of the railroads in a period of energy uncertainity. Panel discussions provided timely points of view regarding the U.S. Railway Association, and academic progress in transportation (do they meet the needs of industry?). Observations were also made on the content of contemporary AST&T examinations.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • American Society of Traffic and Transportation, 29th Annual Meeting, August 20-20, 1975, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Traffic and Transportation

  547 West Jackson Boulevard
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Langley Jr, C J
  • Nowading, D C
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 176 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic efficiency; Energy; Freight transportation; Implementation; Improvements; Information processing; Inventory; Leasing; Logistics; Management; Physical distribution; Productivity; Railroads; Sales; Traffic; Transportation operations; Transportation policy; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Old TRIS Terms: Pooling; Transportation administration
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Energy; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132898
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM