AN ESSENTIAL MARKET RESEARCH AND PRODUCTIVITY TOOL FOR THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
In a rapidly changing competitive transportation environment, comprehensive and efficient freight traffic data and forecasts are vital for strategic planning and development in the transportation industry. Analysis of the present and future behaviour of commodity flow require the examination and interpretation of large amounts of information before any sound decision can be made. The complexity of the transportation system, the unavailability of comprehensive logically organized and harmonized information on commodity flows at reasonable cost make this task difficult. A solution to this problem is to develop and use knowledgeable computerized systems that provide comprehensive information on commodity flows at optimum costs. This paper will examine the Commodity Flow Information Ssytem (COMFIS), the latter was developed by the Author and reflects his vision of the tool needed to respond to the problem. Major factors which prompted the development of this system will be reviewed. The system concept and approach will be examined prior to describing its structure, components, outputs, applications and its impact on productivity in the transportation industry. Versions of COMFIS are presently installed and used by several organizations. For the covering abstract of this conference, see IRRD number 872510. (A)
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Corporate Authors:
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Printing Services, Government Administration Building
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada S7N 0W0 -
Authors:
- GHONIMA, H
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1995
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 589-602
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer programs; Conferences; Digital computers; Economic efficiency; Economic factors; Economics; Freight transportation; Industries; Marketing; Transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 8673: Digital computer; 263: Economics of transport; 5911: Efficiency; 741: Goods traffic; 332: Industry; 277: Marketing; 8645: Software; 1155: Transport
- Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00726289
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Oct 28 1996 12:00AM