LOGISTICAL CAPABILITIES OF TRUCKING FIRMS

Logistics and value-added services are becoming increasingly important in the trucking industry. Some trucking companies are beginning to offer a variety of services beyond their traditional transportation business. The objectives of this research are to determine how regional trucking firms are incorporating logistical services into their business, show some of the current trends regarding logistics in the trucking business, and allow firms to evaluate themselves against the rest of the industry. The specific objectives are: 1. Describe how the trucking industry has evolved since deregulation, and how the industry is responding to the demand for logistical services. 2. Survey a random sample of firms from Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Iowa, and Nebraska to gather information on the industry. 3. Evaluate how firms in the trucking industry are responding to current trends.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=412
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052
• Authors:
  • BARBER, J
  • Honeyman, J
  • Lantz, B
• Publication Date: 1997-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 49 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Demand; Deregulation; Evaluation; Logistics; Surveys; Trend (Statistics); Trucking
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00744572
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No 97-79
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 21 1998 12:00AM