Supply chains that rock around the clock

While most of us are sleeping, shipments are moving 24/7 to keep supply in perfect concert with demand. These hall-of-fame transportation and logistics companies make it happen, and ensure your shipments don't miss a beat. Rock and roll all night : meet the kings of the road--a two person sleeper team hauling a two-trailer set filled with LTL freight from Chicago to Denver / by Merrill Douglas -- Everybody's doing the locomotion : an intermodal container takes The Midnight Train to Georgia...or to any state that needs a shipment delivered / by Merrill Douglas -- Come sail away with me : from manic Monday to Friday night, ports are awash with activity -- A hard day's night : they should be sleeping like a log, but Penske Logistics is working like a dog through storms and shakeups to make sure shipments arrive on time / by Felecia Stratton -- Gimme shelter : port facility East Coast Warehouse is a Day Tripper, and doesn't take the easy way out, storing and distributing products even through terminal delays and Superstorm Sandy / by Katrina Arabe.

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• Publication Date: 2016-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Illustrations;
• Pagination: pages 105-134
• Serial:
  • Inbound Logistics
  • Publisher: Thomas Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0888-8493
  • Serial URL: http://www.inboundlogistics.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Physical distribution
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01593077
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Northwestern University Transportation Library
• Files: TLIB
• Created Date: Mar 7 2016 1:57PM