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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Availability:
- Find a library where document is available. Order URL: https://www.library.northwestern.edu/find-borrow-request/requests-interlibrary-loan/lending-institutions.html
- Publication Date: 2016-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Illustrations;
- Pagination: pages 105-134
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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