THE FIFTH WAVE: THE AIR CARGO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Transportation accessibility and changes in transportation technology are discussed, and it is pointed out how in the approaching aviation era, air cargo will play an increasingly important role, with international transactions, production flexibility, and speed characterizing the new economy. Air freight will become an intergral part of a new economy based on international sourcing, just-in-time production systems, and speed of delivery. It is shown how these forces can be brought together in the form of a global air cargo-industrial complex in North Carolina. The complex will be a computer-age industrial complex in which aviation will play a pivotal role. The complex will integrate just-in-time manufacturing systems with air freight systems, spatially and operationally, such that the 2 systems will function as a synergistic unit. Details of the complex are briefly outlined.

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• Authors:
  • Kasarda, J D
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 2-10
• Serial:
  • PORTFOLIO
  • Publisher: SHANOR, REBECCA READ.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Air transportation; Freight terminals; Freight transportation; Manufacturing; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: North Carolina
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00611198
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1991 12:00AM