MEASURING LOGISTICS SYSTEM LOSS AND DAMAGE WITH A SHRINKAGE APPROACH

Transportation-related loss and damage can represent only a fraction of the total value of goods damaged, destroyed or disappearing in the entire logistics system. A firm may have no measure of the extent of the problem in its own warehouses, factories and private truck fleets. This analysis showed in-house loss and damage is a problem which warrants attention by logistics managers and is one which is amenable to analysis using existing tools and information.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Traffic and Transportation

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  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Cavinato, J L
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 5-13
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight claims; Logistics; Loss and damage; Private trucking; Traffic managers; Warehouses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152667
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM