Freight, Logistics & Rail: Related White Papers
- End-To-End Supply Chain Visibility, Security and Effectiveness
- With heightened concerns for cargo security and continuing pressures for achieving effective emergency response and profitability, the transport sector has been slow to respond as if in denial of lethal and competitive realities.
- Freight Logistics PDF, 168K
- Although the importance of integrated freight logistics information is well recognized, the sector has been slow in effecting change related to its role in the supply chain. With heightened cargo security and continuing productivity requirements, freight logistics enterprises require an integrated information system to be competitive. Information drives all the fundamental processes in a freight logistics enterprise.
- Integrated Freight Logistics
- Although the importance of integrated freight logistics information is well recognized, the sector has been slow in effecting change related to its role in the supply chain. With heightened cargo security and continuing productivity requirements, freight logistics enterprises require an integrated information system to be competitive. Information drives all the fundamental processes in a freight logistics enterprise. Managing this information and its related systems is the key to success.
- Route Planning, Tour Generation, Dispatching
- Fleet owners can increase efficiency by planning as far into the future as possible. Long-range forecasting will provide transportation capacity where and when it is needed. This forward-looking approach represents an evolution in private fleet business strategies.
- Transportation: Logistics Service Providers PDF, 418K
- The transportation sector is challenged by globalization, consolidation and the need for faster, more visible and more flexible supply chains. In response, astute providers are now seeking a more agile transportation enterprise.