A framework efficiency model for goods transportation, with an application to regional less-than-truckload distribution

Authors: Samuelsson, Anders; Tilanus, Bernhard

Source: Transport Logistics, Volume 1, Number 2, 1997 , pp. 139-151(13)

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Abstract:

A general framework efficiency model for goods transportation is proposed. It is specified for the case of regional less-than-truck load distribution. Quantitative data on the magnitude of the partial efficiencies, their dispersion, and their potential for improvement have been collected from experts in the field using a semi-Delphi procedure. This has identified several aspects of road freight transport which offer major opportunities for efficiency improvement.

Keywords: Efficiency; performance; measurement; transportation; distribution

Document Type: Original article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156857097300151660

Publication date: 1997-06-01