During the past two years, traditional freight transportation intermediaries, which include freight forwarders, brokers and third party logistics providers have been joined by a large number of intermediaries. The main drivers of the development of these new companies are advances in information...

The bid valuation and construction problem for carriers facing combinatorial auctions for the procurement of freight transportation contracts is very difficult and involves the computation of a number of NP-hard sub problems. In this paper we examine computationally tractable approximation...

Many firms have turned to logistics outsourcing as a way to restructure their distribution networks and gain competitive advantages. Logistics outsourcing in which a third party logistics (3PL) provider is contracted for all or part of an organization's logistics operations has seen consistently...

The objective of this research is to understand how trucking companies perceive the benefits of traditional and advanced traveler information services. There is considerable interest in identifying the appropriate public sector role for investments in real-time traveler information sources....

This paper examines the impacts of truck lane restriction on urban freeways using traffic simulation models. The study includes three main parts: Part (1) provides insights into conditions under which truck lane restrictions would work well; Part (2) identifies the best number of lanes to...

If truck drivers could use internet-enabled wireless devices to access traveler information, what type of information would they most want to have? The answer almost surely varies according to the type of trucking operation, location, and many other factors. We analyzed preferences for traveler...

Freight transportation has long been recognized as an important foundation of economic strength. Previous studies use traditional methods to examine a set of scenarios. However, due to the complexity of transportation projects which can have substitution effects in a network the number of...

Managers in charge of the California operations of nearly 1,200 trucking companies were asked their opinions regarding how useful various sources of traffic information are to their dispatchers and to their drivers. They were also asked to evaluate the usefulness of improved traveler information...

This paper presents an analysis of the perceptions held by for-hire and private trucking company logistics and operations managers about the impacts of congestion on their operations and the feasibility and effectiveness of actual and potential congestion mitigation policies. Responses to an...

The third party logistics industry in the US and world wide is currently undergoing a rapid transition. The main drivers of these changes are advances in information and communications technologies, the development of on-line freight marketplaces and the emergence worldwide of the so called...