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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Less-than-Truckload"”.
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Estimating carbon emissions from less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments
Less-than-truckload (LTL) is a $32-billion sector of the trucking industry that focuses on moving smaller shipments, typically with weights between 100 and 10,000 pounds, that do not require a full trailer to be moved. Currently, there are no widely accepted methods to estimate carbon emissions …
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Routing models and solution procedures for regional less-than-truckload operations
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.
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Improving the Efficiency of Hub Operations in a Less-than-Truckload Distribution Network
The less-than-truckload (LTL) industry is highly competitive, with recent average profit margins less than 3%. LTL shipments are routed through a network of service centers and hubs. The performance of the entire LTL distribution network is highly dependent on the speed and accuracy of the hub …
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Analysis and Improvement of Cross-dock Operations in Less-than-Truckload Freight Transportation Industry
The less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation industry is highly competitive with low profit margins. Carriers in this industry strive to reduce costs and improve customer service to remain profitable. LTL carriers rely on a network of hubs and service centers to transfer freight. A hub is typically …
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Modeling the Determinants of Satisfaction and Commitment in Buyer-Seller Relationships in the Less-Than-Truckload Segment of the Motor Carrier Industry
… focused on the buyer-seller dyad in the less-than-truckload segment of the motor carrier industry. The buyer-seller dyads in this segment are particularly interesting since deregulation has necessitated dramatic changes in these relationships. A system of structural equations modeled the …
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A profit maximization model in a two-echelon supply chain management : distribution and pricing strategies
… region and their demand is deterministic. Both truckload (TL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipment strategies are analyzed and compared. We later extend our findings to multiple delivery regions and discuss the impact of the manufacturer's pricing flexibility on its profit. Then we relax the …
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The value of RFID in transportation : from greater operational efficiency to collaborative transportation management
… planning, and execution processes for truckload (TL) and less than truckload (LTL) services. The results show that the value of RFID in transportation highly varies according to the sub-process and the player which are considered. The value in forecasting and planning is high for …
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Multi-stop trucking : a study on cost and carrier acceptance
Multi-stop truckload has been gaining importance in recent years as part of a shift away from Less-than-truckload freight. In our research, we sought to understand how the price and carrier behavior vary as the number of stops increases. Rational economic theory says that these shipments will be …
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Transport mode and network architecture : carbon footprint as a new decision metric
… the help of its trucking partner switched from less-than-truckload (LTL) to full truckload (FTL) and currently explore the possibility to re-organize its distribution network; and (3) A bottled water firm which created an additional container shipping route to reduce the volume of water it ships …
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Cross-Docking: A Proven LTL Technique to Help Suppliers Minimize Products' Unit Costs Delivered to the Final Customers
… cross-docking operating cost (TCDC). The full-truckload (FT) transportation mode is assumed to handle supplier→customer product transportation; otherwise, a cross-docking terminal as an intermediate transshipment node is hired to handle the less-than-truckload (LTL) product transportation …
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Algorithms for bundling and pricing trucking services: Deterministic and stochastic approaches
… analytical tools. These dimensions include: Truckload (TL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) operations, behavioral attributes driving the selection of trucking services, and consideration of deterministic and stochastic demand. Analytical tools include: advanced econometrics, network modeling, …
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Productivity and competition in the U.S. trucking industry since deregulation
… productivity at the firm level, and analyzes the truckload (TL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) sectors separatIy. The Form M dataset covers the years 1977-1992; the baseline for cumulative analysis is set as 1979, the eve of the Motor Carrier Act. The productivity analysis is contextualized within …
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Transportation Service Provider Collaboration Problem: Potential Benefits and Solution Approaches
… new insights into the collaboration between full truckload and less-than truckload carriers that have not been quantified or highlighted in previous research. These insights included the effect that an individual carrier's type and size had on the amount of benefit received to each carrier. …
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Hub and spoke network design for the inbound supply chain
… business model is providing consumers with endless selection, and as a result, the large number of vendors used to provide that selection greatly increases the complexity and cost of operating the inbound supply chain. This growth has also created many opportunities for the company to leverage …
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Improving the inbound supply chain through dynamic pickup windows
… Amazon's freight was shipped through expensive less-than-truckload and small-parcel methods. While truckload shipments are ideal in transportation, ordering smaller lots more frequently is preferable to maintain high in-stock levels in the FCs while keeping inventory holding costs low. …