Focuses on the use of benchmarking in identifying costs savings in business logistics. Trends that result in higher logistics costs from service providers; Importance of partnership between the chief procurement officer and the supply chain executive; Visibility of tension between the requirements of ...
The first category includes policies with a physical infrastructure element: public transport, land use, walking and cycling, road construction, and freight transport. We also consider the particular challenges for mobility in developing countries, and how these may be addressed. Soft policies, on ...
For freight trucks, these measurements are based on engine test benches or from a standard test cycle using a chassis dynamometer, rather than on real-life driving cycles. These emission certification tests have been shown to differ significantly from real driving conditions (Pelkmans & Debal, ...
(2007), "Benchmarking European rail freight transport companies", Transportation Journal, Vol. 46 No. 2, p. 19.Wiegmans, Bart W. / Donders, A. R. (2007): Benchmarking European Rail Freight Transport Companies. In: Transportation Journal (American Society of Transportation & Logistics Inc),...
Spot and forward freight rate data The aim of the creation of the Freight Forward Market in 1992 was to provide a mechanism for hedging freight rate risk in the dry-bulk and wet-bulk sectors of the shipping industry. FFAs are principal-to-principal contracts between a seller and a buyer to...
Building on the discussion in Sections 25.2 and 25.3, we stress both policy benchmarking, and methods used to specify benchmark economic structure and policy impact in service sectors. We then turn to the applied CGE literature more generally with respect to services. Section 25.5 surveys the ...
The article focuses on internet-based freight matching services. It states that the RateView subscription tool from the company DAT for benchmarking contract rates allows carriers to give complex lane and price analysis and 13-month rate histories. It mentions that the third-party logistics (3PL)...
. For benchmarking purposes operational building performances are commonly normalized using building-centric quantities such as the building’s gross volume, the net, gross or treated floor areas, or the façade surface. Following is a summary of the main building performance metrics which can be ...
within a giventerritory. While comparisons and benchmarking with otherterritoriesare less feasible in the latter approach, it allows in-depth analyses at a much greater level of detail. At the same time, more suitable data can be generated for singleeconomic sectorsand domains. ...
Additionally, the ratios of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries shed light on the economic structure and diversification of urban areas, which can impact freight movements. Finally, the urbanization rate reflects the degree of urban development and its associated infrastructure demands. By ...