Trucking in the Age of Information

List of contents

Contents: Preface; The evolution of the U.S. motor carrier industry, B. Starr McMullen; The truckload carrier industry segment, Thomas M. Corsi; Less-than-truckload motor carriers: a story of diversity and change, Peter F. Swan and Stephen V. Burks; The package express industry: a historical and current perspective, Leslie S. Hough and Maciek Nowak; Logistics service providers, C. John Langley, Jr; Industry performance following reformation of economic and social regulation in the trucking industry, James Peoples; Technology in trucking, Anuradha Nagarajan, Enrique Canessa, Maciek Nowak, Will Mitchell and Chelsea C. White III; Truck drivers in the age of information: transformation without gain, Dale L. Belman, Francine Lafontaine and Kristen A. Monaco; Just-in-time and trucking logistics: the lean learning enterprise, Jennifer N. Karlin and Jeffrey K. Liker; Truck safety in the age of information, Lee Husting and Elyce A. Biddle; Future truck drivers: where will they come from, why would they take the job? Michael E. Conyngham; Index.

Summary

Trucking in the Age of Information provides a comprehensive overview of the contemporary trucking industry

Product details

• Authors: Dale White Belman, Iii, Chelsea White Iii
• Assisted by: Dale Belman (Editor), Belman Dale (Editor), Chelsea White (Editor), White Chelsea (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2017
• EAN: 9780815398646
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9864-6
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Purchasing & Buying, Purchasing & supply management, Purchasing and supply management