Development of a Logistics Price File. Executive Summary.

Abstract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, North Central Division maintains a Route Split Model for forecasting projected traffic on the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System. The three principal data inputs to the model are: (1) forecasts of potential flow into and out of the Great Lakes 'hinterland'; (2) relative service attributes of Great Lakes and competitive routes; and (3) rate attributes of Great Lakes and competitive routes. The rate data base, noted above, is referred to as a Logistics Price File. This data base contains all the freight rate data required to allocate rate-sensitive traffic to either a Great Lakes or a competitive route. The Executive Summary provides an overview of: (1) structure of the Logistics Price File (LPF); (2) study approach; (3) validation techniques; and (4) study conclusions. Project output included development of a rate calculator model. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1977
Accession Number
ADA054723

Entities

Organizations

  • Booz Allen Hamilton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Bulk Cargo
  • Cargo
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Databases
  • Europe
  • Geographic Regions
  • Great Lakes
  • International Trade
  • Logistics
  • Northern Europe
  • Potential Flow
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Terminals

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computer Science.
  • Economics