Freight Cost Comparison between QUICKTRANS and the Guaranteed Traffic Program

Abstract

In March 1992, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) was directed by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Production and Logistics to assume management of all defense depots. In May 1992, representatives from DLA, Naval Supply Systems Command, and the Naval Material Management Transportation Office (NAVMTO) met in Norfolk, VA to discuss the most cost effective means of moving cargo from the depots to customers. One of the principal issues became the cost effectiveness of the Guaranteed Traffic Program (GT). QUICKTRANS was begun by the Navy in the 1950s as a means of reliably moving high priority cargo to customers. GT was developed by DLA in the early 1980s to take advantage of the deregulation of the trucking industry and the agency's leverage as a volume shipper. The purpose of this study was to determine which system, QT or GT, provides the least overall transportation cost to the Department of Defense.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA265052

Entities

People

  • Mark Kleinhenz

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Transportation
  • Airlift Operations
  • Civil Aviation
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Customer Services
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Freight Transportation
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Terminals
  • Transportation

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.