Trieb, Sykes E.

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TRANSPORTATION
Work Group Discussion
by
S. E. Trieb
Extension Marketing Department
University of Georgia
1. Has the industry attempted to apply
a variable rate schedule depending on
delivery time?
2. What are the issues in the back
hall problem?
3. Since two thirds of the total cost
is in labor, how effective is the capital
utilization in equipment?
4. Labor productivity problems involve
return trips from store to warehouse or
more rapid turnover of load time.
5, The cost of local delivery far
exceeds long haul.
Journal of Food Distribution Research
6. Industry has not caught up to com-
puter savings.
7. Special orders are a major problem.
8. Not using computerized scheduling
systems.
9. The technology is herebut must
be applied. Reference: The Howard
Johnson refrigerated box.
10. We considered the transportation
problem as a dichotomy of outside indus-
try delivery versus inside or service
delivery. Common carriers are not
attracted to the grocery industry because
of the low revenue opportunities.
February 79/page 41

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