Benchmarking Intermodal Freight Transport [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2002.
What is efficient intermodal freight transport? How are "best practices" to be found? What measures are being developed in OECD countries for assessing the relative efficiency of modes and modal combinations? What opportunities exist to improve complex intermodal transport chains? How are such opportunities identified and assessed? Today’s highly competitive global market calls for intermodal transport systems that meet industry’s expectations in efficiency and reliability as well as government’s sustainability expectations. While benchmarking is a tool for achieving such objectives, how are these benchmarking exercises best implemented? This report analyses illustrative benchmarking exercises to provide insights into these important questions.
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CONTENTS; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Issues in Benchmarking; Chapter 3. Benchmarks to Assess the Performance of the Transport Chain; Chapter 4. Development of Benchmarking Methods for Comparisonsof the Relative Efficiency of Modes; Annex 1. Intermodal Freight Transportation Advisory Group; Annex 2. Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms; Annex 3. Performance Indicators in Canada; Annex 4. Performance Indicators in the Czech Republic; Annex 5. Transport in Central and Eastern European Countries; Annex 6. Performance Indicators in Finland
Annex 7. Performance Indicators in JapanAnnex 8. Performance Indicators in the Netherlands; Annex 9. Performance Indicators in the United Kingdom
What is efficient intermodal freight transport? How are "best practices" to be found? What measures are being developed in OECD countries for assessing the relative efficiency of modes and modal combinations? What opportunities exist to improve complex intermodal transport chains? How are such opportunities identified and assessed? Today’s highly competitive global market calls for intermodal transport systems that meet industry’s expectations in efficiency and reliability as well as government’s sustainability expectations. While benchmarking is a tool for achieving such objectives, how are these benchmarking exercises best implemented? This report analyses illustrative benchmarking exercises to provide insights into these important questions.
Benchmarking (Management)
Freight and freightage.
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