Overview

The immense, global transportation and logistics sector is vital to businesses of all types. This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in supply chain and logistics management, transportation, just in time delivery, warehousing, distribution, intermodal shipment systems, logistics services, purchasing and advanced technologies such as RFID. This reference tool includes thorough market analysis as well as our highly respected trends analysis. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 500 leading companies in all facets of the transportation and logistics industry. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.

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Author:   Jack W. Plunkett ,  Jack W. Plunkett
Publisher:   Plunkett Research, Ltd
Imprint:   Plunkett Research, Ltd
Edition:   2007 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.814kg
ISBN:  

9781593920852

ISBN 10:   1593920857
Pages:   684
Publication Date:   05 April 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PLUNKETT'S TRANSPORTATION, SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2007 CONTENTS A Short Transportation, Supply Chain & Logistics Industry Glossary i Introduction 1 How To Use This Book 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Transportation, Supply Chain & Logistics Industry 7 1) Introduction to the Transportation & Logistics Industry 7 2) Transportation, Supply Chain and Logistics Companies Fuel Globalization 8 3) 3PL Supply Chain Management Evolves to Serve the Global Market 9 4) Competition Between Couriers Heats Up 10 5) Trucking Companies and LTL Freight Boom/Intermodal Grows 12 6) Freight Trains Use Logistics Technology to Boost Profits 13 7) China Makes Huge Rail Upgrade 15 8) High Speed Passenger Trains, including Maglev, Gain New Acceptance 15 9) Global Ports Invest in Expansion, Struggle to Keep up with Boom Times 16 10) Panama Canal Expansion Approved 17 11) Transportation Industry Hard-Hit by Rising Fuel Prices 17 12) Discount Airlines Set the Standard 18 13) Major U.S. Airlines Begin to Bounce Back 19 14) Boeing Takes the Lead Over Airbus 21 15) Airports Ramp Up to Accommodate High Traffic and New Aircraft 23 16) Very Light Jets (VLJ) Become Air Taxis/ SATS Improves Air Traffic Control 24 17) New Technologies Show Promise for Port and Airport Security 26 18) RFID Drives Inventory Management Evolution 28 19) Supply Chain Management (SCM) Software Combines with Wireless 30 20) Wireless Information Systems Surge Ahead in Vehicles: Telematics, ITS, and More 31 Chapter 2: Transportation, Supply Chain & Logistics Industry Statistics 35 Transportation Industry Overview 36 Selected U.S. Transportation & Warehousing Industry Revenue, U.S.: 1998-2006 37 Selected U.S. Transportation & Warehousing Industry Expenses: 2004-2005 38 Top 50 Countries Providing U.S. Imports: 2000-2006 39 Top 50 Countries Receiving U.S. Exports: 2000-2006 41 Top 30 U.S. Custom Ports by Waterborne Foreign Trade: Selected Years 1997-2005 43 Top 30 U.S. Custom Ports by Waterborne Foreign Import: Selected Years 1997-2005 44 Top 30 U.S. Custom Ports by Waterborne Foreign Export: Selected Years 1997-2005 45 Top 10 U.S. Maritime Container Ports: 1995-2004 46 Top 25 U.S. Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments: 2004 47 Top 5 U.S. Land Ports by U.S.-NAFTA Border Crossings: 2004 48 U.S. Surface Trade with Canada: 1993-2006 49 U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico: 1993-2006 50 U.S. Truck Transportation Industry Breakdown of Revenue: 2004-2005 51 Truck Transportation & Courier and Messenger Industry Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2005 52 U.S. Truck Transportation Industry Estimated Inventories of Revenue Generating Equipment & Estimated Number of Truck Miles Traveled: 2004-2005 53 Vehicle Registrations, Fuel Consumption, and Vehicle Miles of Travel as Indices, U.S.: 1960-2005 54 Number of Vehicles, Aircraft, Railcars, and Vessels, U.S.: 1980-2002 55 U.S. Highway Vehicle Miles Traveled, Monthly: 1992-2006 56 Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices, U.S.: 1995-2006 57 Retail Gasoline Prices, U.S.: 1995-2006 58 Air Cargo & Passenger Revenue, U.S. Commercial Air Carriers: 2000-2017 59 U.S. Aviation Industry Average Annual Percentage Growth Forecasts by World Region: 2005-2017 60 Domestic Airline Jet Fuel Prices, U.S.: 1992-2006 61 Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, U.S.: 12 Months Ended October 2006 62 Air Carrier Traffic Statistics, U.S.: 1981-2005 63 Air Travel Price Index, U.S.: 1995-2006 64 U.S. Airline Passenger Activity: 2000-2017 65 Rail Freight by Revenue Ton Miles, U.S.: 1992-2006 66 Index of Railroad Fuel Prices, U.S.: 2003-2006 67 Amtrak Revenue Passenger Miles: 1991-August 2005 68 Amtrak Ridership: 1991-August 2006 69 Rail Passenger Capacity Utilization, U.S.: 2003-2006 70 Transportation Services Index, U.S.: 1992-2006 71 Percent Change in the U.S. Transportation Services Index (TSI) from Year-to-Year: 1997-2006 72 Transportation Industry Employment by Business Type, U.S.: 2001-2006 73 Chapter 3: Important Transportation, Supply Chain & Logistics Industry Contacts Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites 75 Chapter 4: THE TRANSPORTATION 500: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 103 Industry List, With Codes 104 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 106 Alphabetical Index 119 Index of Headquarters Location by State 123 Index of Headquarters Location by Country 127 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 130 Index of Firms with International Operations 143 Individual Profiles on each of THE TRANSPORTATION 500 149 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 646 Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Affiliations 647

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Jack W. Plunkett is CEO & Publisher of Plunkett Research, Ltd., a Houston-based provider of market research and industry information in printed and electronic formats. Plunkett's client list includes 5,000 leading corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide. Plunkett's research products are distributed electronically through subscriptions to its website, www.plunkettresearch.com, and around the globe by major booksellers and news distributors. Jack Plunkett's work has been widely covered by hundreds of magazines, newspapers and broadcast stations, including stories in USA Today and Inc. Magazine. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by publications such as Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal. The New York Times and Investor's Business Daily, media outlets such as NPR's Marketplace, ABC, and CBS Marketwatch, as well as local and regional newspapers and national columnists.

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