North Dakota Strategic Freight Analysis: Item II. Logistical Factors Influencing the Success of Value Added Processing Facilities

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• Creators:
  Lantz, Brenda
• Corporate Creators:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute ; North Dakota State University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Mountain-Plains Consortium ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Businesses
  • Climate
  • Costs
  • Customers
  • Demand
  • Freight transportation
  • Land
  • Linear programming
  • Location
  • Logistics
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MPC-01-127.2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  North Dakota ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  One significant consideration when examining a business venture is to define the network for the product. The network design should take into account the number, size, and location of suppliers, producers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers. The spreadsheet model allows consideration of a number of important factors and the inputs to the model can be changed easily to allow for examining many different scenarios. For example, the model can demonstrate the benefits of a certain location over another based on such things as available freight rates and land or labor costs. However, when making a final decision, other important factors such as labor climate and quality of life, etc., should also be taken into consideration.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64724/dot_64724_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.79 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3866b346899ff9a3b97a17d08c8a74ef8a311a6f519474c5a84f8814d4def92d