Research and Markets: Trucking in the Age of Information

DUBLIN, Ireland--Aug. 1, 20051, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c22425) has announced the addition of Trucking in the Age of Information to their offering.

'Trucking in the Age of Information' provides a comprehensive overview of the contemporary trucking industry. Prior research on trucking has focused on the effects of deregulation on the industry, but the industry's current transformation is driven by information technology, emerging business strategies, globalization of commodity production and the rise of package express and logistics.

The volume brings together acknowledged and emerging scholars of the industry including Thomas Corsi (University of Maryland), Chelsea White III (Georgia Tech), Starr McMullen (Oregon State University), Will Mitchell (Duke University), Jeff Liker (University of Michigan), Francine LaFontaine (University of Michigan), Kristen Monaco (California State University at Long Beach) and Michael Conyngham (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) to address issues including technological change, third party logistics, lean trucking, driver safety and health, homeland security and the consolidation of trucking services. Each chapter provides an overview of industry issues and a discussion of current research.

Topics covered include:

-- The evolution of the U.S. motor carrier industry

-- The truckload carrier industry segment

-- Less-than-tuckload motor carriers: a story of diversity and change

-- The package express industry: a historical and current perspective

-- Logistics service providers

-- Industry performance following reformation of economic and social regulation in the trucking industry

-- Technology in trucking

-- Truck drivers in the age of information: transformation without gain

-- Just-in-time and trucking logistics: the lean learning enterprise

-- Motor carrier safety in the age of information

-- Future truck drivers: where will they come from, why take the job?

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c22425