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Researchers estimated there are about 0.17 billion air cargo shipments each year in the United States that could benefit from Electronic Supply Chain Manifest (ESCM). With potential cost saving benefits ranging from $11.77 to $16.20 per air-freight
Date Posted: 11/26/2008 | Source Date:
Proof-of-payment systems that use ticket vending/validating machines can reduce boarding times by up to 38 percent.
Date Posted: 11/25/2008 | Source Date:
In Salt Lake City, Utah, staff meteorologists stationed at a TOC provided detailed weather forecast data to winter maintenance personnel, reducing costs for snow and ice control activities, and yielding a benefit-to-cost ratio of 10:1.
Date Posted: 11/19/2008 | Source Date:
A study evaluating data archiving at more than 60 organizations found that data warehousing generated an average return on investment of 401 percent over three years.
Date Posted: 11/19/2008 | Source Date:
Experience with the Omnilink system in Prince William County, Virginia suggests that with less than 20 passengers per hour, adding 10 minutes of slack time allows accommodation of one or two deviations per hour for routes taking approximately 35 minu
Date Posted: 11/17/2008 | Source Date:
Survey responses from key professionals in five states indicate the following ITS technologies have the highest potential to benefit emergency transportation operations: interoperable radio communications, dynamic message signs, GPS and geographical
Date Posted: 11/17/2008 | Source Date:
An evaluation of scheduling software for the paratransit service in Billings, Montana found that the break-even point for savings as a result of the software implementation was a three percent improvement in efficiency.
Date Posted: 11/13/2008 | Source Date:
An evaluation study conducted in Taiwan showed that approximately 70 percent of the paperwork required for international air cargo shipments included redundant data entry that could have been handled by automated Electronic Supply Chain Manifest (ESC
Date Posted: 11/13/2008 | Source Date:
A nationwide survey evaluating overheight/oversize warning systems found that eight states that deployed active infrared light or laser activated warning systems had fewer overheight load strikes on infrastructure components.
Date Posted: 11/07/2008 | Source Date:
Pre-clearance systems that use interagency coordination to deploy interoperable electronic toll collection (ETC) and electronic screening (E-screening) systems improve the efficiency of motor carrier operations by saving time and money. Interoperabl
Date Posted: 11/05/2008 | Source Date:
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