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Return Loads' to Increase Transport Resources by Avoiding Waste of Empty Vehicle Running

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\\\"\\\'Return Loads\\\' to Increase Transport Resources by Avoiding Waste of Empty Vehicle Running\\\" is a critical logistical treatise and official wartime bulletin issued by the Highways Transport Committee of the United States Council of National Defense during the height of World War I. The publication addresses a severe inefficiency plaguing national infrastructure: the economic and physical waste of commercial cargo vehicles, such as lorries and motor trucks, returning completely empty after delivering their primary shipments.\\r\\nWritten with a methodical and persuasive approach, the guide outlines a pioneering framework for the establishment of \\\"Return-Load Bureaus.\\\" These bureaus functioned as early load-matching clearinghouses, strategically connecting shippers who needed goods moved with transport operators whose vehicles were facing empty return trips (\\\"deadhead miles\\\"). By ensuring that trucks carried full loads both to and from their destinations, the policy promised to maximize national transport capacity, reduce operational fuel costs, and alleviate severe wartime railroad congestion. Framed within the urgent context of military mobilization, this document serves as a foundational historical text for modern supply chain management, showcasing early structural strategies for resource allocation, short-haul freight optimization, and also waste reduction.

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388.342 COM r

Publisher

Washingon D.C. : United States Government Printing Office (GPO)., 1918

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388.342

Language

English

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388.342

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text

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unspecified

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Edisi pertama tahun 1918

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Transportasi Jalan Raya

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