NTL Catalog Record

Title	Forward Shipping Options for Grain By Rail: A Strategic Risk Analysis
Record ID	12356
Personal Name Creator	Priewe, Steven R.; Wilson, William W.
Source	Agricultural Economics Report No. 372
Corporate Creator	Department of Agricultural Economics; Agricultural Experiment Station; North Dakota State University
Corporate Contributor	Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute; Department of Agricultural Economics (North Dakota State University); North Dakota Wheat Commission
Publisher	AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics (University of Minnesota)
Publication Date	19970300
Abstract	Grain hauling railroads began offering shipping alternatives in the late 1980s that have made transportation decisions more strategic. Shippers now confront alternatives ranging from nearby and unguaranteed ordering to various durations of forward and guaranteed shipment. A dynamic stochastic simulation model was developed to analyze grain shipping and merchandising strategies that integrate these alternatives.
TRT Terms	Railroads ; Grain ; Simulation ; Risk analysis ; Logistics ; Shipping
Classification	AGR - FREIGHT - Grain & Other Farm Commodities; AGR - FREIGHT - Railroads
Resource type	Tech Report
URL	http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/12000/12300/12356/aer_372.pdf
Format	PDF
Language:	English
Database	NTL Digital Repository

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