Accession Number:

ADA235625

Title:

Analysis of Pool Distribution Operations at the Los Angeles, California, Regional Freight Consolidation Center.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ALEXANDRIA VA OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OFFICE

Personal Author(s):

• Kleinhenz, Mark

Report Date:

1991-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

The analysis of pool distribution operations at the Los Angeles, CA, Regional Freight Consolidation Center RFCC, formerly known as an Enhanced Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Site EDDS, is an analysis of the cost effectiveness of pooling operations at the Los Angeles RFCC site in comparison with direct shipment to the customer. This study covers the period January through September 1990. Pooling refers to the movement of freight from a depot in truckload quantities to an RFCC site. There the freight is pooled with freight from other depots to build larger less-than-truckload shipments for short distance hauls to the customer. This study is the third such analysis of the cost effectiveness of pooling operations at the Los Angeles site. The two previous analyses estimated that pooling operations over their respective periods of study lost money. One of the conclusions of this study is that over the 9-month period studied, an estimated 89,068 were saved. The study recommends that pooling operations be continued at the Los Angeles RFCC and that a fourth study be performed to confirm that pooling operations are continuing to save transportation dollars.

Descriptors:

• *SUPPLY DEPOTS
• *CARGO
• *DISTRIBUTION
• *COST EFFECTIVENESS
• LOS ANGELES(CALIFORNIA)
• SITES
• CALIFORNIA
• SHORT RANGE(DISTANCE)
• TRANSPORTATION

Subject Categories:

• Surface Transportation and Equipment
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE