Freight Rate Impacts & Influences  

This continuing project examines how truckload transportation rates are impacted by different policies, procedures, and network characteristics.  Various econometric techniques were employed to quantify these impacts.  Additionally, the projects uncovered actions that both shippers and carriers can take to reduce overall transportation cost. 

Research Publications

• Sinha, Atmaja; Thykandi, Rakesh (2019) Alternate Pricing Model for Transportation Contracts MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Aemireddy, Nishitha; Yuan, Xiyang (2019) Root Cause Analysis and Impact of Unplanned Procurement on Truckload Transportation Costs MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Yin, Ben (Bin); Rallis, Christos W. (2018) A Study of Shipper Performance in the Less-Than-Truckload Market MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Bleggi, Caroline C; Zhou, Frederick (2017) A study of freight performance and carrier strategy MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Chen, Xiaojia; Tsai Yang, Shang Lin (2016) Multi-stop trucking : a study on cost and carrier acceptance MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Amiryan, Nane;  Bhattacharjee, Sharmistha (2015) Relationship between price and performance : an analysis of the US trucking market MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Bignell, Andrew  (2013) Characteristics of spot-market rate indexes for truckload transportation  MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Kim, Yoo Joon (2013) Analysis of truckload prices and rejection rates MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Kafarski, Lukasz; Caruso, David Allen (2012) Effects of truckload freight assignment methods on carrier capacity and pricing MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Abramson, Molly; Sawant, Ajit  (2012) Impact of risk sharing on competitive bidding in truckload transportation MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Collins, Julia M. (Julia Marie); Quinlan, R. Ryan (2010) The impact of bidding aggregation levels on truckload rates MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Liu, Saiqi (2009) Analyzing the level of service and cost trade-offs in cold chain transportation MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Castro Izaguirre, Carlo Gustavo (2009) Strategies for cost reduction in procuring trucking services MIT Thesis/Capstone Project
• Caldwell, Erik R.; Fisher, Bryan C (2008) The impact of lead time on truckload transportation rates MIT Thesis/Capstone Project

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