The US motor carrier industry: estimation of operational efficiency using DEA
by Dinesh R. Pai
International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management (IJLSM), Vol. 12, No. 2, 2012

Abstract: In this paper, a performance analysis of the US motor carriers is carried out from the perspectives of a shipper and a motor carrier. Various efficiency measures are estimated using Data Envelopment Analyses (DEAs) with publicly available financial data on a representative sample of 21 publicly listed motor carriers. The analysis reveals that the average efficiencies of US motor carriers have gradually increased during the study period; however, a majority of the carriers are scale-inefficient, which demonstrates potential savings through benchmarking input targets.

Online publication date: Fri, 28-Nov-2014

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