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Industrial Traffic Management a Survey of its Relation to Business 1930 172 pgs
Industrial Traffic Management a Survey of its Relation to Business
Copyright 1930
172 pages
The Associated Traffic Clubs of America urged the Department of Commerce to undertake a survey of traffic management in the United States, pointing out that unnecessary industrial waste is piling on in business in connection with the traffic, transportation, and shipping functions. The cooperation of such organizations as the Associated Traffic Clubs of America, the National Industrial Traffic League, chambers of commerce, and the regional advisory boards of the American Railway Association was offered.
In compliance with this request, the department, through the Domestic Commerce and Transportation Divisions of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, undertook a research into the causes of industrial waste associated with traffic management-a national survey of industrial traffic management as it pertains to various fields of activity and as conducted by establishments of various sizes, the nature of this phase of business administration, its place, purpose, organization, control, functions, and cost. Transportation costs in the average business, it developed, account for as much as 25 per cent of the total expenditures; in some, for a deal more than this. Clearly, then, there is need for a. broad and accurate conception of the importance of traffic management in the industrial structure.
There has been an absence of information concerning the general practices of business establishments in the organization of traffic departments and the delegation of work to them for direct supervision or advisory control which has prevented the formulation of general principles governing traffic matters; yet, unless sound conceptions of the jurisdiction of the traffic department and its relationship to industry are held by thaw directing a business, its work will be only partially successful. The findings in this report should, therefore, be of value both to enterprises with and to those without traffic departments, and to trade and community associations, regulatory bodies, carriers, and others interested in the econmnical and efficient handling of goods, for there is embodied in it. authoritative information not previously available. The report does not attempt to discuss in detail every traffic activity nor to list every opportunity for waste or saving; its value lies in the many avenues for thought and study which it opens up.
The fine spirit of cooperation that marked the making of this survey is exemplified in the willingness with which firms told of past errors or wastes-later corrected through proper traffic man- agement-in order that others might benefit therefrom in the future. The bureau is deeply grateful for cooperation of this highly constructive character.
The report is unique in that, through giving the exact language of questionnaire replies from actual users of transportation, it. Presents a cross-section of present-day thought on industrial traffic administration. The bureau can not, of course, assume responsibility for the individual views quoted.
The report, written by Wayne E. Butterbaugh, professorial lee-hirer on transportation in the University of Minnesota, was pre- pared under the general supervision of A. Lane Cricher, chief of the transportation division of this bureau. Acknowledgment is made of the valuable assistance rendered the author by Jacob Levy in the preparation of the manuscript.
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