Freight Professional Development Program
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Current News

  • Talking Freight Seminar, May 21, 2008 - Event: Supply Chains - Learn about supply chain operations and the impacts on transportation/planning.
  • Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation Formed in a Joint Effort Between MIT and LOGyCA - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and LOGyCA, a Colombia-based logistics company recently signed a $19 million agreement to create the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLLI). CLLI is the third member of MIT's international network of centers dedicated to supply chain education and research.
  • University of Central Arkansas Launches Logistics Program - The University of Central Arkansas launched its logistics program Tuesday during first-ever meeting of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Central Arkansas Roundtable.
  • Quick Response Freight Manual Second Edition - Quick Response Freight Manual II is an update to the first edition developed for FHWA in 1996. Like its predecessor, the new edition provides background information on the freight transportation system and factors affecting freight demand, helps planners locate available data and freight-related forecasts compiled by others, shows how to apply this information in developing forecasts for specific facilities, and provides simple techniques and transferable parameters that can be used to develop freight vehicle trip tables.
  • More Freight Related News

Key Program Elements

Training consisting of the following: Courses, Workshops, Seminars, and Conferences
Technical Assistance consisting of the following: Freight Coordinator Position Description, Talking Freight, Freight Planning LISTSERVE, Freight Peer-to-Peer, Data and Analytical Tools, and Vehicle Size and Weight
Resource Library consisting of the following: Reports, Noteworthy Practices, Presentations, and Videos
Education consisting of the following: Academic Programs and Transportation Centers of Excellence

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