Evaluating operational efficiency of rail freight volumes

Julliet Madubanya; Stephen A. Akinlabi; Charles Mbohwa

Evaluating operational efficiency of rail freight volumes

Julliet Madubanya
, Stephen A. Akinlabi
, Charles Mbohwa

University of Johannesburg

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

South African roads are congested with trucks on every highway in the country leading to traffic congestion, damaged roads and pollution. Railway transportation can assist in eliminating or reducing these problems occurring on our roads. Rail traffic is decreasing because of the operational inefficiencies and this make customers unhappy and taking their business to road transportation. This paper is about how freight volumes are lost from rail to road organizations. This was conducted by looking at the operational inefficiencies experienced at both rail and road organizations. Any organization has its own plan or strategy on how to satisfy the customer and reach its target, but it is the service that they render to their customers that will determine if the organization will reach its target and at the same time satisfy the customer.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	WCECS 2016 - World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2016
Editors	S. I. Ao, Craig Douglas, Warren S. Grundfest
Publisher	Newswood Limited
Pages	884-887
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9789881404824
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2016 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 19 Oct 2016 → 21 Oct 2016

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
Volume	2226
ISSN (Print)	2078-0958
ISSN (Electronic)	2078-0966

Conference

Conference	2016 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	19/10/16 → 21/10/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

And freight volumes
Operational efficiency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science (miscellaneous)

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Madubanya, J, Akinlabi, SA & Mbohwa, C 2016, Evaluating operational efficiency of rail freight volumes. in SI Ao, C Douglas & WS Grundfest (eds), WCECS 2016 - World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2016. Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, vol. 2226, Newswood Limited, pp. 884-887, 2016 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2016, San Francisco, United States, 19/10/16.

Evaluating operational efficiency of rail freight volumes. / Madubanya, Julliet; Akinlabi, Stephen A.; Mbohwa, Charles.
WCECS 2016 - World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2016. ed. / S. I. Ao; Craig Douglas; Warren S. Grundfest. Newswood Limited, 2016. p. 884-887 (Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science; Vol. 2226).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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