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... Contents Part 1 Improving Freight Transportation Resilience in Response to Supply Chain Disruptions 3 Summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Chapter 1: Research Motivation and Approach ...........................................................................................................
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... Part 1 Improving Freight Transportation Resilience in Response to Supply Chain Disruptions 3
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... 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The following individuals contributed to the research as members of an Expert Working Group:  Erik Stromberg, Executive Director, Center for Advances in Port Management, Lamar University  Anne Strauss-Weider, Freight Planning Director, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority  Rick Calhoun, Retired, 41 years in the grain and transportation industries, most recently served as President of Cargo Carriers  Katherine Touzinsky, Research Physical Scientist, ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, USACE Headquarters  Caroline Mays, Director, Freight and International Trade Section, Texas Department of Transportation
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... 6 5.2 TRADITIONAL TRIP BASED FREIGHT PLANNING MODELS ..................................................................................................... 62  5.3 BEHAVIORALLY BASED, SUPPLY CHAIN MODELING OF NETWORK DISRUPTIONS ....................................................................... 63  5.4 CASE STUDY: THE PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN FROM FLORIDA TO TEXAS ....................................................................... 65  5.4.1 About FreightSim and the Florida Statewide Model............................................................................. 65  5.4.2 Base Case .............................................................................................................................................. 67  5.4.3 Disruption Case ..................................................................................................................................... 68  5.4.4 Results of the Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 69  5.5 EVALUATING FREIGHT FLUIDITY ..................................................................................................................................... 71  5.5.1 Freight Fluidity Measures ..................................................................................................................... 72  5.5.2 Freight Fluidity Case Study ................................................................................................................... 73  5.6 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................................................. 74  CHAPTER 6: GUIDANCE FOR STAKEHOLDER MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION OF SUPPLY CHAINS TO DISRUPTION .........................................................................................................................
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