Date of Award

2016

Publisher

North Dakota State University

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Awarded

Master of Science (MS)

Program

Agribusiness and Applied Economics

Department

Agribusiness and Applied Economics

College

Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources

Faculty Advisor

Wilson, William W.

Description

This examines the logistic process of a grain trading company, and how logistics affect profits. Trip transit time is the amount of times a shuttle train moves back and forth from an elevator and a destination. In the years prior to the 2013/ 2014 crop year, shuttles moved between elevators and destination nearly 3 times in a given month. When transit time dropped in 2013, this created a unique situation to be examined. It changed how grain trading companies needed to alter strategy to maintain a profit. The decrease in trip transit time affected how rail cars moved, but also altered the price paid for freight. In conclusion, this thesis discovered that strategies on rail cars altered between the years. The strategies created opportunities for grain trading companies to change the structure of profits. This thesis also creates new opportunities for future research.

Rights

NDSU policy 190.6.2

Rights Link

https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf

Handle Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28220

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