ENERGY CRISIS
Record diesel prices hit rail margins
As diesel prices hit new record highs in May, rail freight operators face new challenges in balancing fuel costs.
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Regrettably, however, with ware owners, clients, that have shifted strategy to “On Demand”, price elasticity now has proved big, very big.
On the total, including the logistic costs, still on road transport cost is marginal.
Now, more than ever before, quality pays at an industry claiming a vital part of society. (Majority can not afford luxury of not bothering about “On Time” supplies…Risks means costs.)
Techniques adding risks at supply chains, urgently now have to be shifted out…
However, with ware owners, clients, that have shifted strategy to “On Demand”, price elasticity now has proved big, very big.
(On the total, including the logistic costs, still on road transport cost is marginal.)
Now, more than ever before, quality pays, at an industry claiming a vital part of society. (Majority can not afford luxury of not bothering about “On Time” supplies…Risks means costs.)
Technicalities timely before WWII, no longer are timely and decisively now have to be shifted out.