Intermodal Freight Transport
increase dramatically. This increased information-communications technology will give the
supply chain managers, and those who contract with supply chain companies, information to
make management decisions regarding intermodal trade-offs, alternatives, and options that
are just beginning to be fully evaluated and operationalized today. This level of informationcommunications
capability will provide significant challenges to enable information flows in
both directions between the marketplace and the sourcing of materials. This capability will
also apply to both private- and public-sector applications and management of infrastructure.