Technical Report Documentation Page

1. Report No.

FHWA-HOP-06-110

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient's Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

Freight Technology Assessment Tool
User Guide

5. Report Date

September 2006

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author(s)

Sam Fayez and Mike Callinan

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

Productivity Apex, Inc.
12689 Challenger Parkway
Suite 130
Orlando, FL 32826

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

11. Contract or Grant No.

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Freight Management and Operations
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15. Supplementary Notes

16. Abstract

The Freight Technology Assessment Tool (FTAT) helps public and private organizations and individuals evaluate the effect that a technology, or group of technologies, has on the end-to-end business process. The technology is evaluated based on an array of performance measures. This information can be used to prioritize future projects. Making good transportation choices is critical to continued economic growth.

FTAT combines and customizes well-defined and accepted industrial engineering approaches and benchmarking and uses best practices to determine the costs and benefits of using a particular technology.

17. Key Words

Freight transportation, decision support tool, technology evaluation, quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis, business process mapping, cost drivers, benefits, performance measures

18. Distribution Statement

19. Security Classification (of this report)

20. Security Classification (of this page)

21. No of Pages

29

22. Price