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Show 163 According to the ICC chart of accounts, these departmental categories of expense include both fixed and variable expenses. departmental expenses amount to 12 National approximately show that the three figures 70 per cent of total motor carrier 13 expense. Substantial for savings were example, duplicate shop resulting in saving a categories. The two made of an Palmer Bros. in were expenses; eliminated, of overhead expense in the maintenance and terminal companies were running these were some duplicate schedules eliminated. and terminal expenses resulted from greater increased volume of i freight; additional materials -handl ing ,e 0, to the Other Palmer Bros. could operating production per expense reductions in trans- handling freight-handling hour. as a in the equip- economically employ of man of savings efficiency equipment and mechanization methods and achieve increased rates of factors contributed operating facilities and terminal facilities ment before the consolidation and portation by All these percentage of revenue 14 of 6.2 per cent shown in Table 27 since Palmer Bros 0 revenue . The revenue 12U. before consolidation. S. ICC, Uniform (Washington, D.C.: uses percentage of total increased substantially after the consolidation 15 combined analysis System In view of the revenue revenue over the increase, it would of Accounts for Motor Carriers, Order No. 32155 U. S. Government Printing Office, 1964). 13 1963 American Trucking Trends (Washington, D. Co: p. 16. American Trucking Associations, 1964), 14 Interview with Scott Simonson, Traffic Salt Lake City 15See , June 1964. Table 26. Manager, Palmer Bros., Inc., |
