^{EKOL LOGISTICS THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX}

Background: From a chronological, historical perspective, discuss the many intermodal transportation complexities that EKOL dealt with successfully over the years. Create a chronology in one page or less. Use single-spaced, short paragraphs, not indented, with space between paragraphs for ease of reading. Start with a single paragraph describing EKOL as a company. Then, develop an EKOL intermodal expansion timeline graphic Attachment that you can then explain. Describe in detail the many intermodal transportation constraints or restrictions that required innovative, Otside the Box," delivery planning that resulted in positive outcomes for EKOL State the Issue as a one-sentence question such as "Which specific successful EKOL intermodal transportation concepts should continue to be used and what new, innovative intermodal transportation concepts should be added?" Label the next section Alternatives and include a listing of EKOL current and proposed innovative intermodal transportation concepts. Label the next section Analysis of Alternatives. For each of the listed EKOL current and proposed innovative intermodal transportation concepts, include a short, one-paragraph description. For current concepts, explain how EKOL's customer-oriented strategy is met. For new, proposed concepts, project how EKOL's customer-oriented strategy will be met. Title each of the short paragraphs (one for each concept) in the Analysis of Alternatives section. Label the next section Recommendations. In your Recommendations section, state clearly the current and proposed intermodal transportation concepts that EKOL should be using. This is a summary using bullet points.