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Snapshot: Sewing Up the Apparel Supply Chain
Weak supplier relationships, restrictive trade regulations, and brand counterfeiting can put a wrinkle in garment transport. How do apparel shippers keep from getting tied up in knots.
Read MoreFresh Water Rising: Charting Great Lakes Shipping
A once-flourishing means of transportation is poised to not only withstand change, but also thrive on it.
Read MoreSummer Reading Guide 2008
After you pack the picnic basket with sandwiches, potato salad, and lemonade, toss in one of these interesting summer reads. You’ll quench your appetite and your thirst for supply chain knowledge at the same time.
Read MoreAirfreight Logistics: Plane and Simple Strategies
Although high fuel costs cloud the view, airfreight forwarders still play a vital role in transportation and supply chain strategies.
Read MoreIL Exclusive Research:2008 Airfreight Forwarders Perspectives
In a recent survey, Inbound Logistics asked airfreight forwarders how they are expanding their global coverage and services to meet shipper and corporate expectations. Listen in as they air their thoughts.
Read MoreLearning for Life
Logistics professionals who pursue continuing education keep up with industry innovations and move ahead in their careers.
Read MoreLatin American Logistics: A New World Venture
To distribute its quality writing instruments in Mexico, Pilot Corporation of America relies on its 3PL not just for storage and transportation, but also a competitive edge.
Read MoreWarehouse Labor Performance: And the Winner is…Everyone
Looking for award-winning performance incentives for your warehouse workforce? The nominees are: Measuring Productivity Setting Labor Standards Implementing Gainsharing Programs Training Workers for Results Promoting Safe Practices
Read MoreGetting Lean and Going Green: Innovations in Warehouse Operations
When warehouses and DCs explore innovative ways to optimize flow and reduce waste, the benefits can be bottom-line friendly and eco-friendly, too.
Read MoreU.S. Economic Development: The Great Divide
When it comes to economic development, there are two Americas — communities that invest in transportation infrastructure and those that don’t. Here are three that do.
Read MoreSpokane: Hub of the Inland Northwest
Looking for easy access to major U.S. markets? A gateway for international trade free of traffic snarls? Inexpensive utilities and real estate with plenty of room to expand logistics or manufacturing operations? Spokane is just what you’re looking for.
Read MoreBalancing Act: Matching Supply to Demand
Three companies at different stages of demand-driven sophistication use greater visibility, automated data flow, and real-time alerts to preserve the delicate balance between suppliers and customers.
Read MoreTMS Under the Microscope
Companies take a closer look at technology solutions to discover the secret of optimizing transportation operations.
Read MoreIT Perspectives 2008
Global supply chains are only as flexible as the technology that exists to support them—and thanks to an emerging class of logistics IT providers, and a new breed of sophisticated solutions, there are plenty of options to help enterprises respond more quickly and efficiently to shifting market dynamics.
Read MoreSmall Business Logistics: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Small businesses level the playing field by getting a boost from big service providers.
Read MoreSnapshot: Beverage Companies Thirst for Supply Chain Efficiency
Beverage makers drink a toast to forecasting, TMS, and WMS solutions, which help them keep shelves stocked when customers’ glasses are half empty.
Read MoreStudy Highlights Strategic Role for Logistics (Online Exclusive)
For all the operational advances that have been achieved in chemical logistics in the past few years, and for all the savings that have been realized by producers and shippers, large opportunities for gaining efficiency and saving money remain. The most important advance would be for logistics to be included in the strategic planning stages […]
Read MoreCongress Plans Changes to Chemical Regulations (Online Exclusive)
Within days of the January 2008 deadline for chemical producers and distributors to file their "top screen" hazard-assessment questionnaire to the Department of Homeland Security, a Congressional subcommittee approved legislation to further tighten handling, transportation, and reporting rules for hazardous materials. Chemical producers, distributors, and carriers responded with a quick and loud call for legislators […]
Read MoreBrenntag Acquires Schoofs, Names New Regional President (Online Exclusive)
Global chemical distributor Brenntag is not just California dreaming; it has just acquired West Coast specialty chemicals distributor Schoofs, Inc., based in Moraga, Calif. It also named Steven M. Pozzi as president of Brenntag Pacific, based in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. No price was disclosed for the acquisition. The Schoofs operation will become part of […]
Read MoreTracking Totes Turns to Technology (Online Exclusive)
As totes and intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) become more sophisticated and more expensive, chemical producers and distributors are seeing them more as a fleet like rail cars or tank trailers rather than as a disposable cost of doing business. Also, strict new rules on tracking and tracing hazardous materials make it imperative for shippers to […]
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