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Mail from home means the world to troops stationed in far-away, often dangerous places. A special unit of the services goes to great lengths to make sure the mail gets through, whatever the obstacles.
Long before last year's tragic Minneapolis bridge collapse, Barry LePatner was out sounding the alarm about the nation's crumbling infrastructure. The biggest problem, he says, has nothing to do with engineering and everything to do with politics.
When it needed to boost DC throughput by more than a third, Dollar Tree didn't expand the facility or hire more staff. It simply made minor adjustments to the center's software and conveyor system.
Eager to see how its newly developed fuel cell device would fare in trials, East Penn Manufacturing decided to test the unit itself. But round-the-clock DC operations and 4,000-pound loads would make this a rigorous trial.
Economic and regulatory pressures are making it tough for port drayage drivers to earn a living. If they turn in their keys, who will haul the containers?
Tom Donohue, the outspoken president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, lived up to his reputation as a no-holds-barred speaker on business issues when he delivered the keynote speech at NASSTRAC's annual conference in Orlando, Fla., last month.
Despite the economic downturn, total revenues for 3PLs climbed to an estimated $122 billion in 2007, a 7.4-percent increase over the previous year's gross revenues, according to Armstrong & Associates Inc.
Conventional wisdom says that "Made in America" can't compete with products manufactured in lower-cost countries. But we recently ran across two companies that are apparently bucking the trend.
4Front has a demonstration and training room at its Carrollton, Texas, headquarters, but it also sends a custom-built 53-foot trailer to customers' facilities.
With manufacturing and consumer demand moving steadily westward in China, that nation's rivers are fast becoming the mode of choice for transporting raw materials and finished goods.
Keogh Consulting has put together a series of educational seminars to help participants identify the keys to running a successful distribution operation.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has now developed an executive education course for professionals interested in optimizing their companies' supply chain.
Workplace bullies are just grownup versions of the playground bully people who use their social or political power to subject their victims to psychological abuse.
Most of you probably believe, as I do, that free trade is very good for the logistics, material handling, and shipping companies that facilitate commerce throughout the world.