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When it's time for a career change, lots of logistics and IT executives go over to the consulting side. Bob Silverman is one of a select few who did it the other way around.
When a new line of business caused backups at Koch Entertainment's packing stations, an automated packaging system cleared the logjam. Now the music and film distributor is shipping a lot more orders in much less time.
Although electric trucks may be years away, a number of truck makers are coming out with hybrid mid-sized trucks that run on both diesel and electric power. And big rigs may be just around the corner.
The freight management contract signed late last year between the U.S. Department of Defense and Menlo Worldwide Government Services is a big deal in more ways than one.
At the National Defense Transportation Association's 62nd Annual Forum and Exposition in September, Lt. Gen. Bobby Dail, director of the Defense Logistics Agency, stood up at the podium and asserted, "We are a maritime nation."
Considering the turmoil in the financial markets last month, it was perhaps not surprising that managing uncertainty was on the minds of the 3,000 logistics professionals gathered at CSCMP's annual conference.
According to a Sept. 17 e-mail communiqué from the T. Boone Pickens organization, Wal-Mart Stores CEO H. Lee Scott has commissioned a study to determine the feasibility of converting the retailer's 8,500 trucks from diesel to natural gas.
Starting in late November or in December, plant and plant product importers will be required to file declarations that state the scientific name of any plant in a shipment along with the plant species' country of origin and a description of the plant or plant product's value and quantity.
In mid-June, the CEO of the nation's largest LTL carrier said prospects for a U.S. economic recovery in 2009 were dimming, effectively scuttling the trucker's hopes for a near-term firm-up in LTL revenue and pricing.
According to a survey by WERC, the median 2008 compensation for general managers, traffic managers, office managers, and customer service managers has grown by double-digit percentages over 2006 levels.
Many desktop shippers don't use the automated shipping systems that transportation pros do to select carriers and analyze shipping activities and costs.
Hewlett-Packard Co. reportedly is shifting some of its intercontinental shipments from air freight to ocean to mitigate the impact of jet fuel prices and the generally higher costs of moving goods by air.
A September study of the nation's top 30 industrial real estate markets by ProLogis, reported a sharp contraction in construction activity through mid-year.
Material handling equipment will suffer a slowdown in demand over the next five years, but sales growth will maintain a very respectable pace worldwide, according to The Freedonia Group.
When American Airlines Cargo recently shipped the personal effects of a renowned—and long dead—monarch, the airline gave every item in the consignment the royal treatment.
If you're looking to make yourself more marketable in these tough economic times, getting a master of science degree in supply chain management might be the way to go.
Supply Chains Driving Strategic Advantage: Managing Dynamics and Innovating the Future," will balance out these high-level topics with lots of hands-on learning.
In their "Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management" course, Art Van Bodegraven and Ken Ackerman will talk about why transportation remains the largest and most critical link in many supply chains.
When logistics and distribution managers need software to solve a business problem, the first thing most of them do is look into buying an off-the-shelf package. But what happens if they can't find something that meets their precise needs?