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It used to be as easy as picking up the phone. But these days, finding a trucker to move your freight calls for creativity, flexibility and all the powers of persuasion you can muster.
Everyone who has worked in a DC is familiar with the problem: pallets and cases come pouring into the facility faster than you can unpack them, clogging the aisles and slowing operations even further.
First they wanted your parcel business. Then all they went after ground freight and international business. Now the companies best known for moving small packages have become big-time players in third-party logistics.
Deregulators may have won the election, but that doesn't mean Washington isn't cooking up lots of new rules that will have a direct effect on your business.
With all the visionaries out there foretelling a future when businesses (and nations) collaborate in a seamless, well-oiled supply chain, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Transportation and Logistics have injected a badly needed dose of reality into the fantasy.
After a harrowing 18-month pilot project marked by painful setbacks and burgeoning expenses, you'd think Ed Matthews might be disillusioned with RFID. But actually, he's already making big plans for expansion.