MEMPHIS, Tenn.: FedEx Corp. and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation today kicked off their annual "Trees for Troops" program in Columbus, Ohio, with the pickup of 300 trees to be delivered to activated service... View More
Is your Perfect Order rate less than perfect? If so, what areas of your extended supply chain warrant the most improvement? Through Supply Chain Visibility solutions, not only can your Perfect Order... View More
WILMINGTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ABX Air, Inc., today said it has notified its principal customer, DHL, that it considers DHL in default under terms of the two principal commercial agreements between... View More
ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced new list rates for 2008, including an average 4.9 percent increase for UPS Ground and Ground Hundredweight shipments and a net average increase of... View More
RALEIGH, NC - October 24, 2007- Purolator USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Canada's largest small package and freight services company, has selected the Raleigh-Durham area for its southeast U.S. regional headquarters.... View More
MEMPHIS, Tenn.For the tenth consecutive year, FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) expects to break company volume records when an unprecedented 11.3 million packages move through the FedEx Express and FedEx Ground... View More
LIMA, Pa.-November 2, 2007-Pilot Freight Services, a worldwide provider of transportation and logistics services, today announced it has opened a new station in Laredo, Texas. This will be Pilot Freight... View More
The Postal Regulatory Commission Service has issued its regulations to implement new modern ratemaking and classification systems for market-dominant and competitive mail products. The regulations,... View More
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that FedEx has announced that it will raise its FedEx Express air-shipping rate by 4.9% effective Jan. 7, 2008. ... View More
Leaving aside the easy predictions (Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense will continue to deploy, tags and equipment will fall in price), I thought it might be interesting to translate a few shifts in... View More
Somewhere in each of the last five books I have written is the phrase, What gets measured gets rewarded, and what gets rewarded gets done. What does this mean to achieving competitive advantage in the... View More
Success in business often hinges on the ability to be flexible in the face of new challenges. This is frequently true when it comes to managing a supply chain. For example, flexibility is often the key... View More
If bigger is better, then todays transportation budgets may be among the best in history. Unfortunately, so are todays over-the-road transportation costs, many of which have hit record highs over the past... View More
If you saw An Inconvenient Truth with Al Gore or Leonardo DiCaprios The 11th Hour, then you know global warming is a serious problem. This is a human issue about the extinction of our species and our inability... View More
Shippers in todays environment are receiving increased pressure to reduce costs and deliver better results to company shareholders. Often, one of the first places they look is within the supply chain.... View More
Asia and the Middle East are booming, and trade is increasingly focused on shipping to and from Asia. This poses challenges for both shippers and carriers in every corner of the globe. Shippers need to... View More
These days, everyone wants what they cant see. For logistics managers, visibility is the Holy Grail because it offers the tantalizing promise of better service, higher margins and fewer operational crises.... View More
BRENTWOOD, Tennessee--Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OH Logistics) announced the expansion of its network with the recent lease of a facility in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, in the Heartland Industrial Park,... View More
Most of America's small- and mid-sized businesses have failed to explore the significant growth opportunities offered by an increasingly global economy. Indeed, a new survey conducted for UPS (NYSE:UPS)... View More
RALEIGH, NC - Purolator USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Canada's largest small package and freight services company, has selected the Raleigh-Durham area for its southeast U.S. regional headquarters. ... View More
