MEMPHIS, Tenn.--Sept. 10, 2007--FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has significantly enhanced FedEx Express same-day service offerings with the addition of same-day services for freight shipments and a new intra-city... View More
Ann Arbor, Michigan Julie Knakal has been named SurplusTrack General Manager by Managing Partner and Founder Brent David Ray, effective immediately. In her role, Knakal will run the day-to-day operations... View More
Warrendale, PA Along with China's leadership in the manufacture of world goods has come the need to improve efficiencies in data collection and exchange. Existing bar codes are optimized for... View More
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: At a press dinner in London, TNT's Chief Executive Officer Peter Bakker launched TNT's strategy to improve transparency on the company's carbon footprint, to drastically reduce... View More
(UPM Raflatac, Tampere, September 3, 2007) - UPM Raflatac, a leading manufacturer of RFID tags and inlays, is supplying UHF EPC Generation 2 tags to MBA Grupo, a major European healthcare distributor headquartered... View More
What do FedEx, UPS, Netflix, Amazon, Google, Harrahs and the Oakland As have in common? According to Professor Tom Davenport, These companies have only two things in common: they compete on the basis of... View More
RFID Label Printer Applicator Increase productivity and label placement accuracy by printing and automatically applying RFID or barcode labels on demand. Image-Teks printer applicators operate 24/7 and... View More
Its time to find out whats happening in your industry. In this issue, we feature Part 1 of our annual Best Practices Survey the transportation portion. Part 2 the operations portion will appear in the... View More
Your goal is clear: achieve the best delivery performance at the lowest cost. Not a great or new revelation, but a constant in the daily work of today's logistics professional. The challenge in achieving... View More
In todays world of high labor costs and increasing demand, the need for accurate and timely customer service levels is more important than ever. Labor costs typically account for half the costs in distribution.... View More
In the last issue of PARCEL, I talked about companies achieving competitive advantage by sticking to their core competencies and outsourcing non-core competencies to supply chain partners. In this article,... View More
As I travel throughout our beautiful country and meet with management of all shapes and sizes, I am very frequently asked, Are the surcharges I pay to package carriers justified? I answer that the carriers... View More
One of the most confusing and least understood aspects of parcel pricing is Dimensional Weight Pricing. This pricing component and its applicable surcharges can have a significant impact on your costs... View More
If you are like me, you read news items hoping to find at least one little nugget of practical wisdom that you can apply to your own projects; at least one hard-earned solution to a problem that a team... View More
The other day, I witnessed a CEO yell at an employee, You knucklehead! Why did you do that? Are you stupid or what? I saw the employees face redden as he stammered back an explanation. Now, maybe... View More
This is the second in a series of articles concerning the new carrier-focused Web 2.0 technology that positively impacts your bottom line while improving the services you offer. In this article, well explore... View More
Neopost, the worldwide provider of mailing and shipping solutions, announces Neopost Online Shipping. Through an agreement with the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the United Parcel Service (UPS),... View More
Redwood City, CaliforniaAugust 22, 2007...FP International (FPI) recently launched its revised web site (http://www.fpintl.com/), which provides a general overview of the company and its packaging... View More
