WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Velocity Express Corporation, the nation's largest provider of time definite regional delivery solutions, unveiled plans to expand their already extensive national delivery... View More
Installing automated parcel conveyor systems can dramatically improve the productivity of a small- to mid-sized distribution center (DC). But, as with any major capital improvement, it is imperative to... View More
NORCROSS, GA (September 25, 2007) Unisource Worldwide, Inc., one of the leading distributors of paper, packaging and facility supplies in North America, is expanding its packaging business to provide global... View More
By Maynard H. Benjamin Envelopes are trusted carriers of lifes most important messages, whether its a wedding invitation, college application, mortgage payment, sales offer or greeting card. As technology... View More
ATLANTA, September 05, 2007CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services, announced... View More
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
