At a ceremony attended by the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister for Economics, Mid-Sized Businesses and Energy, Ms. Christa Thoben, DHL's most advanced logistics center was opened in Greven near Monster... View More
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $17.4 million contract from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for optical character recognition technology to improve automated parcel sorting systems at USPS bulk mail... View More
FedEx Corp. today announced its plans to donate $5.5 million over the next five years to ORBIS International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of blindness worldwide. This pledge represents... View More
Associated Global Systems (AGS) announced that Ken Goich has joined the company in the position of District Manager at AGS' Newark, NJ facility. Mr. Goich has extensive management and transportation... View More
DHL, the worlds leading express delivery and logistics company, announced it will offer three new signature delivery service options to provide customers with more direct control over their delivery needs.... View More
In July, Reno, NV-based national industrial developer, DP Partners, will break ground for the fourth building (a 513,240 SF big-box distribution facility) within its new 102-acre, master-planned business... View More
U.S. air exports shattered all-time records in 2005 for shipments, revenue and tonnage, reflecting a resilient global economy, the residual impact of a weak U.S. dollar and airfreights importance in optimizing... View More
DP Partners signed a three-year lease with San Francisco, California-based Del Monte Corporation for 364,755 square feet of warehouse space at its new 300-acre business park, LogistiCenter at Rochelle,... View More
RedPrairie Corporation, the worlds leading supply chain solution provider, today announced a next generation Transportation Management Solution on the heels of tremendous success in the Transportation... View More
Freight transportation and logistics provider Con-way Inc. ,announced today it has entered into an agreement to sell off its expedited freight transportation business, Con-way Expedite, to Panther Expedited... View More
Its not unusual to put on a little extra weight over the holidays, but some shipping companies were surprised when their invoices arrived in February looking like their packages had also put on a couple... View More
Meeting customer expectations is not good enough. It is the goal of every Rice Lake Weighing Systems employee to exceed customer expectations with outstanding service, offering a selection of over 35,000... View More
Until recently, a hassle was what most catalog and online customers could expect if they had second thoughts about a purchase. But not now. Now direct sales merchandisers who want to get a leg up on the... View More
Some companies have 20/20 vision when it comes to anticipating customer needs. CooperVision, Inc. is one such company. A global leader in contact lens design, materials and manufacturing, the company was... View More
People all over the world have come to depend on Smith & Nephew to address their pressing health care needs and improve their quality of life. Smith & Nephew focuses on repairing the human body with its... View More
Delayed is not a word that sits well with Joe Beery. Its a touchy word, particularly in his industry, and one that tends to cost money wherever the word is applied. Beery does not want to hear about delayed.... View More
The package shipping market boasts annual revenues in excess of $31 billion and attractive growth rates. Within this market, high-volume U.S. Postal Service shippers have traditionally relied on manifesting... View More
The future of consolidation is changing in light of recent industry events. The playing field is dwindling as regional players are finding independence challenging; PFI and Momentum Logistics are two such... View More
In every business lifecycle, there are break points. Break points can be best described as those times and conditions where increased sales volumes and demands, as well as present operating complexities,... View More
Who could have imagined, even just three years ago, that the United States Postal Service, UPS, FedEx and DHL fierce competitors in the parcel business would have anything in common? And more interestingly,... View More
