Although using overseas vendors and manufacturing plants has its drawbacks � more languages, distance and complexity, just to name a few � the savings and advantages that can be attained from doing so... View More
Ergonomics is the practice of ensuring that the workplace properly accommodates the physical needs of the employees assigned to perform their job tasks safely at their assigned workstations. A program... View More
Outsourcing has been around a long time. Practices in Europe and Japan seemed to have started the outsourcing interest. These examples reflect historical impacts of regulation and tradition. Europeans... View More
Regardless of the industry, competition on the Internet can be fierce. To keep ahead of the competition, many successful companies are finding they need to reinvent themselves, widening the scope of their... View More
Traditionally, there have been a series of difficult issues associated with having contracts online. Last year, the U.S. Congress passed a new law known as the �E-SIG� law, which endorses online contracts,... View More
Financial transactions can now be conducted in the blink of an eye. But the technology that has made us so efficient is also raising serious privacy concerns. The media is flooded with stories of businesses... View More
Dairyland Power is a wholesale power supply cooperative headquartered in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The Publication Services department originally provided support to internal and wholesale power customers... View More
As we go to press, the commercial small package carriers are announcing their new 2002 rates. And in their infinite wisdom, the carriers have deemed that you, the shipper, should benefit from these higher... View More
Lift trucks can be tremendously productive. But they can also be tremendously dangerous. According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), about 95,000 workers are injured in lift truck... View More
Ever wonder how certain universally accepted sizes, practices or specifications got to be universally accepted? It didn�t just happen by coincidence. In the world of distribution, universal applications... View More
When one of Europe�s largest postal services in the industrialized world required an identification/tracking system to track thousands of mailbags and envelopes, it chose the Escort Memory Systems� FastTrack... View More
Customers that ship both ground and overnight air packages will see three primary benefits from the changes taking place within FedEx � convenience, competition and cost reductions. Customer convenience... View More
You get home from a long day at work and find a package on the front door step. Like a kid on Christmas morning, you quickly cut open the box and dig through the sea of packing peanuts until you find the... View More
In today�s competitive market, a company�s distribution network must meet service goals at the lowest possible cost. In some instances, a company may be able to save millions of dollars in logistics costs... View More
Shippers generally detest dealing with subjects or problems they do not really understand. Loss, damage and delay claims are usually in this category because carrier liability is a legal subject requiring... View More
We�re spoiled in the US. We have one of the largest, most dynamic economies in the world, and we can ship almost anything within this large geographical area without having to worry about currencies, customs... View More
Order verification, shipping compliance and Y2K fixes were what Plaid Clothing needed at its Erlanger, KY facility. Not only did the company get them, the solutions were up and running in less than eight... View More
It was early 1984 when I first met with Dan Sullivan and talked to him about joining his management team with the task of planning and, ultimately, managing a new small package delivery service. At the... View More
When Charles Dickens penned his classic book Great Expectations, he unknowingly summed up a classic problem plaguing many third-party logistics (3PL) relationships. Many companies now place a lot of confidence... View More
In some ways, the 1999 Best Practice Survey raises more questions than it answers, but in most ways, it offers some solid insights into the overall operations of our readers who responded. Note in some... View More
