Manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment will continue to face additional environmental restrictions as 2007 progresses. While the European Union and South Korea are due to enact new... View More
In Part One of our series, we discussed the major frustrations that shippers had with respect to their carriers. In Part Two, well discuss how incorrect invoicing creates significant problems for shippers.... View More
Lawyers have a maxim: If youre wondering if you need a lawyer, you need a lawyer. In the world of logistics, if youve asked yourself if youd be better off outsourcing your shipping and logistics, you should... View More
Demonstrating tenacity and creativity, regional carriers can be virtually anything you want them to be a white knight in critical delivery times or a cost cutter in desperate financial times. If its been... View More
Prices continue to escalate in the parcel/express industry at an unprecedented rate. Last fall, PARCEL published a survey conducted by Morgan Stanley stating that only 11% of major shippers utilized consultants.... View More
Your organization has decided to start its transformation to become Lean. The Lean methodology and tools have been selected. Your Lean facilitator (either your Lean Manager or a Lean Consultant) has set... View More
A companys need for a shipping solution might span from the mail center, to employees shipping at their desktops, to production shipping in a warehouse, or all of the above. Regardless of the specific... View More
By now, unless youve been on a desert island for the past month, youve probably heard about the impending postal rate change, which represents a complete restructuring of the way the U.S. Postal Service... View More
In our last issue, we suggested you perform an in-depth discovery to identify and document what vendor shipments are causing extra time to process in receiving. In addition to identifying these time wasters... View More
For many years, image processing and address recognition technologies have been used to speed up mail sorting and reduce manual data entry costs. With todays increased competition in the postal business,... View More
Imagine being at a baseball game and the only thing you saw was the score of the game. There was no information on balls and strikes, errors made, how many outs there were or what inning the game was in.... View More
As the supply chain execution industry evolves into a new era, companies are forced to partner more tightly with their customers and suppliers in order to keep costs at bay and manage margins. These same... View More
At the Parcel Shipping & Distribution Forum in Chicago this past fall, we were privileged to be introduced to several new U.S. Postal Service products developed expressly to assist parcel shippers. For... View More
If your operation is to succeed, it is critical to embark on a fact-finding mission to discover if receiving is a profit drain or gain in your warehouse. Part I of our series will examine how to make this... View More
Deliveries of products to residences were, at one time, limited to catalog orders. At the time, volumes were relatively low, and the recipient typically paid shipping and handling charges. Today, residential... View More
Ribbon and labeling selection is the most often overlooked decision in a barcode system. Labels peeling off, scanners unable to make good reads without several retries, or having a label that scratches... View More
While most shippers are giving carriers high marks for service performance and delivery, they are increasingly unhappy with their overall relationships with their service providers. According to a recent... View More
Delivering packages on a hand truck is nothing new. Drivers have depended on hand trucks for decades to make delivering bulky or heavy items easier. Seems simple, but like anything else in the workplace,... View More
Imagine being at a baseball game and the only thing you saw was the score of the game. There was no information on balls and strikes, errors made, how many outs there were or what inning the game was in.... View More
If your operation is to succeed, it is critical to embark on a fact-finding mission to discover if receiving is a profit drain or gain in your warehouse. Part I of our series will examine how to make this... View More
