March 1, 2009
Features
Tactical is Practical
The announcement on January 26th of 45,000 jobs eliminated at major US companies sent a shock wave across the country, but in coming weeks it became just one more tremor in the shaky state of the global economy...
Faster, Cheaper, and Safer: Making Best Practice Legal
Understanding that industries evolve at an ever increasing pace is a lesson crucial to the success of modern businesses. Most of the time innovation and...
Community Voice
China mounted its own infrastructure investment strategy to help counter some of the effects of the global economic downturn, and the positive effects...
Credit Crunch Widens Appeal of Outsourcing Fleets
When the going gets tough, savvy organizations often turn to outsourcing-focusing on what they do best while letting others handle the rest. In light...
Prosperity Depends on Infrastructure
While policymakers and pundits focus on the financial meltdown, another crisis is brewing in the US: Our infrastructure system is silently deteriorating....
US Environmental Firms See Opportunities in Foreign Market
With the global environmental technologies market expected to reach $900 billion by 2010, US environmental firms continue to seek diversification by exploring...
Tight Performance Wins
Demand driven and service focused suppliers are winning and keeping customers. Achieving customer goals requires close, careful measurement and monitoring...
Heal Thyself
No matter why a firm outsources, almost all have room for improvement. Outsourcing deals have often been structured with fundamental flaws in the business...
Maximize Profit For Your Strategic Global Manufacturing And Distribution Planning Process
In a recent article in the Journal of Business Logistics, we presented a strategic planning methodology for multi-national manufacturing and distribution...
Collaborating on a Cure for Pharmaceutical Distribution Ills
To gain insight into the current state of healthcare and transportation services, UPS did some basic research. It published findings for its first-ever...
Mid-Market Companies Compete on an International Scale
Mid-market technology companies are aggressive by their very nature, constantly striving for the next level of innovation: the latest product offering,...
News
SAS and Lufthansa Cargo Make Tough Cuts
SAS, the largest Scandinavian airline, will cease freighter business. Lufthansa cuts cargo capacity 10%, reduces worker hours...
Mexico Cuts Tariffs to Aid Manufacturing
Recession in the US has significantly reduced demand for exports from Mexico. The country hopes lowered tariffs will help, in particular, to support its maquiladoras...
FedEx Opens Its New Asia Hub
The $150 million facility is the largest FedEx Express hub outside the US...
DHL Opens a Life Science Competency Center
Located in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the new facility enhances DHL Global Forwarding’s abilities by offering services specifically to meet the shipping needs of pharmaceutical, biotechnical and medical device manufacturers...
The Melodrama Ends as Air France-KLM Joins Relaunched Alitalia
The strategic partnership comes at a cost of $427 million by Air France-KLM (AF-KLM), for which it receives a minority stake in Compagnia Aeria Italia, the new Alitalia (AZ)...
France Upgrades Its Ports
As the effort to privatize French port operations moves ahead, so do infrastructure improvements...
Easing Cross-Border Freight Congestion
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has signed agreements with the States of Washington and California to undertake actions aimed at defusing frustration for people and freight movements at the borders...
US Postal Service Loses $384 Million
Postal Service has a 9.3% drop in mail volume in its first fiscal quarter, October-December 2008. Preliminary results for the US Postal Service (USPS)...
DHL Express Expands Its Mexican Infrastructure
The new $6.2 million facility at Mexico City’s International Airport combines an advanced logistics gateway with a customer service call center...
Canada-Europe Air to Grow as Industry Projections are Dire
The European Union and Canada have reached agreement to permit all European airlines to fly directly to Canada from anywhere in Europe with all restrictions eliminated...
Virginia Ports Reaffirms Alliance With Canal
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) reaffirmed an alliance that will help to increase growth and trade, facilitate...
Expanding Asia-US Freight Options
Averitt Express is growing its Asia-Memphis service to reach two new origin points—Hong Kong and South China...
