Logistics Expert Tom Mentzer Passes Away
John T. (Tom) Mentzer, noted logistics expert at the University of Tennessee, has passed away...
Walmart Plans to Clean Up Its Global Supply Chain
Walmart has announced its goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain. The retailer will work with its suppliers to reduce their energy use, costs and carbon footprint...
What Did They Know, and When Did They Know It?
Can you imagine Coke hauling Pepsi into court, or Microsoft conducting an investigation into Apple’s practices, or Target issuing subpoenas against Wal-Mart? Hard as it is to imagine those scenarios, that’s pretty much exactly what’s happening right now in the case of the U.S. Government vs. Toyota...
Tax on Warehouses Will Drive Away Jobs, Says IWLA
The International Warehouse Logistics Association has told Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell that his proposal to impose a 4% sales tax on warehouse services would drive jobs out of Pennsylvania by making it more difficult for warehouse operators there to compete with similar businesses in surrounding states...
Barcode Scanning Helps Salvation Army Distribute Goods Throughout Haiti
The Salvation Army is replacing handwritten paper index cards with high-tech barcode technology to ensure that more than 4,000 families here efficiently receive food, shelter and medical supplies. UPS has donated the technology and adapted it for disaster relief supply distribution...
Gunther Mele Improves Customer Service with TMS
Gunther Mele, a supplier of brand-building packaging solutions to North America’s retail industry, has deployed Descartes’ Transportation Management solution to help it process and manage its outbound courier and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments...
Germany Tops the List of Logistics Performers
Germany is the top performer among the 155 economies ranked in the Logistics Performance Indicators (LPI), according to a global survey of international freight forwarders and express carriers. The United States ranks at number 15 on the list...
RedPrairie Is Acquired by New Mountain, Cancels IPO
RedPrairie Holding, Inc., a provider of warehouse management and other supply chain software solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a fund affiliated with New Mountain Capital, L.L.C., a private equity firm. As a result of the acquisition, RedPrairie will no longer pursue an initial public offering, which had been announced last fall. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed...
Obama’s Budget Task Force Is Clever Politics but Poor Leadership
Instead of drafting a responsible budget, President Obama is seeking to force Republicans to endorse wasteful spending and higher taxes, or be cast as obstructionists, says economist Peter Morici. Instead of blaming George Bush and indulging in sparkling oratory, our constitutional law professor and now president should seek a brief tutorial from White House economic advisor Lawrence Summers on GDP, employment and international trade...
NRS Launches Logistics Service for China-U.S. Retail Trade
National Retail Systems, a 3PL for U.S. retailers, is leveraging its joint venture with China-based Sinotrans to provide vendor-controlled inventory management solutions from factory to store...
Aircraft Accident Rate Second-Lowest in History
The accident rate in 2009 for Western-built jet aircraft was the second lowest in aviation history, with one accident for every 1.4 million flights. Compared to 10 years ago, the accident rate has been cut 36% from the rate recorded in 2000...
Terrorists Are Targeting Gasoline Tankers
Gasoline tankers, and to a lesser extent propane tankers, are the most attractive options for terrorists seeking to use highway-borne hazmat because they can create intense fires in public assemblies and residential properties, according to a study conducted by the Mineta Transportation Institute...
FMC Grants Exemption for NVOCC Tariff Relief
The Federal Maritime Commission has voted to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to provide non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs) with an exemption from the requirement and associated cost of publishing rates under the Shipping Act of 1984...
Domestic Container Traffic on the Upswing in the Fourth Quarter
Domestic container volume increased 9.0% during the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to Q4 08. December volume was nearly 17% above year-ago levels. Total 2009 domestic container volumes were 2.9% above 2008 figures...
TIGER Program Awards $730 Million to Freight Projects
The US Department of Transportation has announced $1.5 billion in funds through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Program. Twenty-two of the projects contain a strong freight component, and those 22 projects received 49% of the available funds, totaling more than $730 million...
YRC Worldwide to Raise $70 Million in Private Placement
YRC Worldwide has entered into a note purchase agreement for $70 million in new capital. The proceeds will go to satisfying remaining 2010 note obligations, with the remaining proceeds to provide working capital...
Spot Freight Market Up 54 Percent in January
Freight availability in January rose by 54% on the North American spot market compared to January 2009. This marked the fourth consecutive month of improvement on a year-over-year basis...
Cold Storage Groups Combine to Offer Expanded Logistics Services
The European Cold Storage and Logistics Association (ECSLA) and The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) have combined to represent and serve the temperature controlled warehousing and logistics industry in Europe. The partnership allows the two organizations to offer expanded programs and services to European national cold storage associations and European cold storage companies...
Manufacturers Challenge EPA on Clean Air Act
Several manufacturing groups have filed a petition in federal appeals court challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) on stationary sources through the Clean Air Act. According to NAM’s John Engler, the EPA’s regulations could “stifle job creation and harm our competiveness in a global economy.”...
Malt-O-Meal Reverses Sales Decline with Demand Intelligence
Cereal maker Malt-O-Meal is using demand intelligence to identify when and why it experiences losses in sales. The company has been able to reverse those losses and determine which supply chain challenges were restricting its growth in volume...
Transportation Pioneer John Ruan Passes Away
John Ruan, founder of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, has passed away at the age of 96. He is remembered not only for his entrepreneurial efforts within the logistics field, but for his humanitarian contributions as well...
World Economic Forum Releases Logistics Carbon Emissions Guidelines
The World Economic Forum’s Logistics & Transport Industry Group, supported by Accenture, has agreed to standard guidelines for calculating consignment-level carbon emissions from logistics and shipping operations. The Consignment-Level Carbon Reporting Guidelines were created to help the industry inform consumers and businesses about the carbon impact of product transport...
Ryder Offers Source-to-Store Service Between Asia and North America
Ryder System Inc. has signed a joint venture partnership with Cargo Services Far East Limited (CSFE), an Asia-based logistics solutions provider specializing in export consolidation services. The combination will offer full geographic coverage throughout Asia, for North American retailers and other companies importing from Asia...
NITL Supports Senate Rail Competition Bill
The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) has announced its support for S. 2889, the “Surface Transportation Board (STB) Reauthorization Act of 2009.” This decision was made by NITL’s board of directors after a study of the bill, which was approved by the Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in mid-December. The board’s action endorses the recommendation of the League’s Railroad Transportation Committee...
Intermodal Gains Market Share Against Trucks
Intermodal transport gained market share against trucks in the fourth quarter of 2009, reaching a new high in the process, according to analysis by FTR Associates...
Estes Forwarding Adds Six Regional Facilities
Estes Forwarding Worldwide has opened six regional facilities and an office in Asia to meet the growing demands of its customers...
Supply Quality Issues Is a Top Challenge for Pharma Industry
Compliance issues and increased industry consolidation (via mergers and acquisitions) are the top challenges faced by companies in today’s market, according to a recent survey of top life sciences organizations. The survey points to the need to achieve compliance with worldwide regulatory standards as a major issue for organizations trying to maintain their competitive edge in global life sciences industries...
Retail Traffic Up 25 Percent at U.S. Ports
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports will be a full 25% higher during the first half of 2010 compared with the same period a year ago...
Fairmont Hotel Uses RFID to Track Inventory
Reusable RFID tags from Fujitsu enable the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel to track more than 35,000 uniforms and linens while reducing operational costs...
Hobart Pushes Lean to Its Supplier Base
Hobart Machined Products, a lean manufacturer, has implemented a real-time operational visibility and supplier collaboration solution from Omnitrol Networks. The solution automates tracking, production status and delivery projections of work orders for such key customers as Boeing and NASA, through a secure collaborative web portal...
Technology, Integration and Data Drive Supply Chain Visibility
Supply chain visibility provides companies with timely delivery and first-rate performance to remain competitive...
UPS Plans to Furlough 300 Pilots
UPS plans to furlough at least 300 of its airline pilots, but the company insists it will continue its effort to find a solution with the pilots’ union that would avert or mitigate the layoffs before they take effect. UPS employs about 2,800 pilots...
Family Express Strengthens Supplier Relations through Automation
Family Express, a chain of convenience stores and fueling centers with 52 retail locations, is pursuing operational supply chain efficiencies and productivity gains via the automation of traditional human processes with Osiris Innovations Group (OIG), a provider of supply chain management and supplier enablement solutions...
YRC Reports Loss of $899 Million for 2009
YRC Worldwide has reported a pre-tax loss of $899 million for the full year 2009, which compares to a pre-tax loss in 2008 of $1.14 billion. For the fourth quarter of 2009, the company announced pre-tax income of $50 million, compared to a loss of $353 million for the comparable quarter in 2008...
Con-way Reports Net Loss of $110 Million for 2009
Trucking and logistics company Con-way has reported a net loss of $110.9 million for 2009. Revenues for the year declined to $4.27 billion from $5.04 billion in 2008, primarily reflecting the effect of weak pricing driven by surplus trucking industry capacity...
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