Logistics Management - February 1, 1998

CRST recently restructured to offer customers a complete range of transportation services. Among them is Expedited Team Service, which uses a network of approximately 2,000 drivers to serve the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

• Congested rails set volume records

• FREIGHT GATEWAYS
• The changing face of Asia: How it affects logistics

• International News
• Kings Point Offers Continuing Education in Global Logistics
• Brazil Builds Infrastructure to Handle Growing Trade

• Logistics Online
• The 'Net is in the palm of your hand

• Market Watch
• Water
• Recent price trends in Transportation Services
• Air
• Labor
• Fuel
• Trucking
• Rail

• New Products & Services
• Software Provides Visual Mapping
• When you have a need for speed
• Steel King Offers Customized Racks and Containers
• When you have a need for speed
• When you have a need for speed
• When you have a need for speed
• When you have a need for speed
• TriEnda Offers Tougher Pallet
• When you have a need for speed
• "Hamouflage" Mat Absorbs Spills
• When you have a need for speed
• When you have a need for speed
• When you have a need for speed
• When you have a need for speed
• When you have a need for speed
• When you have a need for speed
• "Big Foot" Lift Truck Designed for Maneuverability
• When you have a need for speed
• When you have a need for speed

• New Technology
• Interface Allows Internet Access to Remote Printers
• Scalable Solution for Warehouses
• Pen Computer Goes Mobile
• Fixed Scanner Offers Better Pattern Control
• Digital Color Printer Produces High-Quality Labels
• Comprehensive WMS Now Available
• Software
• Managing Multiple Carriers Over the Net

• News & Analysis
• Asia's financial crisis: Will it affect logistics?
• People
• People
• People
• People
• People
• Augello on Law & Regulation
• A new era in transportation
• Bohman on Pricing
• Keep antitrust immunity for the NCC!
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Copacino on Strategy
• Moving on to the next supply-chain frontier
• Currie on HazMat
• Time to clear the air on aerosols
• ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
• Barriers to selling on the Web remain
• FREIGHT BUSINESS
• Norfolk Southern to sell van line
• INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
• Transport trade group seeks members
• LABOR
• UPS, pilots quickly reach agreement
• LAW
• Supreme Court to rule on harbor tax
• LOGISTICS
• Report charts global changes in logistics strategies
• Logistics Briefing
• Services
• Services
• Services
• Services
• Services
• MARITIME
• Carrier alliances play musical chairs
• P&O Nedlloyd quits TWRA as conference announces changes
• News Capsule
• Less is more
• RATES
• FedEx and UPS boost domestic prices
• TRADE SHOWS
• Intermodal show to debut in Asia
• TRANSIT TIMES
• Truckload delivery stumbles
• TRANSPORTATION
• FedEx completes Caliber acquisition

• Outsourcing Casebook
• Zenith tackles the yard work

• Parting Shot
• A shipper by any other name

• Private Fleets
• To Own or to Lease

• SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT REPORT
• New breed of planning software promises speedy payback

• Spotlight on Railroads
• Western woes cast a shadow to the East

• TECHNOLOGY ROUNDTABLE
• Scaling the heights of technology

• Technology News
• Lightstone Group Acquires Comdata RoTec's Assets
• Catalyst Partners With EDS for Year 2000 Support
• American Mobile Satellite to Acquire ARDIS

• Technology in Action
• Remote Control

• Up Front
• An executive summary of industry news
• Private roads can work on a large scale in the United States
• Companies could save millions each year
• Supply-chain management is a hot topic for good reason
• The credit-card wars have entered the bounds of logistics
• In 1997, total logistics costs, as a percentage of sales
• If the performance of your logistics vendors concerns you
• Wholesaler-distributors with the highest return on total assets
• Ryder System Inc. will seek at least $75 million in damages
• The Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy
• Size is not important, at least when it comes to selecting an international freight forwarder
• Transportation is "in."
• Northwest Airlines said it would pay $311 million in cash

• Viewpoint
• Railroad romance, railroad reality