Logistics Management - September 1, 1998

One little-noticed but important development under NAFTA is the rise of trilateral industry organizations. Since NAFTA took effect, many such groups in the United States, Canada, and Mexico have adopted a North American outlook.

• FREIGHT GATEWAYS
• The Midwest: America's distribution heartland

• GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
• How Rich Products went global

• Giants of shipping
• Service Cited as Core of Carrier-Selection Process
• The Survey Methodology
• The Giants of Information

• International Insights
• From tariffs to turtles: A beginner's guide to the WTO

• International News
• Software exchanges ocean documents
• International News Notes
• China to invest billions in transport infrastructure
• New wave of mergers hits ocean carriers

• Logistics Online
• Shared data: A ticking Y2K time bomb

• Market Watch
• Recent Price Trends in Transportation Services
• Trucking
• Recent price trends in Transportation Services
• Employment and Wages
• Capital Equipment and Fuel
• Water
• Rail
• Air

• New Products & Services
• Keeping tabs
• Keeping tabs
• Keeping tabs
• Keeping tabs
• Keeping tabs
• Keeping tabs
• Keeping tabs

• News & Analysis
• Shippers wary as rail industry changes
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Winners Circle
• Border Lines
• ACQUISITIONS
• Samsung deal gives Clark a foreign-market lift
• Augello on Law & Regulation
• What is a carrier's liability for replacement shipments?
• Bar Codes
• AIAG begins promoting 2-D standard
• Bohman on Pricing
• Customized bills of lading are still permitted
• Copacino on Strategy
• A growing tidal wave of supply-chain outsourcing
• Labor
• Teamsters poised to choose a newpresident
• Logistics Briefing
• People
• Services
• People
• Services
• People
• People
• People
• Services
• Services
• Services
• Services
• Services
• People
• MOTOR CARRIERS
• Driver-retention rate improves
• Van operators' earnings hold steady
• News Capsule
• Truck trailer sales strong
• PARCEL EXPRESS
• Need to ship a package? Get out your credit card!
• Resources
• Is certification for trainers on the horizon?
• New directory of shippers available
• Site Selection
• Firms pick sites based on logistics
• Technology
• ERP market expected to soar
• The Internet
• What's online at Logistics this month?
• Transit Times
• Truckload on-time performance drops
• WAREHOUSING
• Internet-based program speeds warehouse ISO certification

• OCEAN SHIPPING
• Troubled Waters

• ON THE RECORD
• Getting down to WERC

• OUTSOURCING CASEBOOK
• Imagination unlimited

• Ocean Shipping
• Ports Go With the Flow

• Parting Shot
• Technological means to a successful end

• TTS TABLES
• For the record: Motor carriers' operating ratios

• Technology News
• ERP Adds Global Link
• Zebra to Buy Out Eltron
• Optum and SynQuest Form Alliance

• Up Front
• An executive summary of industry news
• In an age when transportation and logistics companies are no strangers to mergers and acquisitions
• Electronic commerce, supply-chain integration, strategic alliances, and globalization
• A new book, Strategic Supply Chain Alignment
• As a recruiting strategy
• Expectations are high that the U.S. Customs Service's new commissioner
• Customs, meanwhile, has fallen under the suspicious eye
• If Logistics' April feature on salaries whets your appetite
• Here's proof that proper packaging of hazardous materials
• Fortune Magazine has recognized Ryder System Inc.
• NASSTRAC and Logistics Management & Distribution Report
• Do you need information on pallets or containers?

• Viewpoint
• A premature decision