Logistics Management - October 1, 1998

U.S. average on-highway diesel prices remain around $1 per gallon, well below year-earlier prices. The forecast from the federal Energy Information Agency is also good: Prices should not rise more than a couple of cents through winter.

• Cooke on Technology
• Be wary of one-stop shopping

• FREIGHT GATEWAYS
• The Southwest: America's NAFTA crossroads

• International News
• CP Ships Continues Buying Spree with ANZDL Acquisition
• Dutch, German rail cargo merger raises concerns

• Logistics Online
• The race for a common data model

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

• New Products & Services
• Cross-docking made easy
• Case Coders Designed for Flexibility
• Cross-docking made easy
• Third-Party Logistics Directory Now in Print
• Cross-docking made easy
• Fixed-Mount Laser Scanner Proves Fast, Adaptable
• Cross-docking made easy
• Software Gives Drivers More Accurate, Detailed Directions
• Monorail System Saves Floor Space
• Gorbel Offers Robotic Cranes
• Data Recorder Monitors Transportation Environments
• ATA Offers Motor Carrier Services Directory
• Multiton Introduces Three New Walkie Stackers
• Cross-docking made easy
• Cross-docking made easy
• Cross-docking made easy

• New Technology
• Opticon Unveils Two New Scanners
• Portable Printer's Sleep System Conserves Power
• RFID Device Offers "Smart" Labels
• SpectraLink Offers New Wireless Phone
• Research In Motion Unveils New Pager
• Qualcomm to Offer Service for Small Fleets
• Hands-Free Speech System Speeds Up Picking
• Software
• WMS Upgrade Tracks Unit Loads
• E-Commerce Tool for Windows 98
• Software for Real-Time Control
• Transportation Routing Tool
• WMS Features Oracle Integration
• E-Commerce Extension for WMS
• Multilingual Bar-Code Tool

• News & Analysis
• Border Lines
• Doing Business
• Doing Business
• Border Lines
• Services
• Border Lines
• Doing Business
• DOT liability report supports shippers' stance
• Doing Business
• Doing Business
• Doing Business
• Doing business
• Doing Business
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Doing Business
• Doing Business
• Augello on Law & Regulation
• The thorny issue of multimodal liability
• Bohman on Pricing
• Carriers, rate bureaus push ahead with GRIs
• Competition
• U.S. airlines challenge AA/BA alliance
• DISTRIBUTION
• Merge-in-transit yields benefits
• Failure to meet logistics requirements can be costly
• Logistics Briefing
• People
• Services
• People
• People
• Services
• People
• People
• Services
• Services
• Services
• People
• Services
• MARITIME
• Shippers, forwarders square off over Shipping Reform Act
• Quinn on Supply Chain Management
• Why supply chain management matters
• RAIL MERGER
• Divvying up Conrail
• RAILROADS
• "Davids" reach accord with "Goliaths"
• CN boss proposes shippers' bill of rights
• REGULATION
• STB says "enough" in rail rate dispute
• SOFTWARE
• Study finds growing interest in ERP and operations software
• TECHNOLOGY
• PrePass program set to expand
• FedEx cozies up to SAP
• Transportation
• Transportation called the glue of the supply chain
• WAREHOUSING
• Panelists foresee an end to storage

• OUTSOURCING REPORT
• To outsource or not to outsource?

• Parting Shot
• Beware of supply chains without management

• Profiles in Excellence
• The best of both worlds

• SUPPLY CHAIN CASEBOOK
• Balancing demand and supply

• THE INTERNET
• Into the Great Wide Open

• TRUCKLOAD SHIPPING
• Why it pays to roll out the red carpet

• Technology News
• SAP Certifies CAPS Interface
• ERP Group to Develop Supply Chain Software Standards
• New Bar-Code Software Breaks the Language Barrier

• Technology in Action
• Reducing the load

• Up Front
• An executive summary of industry news
• The Warehousing Education & Research Council has announced a schedule
• For the researcher who has everything:
• The American Society of Transportation & Logistics (AST&L) recently honored
• Supply chain management is a hot topic for good reason
• Not only is the proverbial boat from China slow
• The American Trucking Associations is selling revised editions
• Organizational obstacles stand in the way of creating coherent demand forecasts
• The Transportation Consumer Protection Council Inc. has published
• Readers have long turned to Logistics'
• On the buzzword watch:
• Has the slowdown in Western U.S. rail service

• Viewpoint
• The Internet: An amazing window on the world