Logistics Management - November 1, 1998

When a number of less-than-truckload carriers recently announced general freight-rate increases of 5.0 to 6.0 percent, shippers appeared understanding, and analysts nodded in approval.

• Air Cargo
• Carriers serve up new menu choices

• FREIGHT GATEWAYS
• One location, many options

• Industry Survey
• Third party logistics grows up

• International Insights
• How much do I get, and when do I get it?

• International News
• Panama Canal prepares for the next century
• International News Notes
• OOCL develops Internet B/L
• Countdown to the Euro: Will it affect logistics?
• Partners develop new airfreight containers
• U.S. ports had some ups, some downs in 105th Congress

• International Trade
• Can customs handle the import boom

• LOGISTICS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
• Candid Cameron

• Logistics Online
• Keep it standard!

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

• New Products & Services
• Riding the Rail
• Riding the Rails
• Riding the Rails
• Riding the Rails
• Riding the rails
• Riding the Rails
• Riding the Rail

• News & Analysis
• Ocean shipping's brave new world
• For the record
• Winners Circle
• Border Lines
• Council elects officers
• Border Lines
• AWARDS
• Copacino wins major CLM award
• Augello on Law & Regulation
• A golden opportunity for shippers
• Bohman on Pricing
• It's time to review carriers' minimum-charge floors
• Copacino on Strategy
• Get the complete supply chain picture
• Currie on HazMat
• Latest amendments for transporting dangerous goods
• DISTRIBUTION
• Hewlett-Packard launches new global strategy
• Logistics Briefing
• People
• People
• People
• Services
• People
• Services
• Services
• People
• Services
• Services
• People
• People
• News Capsule
• Slowdown?
• Ocean Shipping
• FMC investigates allegations of unfair practices in trans-Pacific
• RAILROADS
• Service improves on the UP
• SYSTEMS
• ERP realignment coming?
• THIRD PARTIES
• New Con-Way business targets smaller companies
• TRANSIT TIMES
• LTL on-time rates fall again

• OUTSOURCING CASEBOOK
• Growing pains

• Parting Shot
• Don't be too quick to apply the "buzzword" label

• Supply Chain Management
• Panning for gold

• Technology News
• Three Software Companies Succumb to Merger Mania
• MK Plans to Market Software Over the Web
• SAP Buys Stake in Israeli Software Company

• Up Front
• An executive summary of industry news
• The National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade offers two books
• In case it's bugging you
• Rubbermaid Inc. says it already is achieving substantial savings
• Warehousing is not dead
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently filed suit against Amazon.com and its affiliates
• Speaking of Wal-Mart and logistics
• Forty-seven percent of mid-sized manufacturers say they will build new facilities
• Visit our Web site (www.logisticsmgmt.com) for breaking news, archives of past issues, and more
• Users of third-party logistics services
• The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards (VICS) association has published
• Market share is dead

• Viewpoint
• Congestion through Ohio