Logistics Management - February 1, 1999

Four times a year, the staff of the North American field operations of Enterprise Services, a division of computer giant Sun Microsystems Inc., meets with its third-party logistics provider (3PL) and reviews its performance against stated goals.

• Hard sell

• CARGO SECURITY
• Hands OFF!

• EXPEDITED SERVICES
• Truckers move fast to capture lucrative business

• International News
• AES Pilot Program Fills Border Information Gap

• Logistics Best Practices
• Time to learn the ABC's of logistics

• Logistics Execution Software
• A tool for all tasks

• Logistics Online
• RIP for EDI?

• Market Watch
• Recent price trends in Transportation Services
• Water
• Railroad Equipment
• Trucking
• Rail
• Conveyors
• Air

• New Products & Services
• IPL Introduces Returnable Containers
• Tariff-Retrieval Product Available on Internet
• "CUBEPAK" Container Increases Volume
• National Logistics Directories Available
• B.A.G. Introduces "PelletPack" Container
• Imtec Offers Label Printer-Applicator
• "SureDrain" Provides Complete Drainage
• American Wire Offers Reusable Wire-Mesh Containers
• Spartanburg Offers Stainless-Steel Containers
• Dry Bulk Container Features New Release Valves
• Containers and Drums
• Ropak's "Hopper Bottom" Reduces Labor, Costs

• New Technology
• Shipment-Tracking Software Suite
• Upgrade for Hazmat Software
• Identec Announces New RFID Technologies
• WMS Solution for Windows NT
• Label Applicator Marries Fox, Monarch Technologies
• Software
• Desktop Vehicle-Routing Software

• News & Analysis
• Railroads set Conrail split date
• Winners Circle
• A roundup of North American news:
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• AIR EXPRESS
• ALPA, DHL sign five-year accord
• Augello on Law & Regulation
• It's time for a "war on waste"
• Bohman on pricing
• UPS shows restraint in its 1999 GRIs
• Copacino on Strategy
• eSupplyChain.com
• INTERNATIONAL
• DOT report: U.S. not ready for Mexican trucks
• Logistics Briefing
• Services
• People
• Services
• Services
• People
• Services
• People
• People
• People
• Services
• People
• People
• Services
• Services
• Meetings
• Conferences focus on South America
• News Capsule
• Keeping pace
• PEOPLE
• Cutrona steps down at NASSTRAC
• Quinn on Supply Chain Management
• Cooperation and Collaboration: The keys to supply chain success
• RAILROADS
• Rail carriers begin offering performance reports
• REGULATION
• Coalition lambastes UP ruling
• SMALL PACKAGES
• Postal Service to unveil delivery confirmation
• TRANSIT TIMES
• Truckload on-time performance remains below par
• The Web
• Logistics Online

• Parting Shot
• Global supply chains require global understanding

• Regulations
• No heavy lifting!

• Small-Package Update
• Big battle for small packages

• Technology News
• Two Software-Consulting Alliances Set
• Defense Agency Adopts Online Mileage Standard
• French ERP Vendor Buys Transcomm

• Technology in Action
• Software takes "babel" out of Vendor-Managed Inventory

• Up Front
• An executive summary of industry news
• Cahners Business Information, the publisher of Logistics Management & Distribution Report
• You may have the chance to participate
• When the Western Traffic Conference dissolved in December
• Lift-truck training rules have gotten a facelift
• Is the selection of one "megaport" a solution for ocean carriers
• How does the Port of Montreal remind shippers and carriers
• The National Private Truck Council has adopted a plan
• Supply chain management is war
• Remember the old work song "Sixteen Tons?"
• If you get an itch for the good old days
• Should you invest in third-party logistics

• Viewpoint
• Heading off the bad guys