Logistics Management - March 1, 1999

By all accounts, 1998 was the year the intermodal industry got back on track, rectifying the service-related problems experienced in 1997 and restoring a significant measure of customer confidence.

• Business Issues
• Web Commerce: Not ready for prime time

• European Operations
• Pan-European Logistics: Fact or Fiction?

• International Insights
• Yes, we have no bananas ...

• International News
• Deutsche Post Enters Logistics Field With Danzas Purchase
• Conference Examines Outsourcing's Role in Global Logistics

• Market Watch
• Air
• Water
• Fuel
• Rail
• Aircraft
• Recent Price Trends in Transportation Services
• Trucking

• New Products & Services
• Medium-Duty Trucks
• Ford Completes Super-Duty F-Series With the F-650 and F-750
• ROPAK Introduces Reusable Dunnage Container
• Updated Logistics Trends Available
• Count/Weigh Indicator Sets New Standards
• Ladder Uses 50 Percent Less Aisle Space
• "Universal-Lift" Now Handles Bulk Bags
• Freightliner Offers "Business Class" Trucks
• Isuzu's N-Series Designed for Durability
• Wooden Crates Ideal for Global Shipping
• Peterbilt Truck Minimizes Costs
• Nissan's UD Trucks Built for Comfort
• GMC/Chevrolet Introduces Truck to "W" Series
• Mitsubishi Fuso's Class 3 to 7 Trucks Emphasize Safety
• Class 7 Truck Ideal for Short-Haul Applications
• Materials-Handling Products Brochure Available
• "Pallet Puller" Ideal for Companies Without a Dock

• News & Analysis
• DOING BUSINESS
• Border Lines
• Battle brews over OSHA ergonomics standard
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• AVIATION
• FAA reauthorization bill focuses on safety, infrastructure
• Augello on Law & Regulation
• Decentralization of transportation functions: "Déjà vu"
• Bohman on pricing
• An easy way to find out about service charges
• CONTRACTS
• Shipping LTL? Get it in writing
• Currie on HazMat
• Defining the "T" in DOT
• FUEL PRICES
• Diesel costs likely to rise
• LTL CARRIERS
• A "new dawn" for Pitt Ohio
• Logistics Briefing
• People
• People
• People
• Services
• People
• People
• Services
• Services
• Services
• Services
• People
• Services
• People
• News Capsule
• Productivity gains
• REAL ESTATE
• Site developers merge, form $6.4 billion giant
• REGULATIONS
• OSHA hands down lift-truck driver training rules
• RESEARCH
• The Quest for Quality continues
• STRATEGY
• Future competition: Supply chain vs. supply chain
• THIRD PARTIES
• Survey finds bottom line drives outsourcing
• TRANSIT TIMES
• LTL on-time rates inch up
• The Web
• Logistics Online

• PROFILES IN EXCELLENCE
• Share and share alike

• Parting Shot
• Follow the money

• Private Fleets
• A new philosophy

• Supply Chain Technology
• Tool Time

• Technology News
• Automakers' Supply Chain Web Site Gains Support
• Mobile Communications Coming to Moscow
• Software Companies Announce Alliances

• Up Front
• An executive summary of industry news
• To meet consumer demand into the 21st century
• Pallet and container users can achieve
• The Council of Logistics Management recently released the 1999 version
• RPS Inc. has announced an aggressive $500 million plan
• What can supply chain management do for you?
• An independent survey by Fortune magazine
• Of the 30.9 million retreaded tires sold in the United States and Canada in 1998
• If you can't get to the university
• Electronic commerce may eliminate as much as $31 billion a year
• Of the 30.9 million retreaded tires sold in the United States and Canada in 1998
• With requirements for filing ocean carrier tariffs coming to an end on May 1
• Electronic commerce may eliminate as much as $31 billion a year

• Viewpoint
• A welcome focus on trade