Logistics Management - September 1, 1999

- The small-package giant faces a big tax bite. The U.S. Tax Court has ruled that United Parcel Service is liable for taxes, penalties, and interest on revenues from Overseas Partners Ltd. for the 1983 and 1984 tax years.

• 21st century logistics
• Simulate before you act

• Global Logistics
• ASIA
• Asia's economic rebound signals change in logistics strategies
• International Insights
• Trade facilitation finally gets its due
• International News
• UPS Publishes Simplified Inbound Rates
• International News Notes
• 'Going Global' Offers Both Pitfalls and Rewards
• Hamburg Süd buys Crowley's South American business
• Seminars Offered on New Incoterms
• SmarteCommerce Software Suite Automates International Trade

• Human Resources
• Wanted: Logistics sharpshooters
• How to hold onto your sharpshooters

• LogisticsTech
• Technology News
• Adapter to Link Windows CE and Bar-Code Printers
• Three More Alliances Announced
• Kewill Systems Buys Out Aristo

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

• New Products & Services
• IBC Container Built for Hazardous and Nonhazardous Liquids
• Accu-Sort Offers Lightweight, High-Speed Bar-Code Reader
• Post Protectors Guard Against Accidents
• Tracking and Messaging Solution Enhances Productivity
• Semi-Trailer Ideal for Long and Oversized Loads
• Low-Level Drum Dumpers Raise and Lower Drums Hydraulically
• Caterpillar Offers Guide to Lift-Truck Line
• WMS Software Offers Alternative to Radio-Frequency System
• Electronic Impact Recorder Ideal for Monitoring Transport Conditions
• Training Program Geared Toward Driver Safety
• Pallet
• AC Buckhorn Offers Light-Duty Pallets
• Pallets
• Twin-Sheet Pallets Designed for Heavy-Duty Applications
• New Plastic Pallet Features Anti-Skid Surface
• Cookson Expands Finished-Goods Pallet Line
• Sol Plastics Introduces Half-Pallet
• PACTS Offers Pallet-Tracking Software
• Pallet Designed for Durability

• News & Analysis
• Report: DOT should promote more airline competition
• Contract confidentiality not guaranteed
• ACQUISITIONS
• MSAS, FedEx expand their reach
• ASSOCIATIONS
• NASSTRAC chooses new executive director
• Augello on Law & Regulation
• Watch those dates!
• BORDER LINES
• A roundup of North American news:
• Bohman on Pricing
• Carriers, rate bureaus announce GRIs
• Copacino on Strategy
• Annual plans can---and should---change
• Currie on HazMat
• Stopping dangerous imports from the start
• LEGISLATION
• Congress to consider new truck agency this fall
• Logistics Briefing
• Northern Air Cargo
• CSX Transportation Inc.
• SurfAir
• TIP Intermodal Services
• ALK Associates
• Cathy Langham
• Menlo Logistics
• DATEBOOK
• Hub Group Inc.
• Saia Motor Freight Line Inc.
• Portland International Airport
• KPMG LLP
• MARITIME
• Ports applaud funding of navigation projects
• MOTOR CARRIERS
• LTL fallout continues as Preston shuts down
• OUTSOURCING
• Wal-Mart to use third party for e-commerce
• TECHNOLOGY
• Supply chain software market tops $2 billion
• TRANSPORTATION
• New owners snap up two couriers
• TRANSPORTATION COSTS
• Fuel surcharges return

• Parting Shot
• No need for motor carrier meddling

• Profiles in Excellence
• Automate or else: An offer Swankcouldn't refuse

• Relief logistics
• In times of crisis, logistics is on the job

• Transportation spotlight
• Expedited explodes

• Up Front
• An executive summary of industry news
• Measuring logistics performance can provide a competitive advantage
• In the Netherlands, logistics may go underground.
• What's in a name?
• Shipper groups from around the globe
• Employee turnover is a growing problem for U.S. businesses
• It's the ice that's titanic.
• The federal Department of Transportation scored relatively well
• More than 24,000 firms operating private fleets
• Is shoe leather an operating cost?
• Carriers that fail federal safety inspections could find themselves off the road
• The logistics of Internet commerce

• Viewpoint
• School days never end