Logistics Management - August 1, 2001

Contract distribution has witnessed steady growth in the past few years as more and more shippers have turned over their logistics activities to trusted outsiders. Shippers today use third-party logistics companies (3PLs) for warehousing management, transportation management, shipment consolidation, and even final product assembly.

• Columns
• Augello on Law and Regulation
• Prove it!
• Bohman on Pricing
• CzarLite and MARS: Two LTL pricing alternatives

• Departments
• Market Watch
• Market Watch
• New Products and Services
• New Products and Services
• Software
• Parting Shot
• Let's end age discrimination in trucking
• Up Front
• Up Front
• ViewPoint
• Vision and reality

• Features
• Cover Story
• Pulling their weight
• Flying high
• Going for the gold
• Making the grade
• Full speed ahead
• Back on track
• Adding value
• Great expectations
• Global Logistics
• Asian ports fight to keep ahead of the game
• Logistics Metrics
• You are here
• Logistics Technology
• New bar-code symbology undergoes testing
• News Capsule
• News Capsule
• Rail and Intermodal Report
• Price vs. Service

• News
• Air Freight
• New consortium targets smaller air shippers
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• International Trade
• Report: Anti-dumping rules hurt U.S. exports
• Law
• Supply chain collaboration requires antitrust safeguards
• Logistics Briefing
• Services
• People
• Logistics Costs
• Diesel prices continue to fall
• Maritime
• Transport investments highlight Panama's importance
• Mergers
• Kuehne & Nagel completes USCO acquisition
• Motor Carriers
• ABF adds to Web services
• NAFTA
• Mexican truck access debate takes center stage
• Regulation
• Rule change eases exports to China
• Software
• Fulfillment specialist goes virtual
• The Internet
• Two online TMS providers merge
• Transportation
• Canada transport law under review
• Washington
• Trucking veteran to head safety agency
• Winners Circle
• Winners Circle