Logistics Management - June 1, 2002

With the advent of trucking deregulation two decades ago, most large corporations began to transform the way they did business with their motor carriers. Emerson, a $15.5 billion industrial giant, was no exception. Then called Emerson Electric Co., the corporation moved quickly to take advantage of the new freedoms allowed under deregulation.

• Columns
• Bohman on Pricing
• Stowability and handling come under scrutiny
• Currie on Hazmat
• DOT seeks to tighten hazmat rules

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• Recent Price Trends
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• European Update
• Logisticians without borders
• Industry Awards
• Shippers group names Carriers of the Year
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• Supply Chain Management
• The Seven deadly sins of reverse logistics

• GlobalLogistics
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• Regulation
• DOT sets tougher motor carrier entry standards
• Security
• ATA seeks to conduct background checks on all drivers