Logistics Management - August 1, 2002

Third-party logistics companies (3PLs) are getting better at what they do, if our Quest for Quality survey results are any indication. This year, five contract distribution providers earned a spot on the Readers' Choice list compared to only three for the past two years. Distinguishing themselves from the rest of the pack this year were FedEx Supply Chain Services (formerly known as FedEx Logis...

• Columns
• Bohman on Pricing
• Who's responsible for loading or unloading the freight?
• Lynch on Third-Party Logistics
• Decide where the buck stops

• Departments
• Market Watch
• Market Watch
• New Products and Services
• New Products and Services
• Up Front
• Up Front
• Viewpoint
• New demands, new tools

• Features
• Cover Story
• Ratings game
• Meeting the challenge
• Scoring points
• Best rigs in the regions
• Pedals to the medal
• Big engines that can
• Sailing away
• Soaring with the eagles
• Customs Update
• U.S. Customs charts a new course
• Railroads
• Track stars?
• Software Intelligence
• How smart is your software?

• GlobalLogistics
• International Insights
• Do you know how to make an international sale?

• News
• New contract ensures uninterrupted service for UPS customers
• Air Cargo
• Lufthansa Cargo executive expects business to rebound
• Border Lines
• Border Lines
• For the Record
• For the Record
• Legislation
• Shippers, forwarders seek to change maritime bill
• Logistics
• Study finds few companies outsource for strategic reasons
• Logistics Briefing
• People
• Services
• Motor Carriers
• Con-Way expands its time-definite services
• Railroads
• GAO report says rail shippers treated well