Logistics Management - April 1, 2004

When Hercules Inc. ran into financial difficulties back in 2001, the Wilmington, Del.-based manufacturer of specialty chemicals decided to take a hard look at all of its operations and reengineer the way it did business. As part of that cost-cutting process, the company handed off the management of its domestic carriers to Odyssey Logistics and Technology, a third-party logistics company (3PL).

• Columns
• Bohman on Pricing
• HOS rules already raising truckload charges
• Byrne on Excellence
• Outsourcing and supply chain management: A natural marriage
• Parting Shot
• Give DOT a new mission

• Departments
• Management Update
• Management Update
• New Products and Services
• New Products
• Price Trends
• Price Trends
• Viewpoint
• HOS dust has yet to settle

• Features
• Global Logistics
• Airfreight packaging: Don't take it lightly!
• Supply Chain Technology
• Logistics exchanges grow up
• Transportation Spotlight
• Need IT? Call your 3PL
• Warehouse and DC
• TorPharm rises to the occasion
• What's more "palletable" — renting or owning?

• News
• Spring arrives with higher diesel prices and costs for shippers
• Book Review
• On board the Colombo Bay
• Logistics Briefing
• News & Analysis
• Security
• Action urged to combat freight theft
• Technology
• Higher costs will drive up RFID market revenues
• Washington
• Trade groups press Congress for hours-of-service changes