Logistics Management - October 1, 2004

Partnerships. For years, shippers and carriers have talked about forming "true partnerships" as a way to cut logistics costs and increase efficiencies. All too often, though, both parties find that those relationships are constructed on little more than lip service and sales spin. Logistics managers at Best Buy Co.

• Columns
• Bohman on Pricing
• Take advantage of multiple density-based ratings
• Byrne on Excellence
• Continue making investments in supply chain technology
• Parting Shot
• "Big Brother" threatens drivers and management alike

• Departments
• Management Update
• Management Update
• New Products
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• Services
• Price Trends
• Price Trends
• Viewpoint
• Education at your fingertips

• Features
• Supply Chain Technology
• Global shift
• Transportation Spotlight
• Going to extremes
• Avoiding the liability trap
• Warehouse and DC
• I can hear you now
• Walgreens beats the summer heat

• News
• FMCSA proposes onboard recorders for trucks—again
• Awards
• NASSTRAC honors four LTL carriers
• Maritime
• Senate bill would penalize imports delayed on docks
• Technology
• Technology advocate says RFID boom is still years away
• The Economy
• Truck tonnage slips for the second time