Logistics Management - January 1, 2005

Ask shippers what they think about freight rates these days, and they're likely to say they feel as if they're being sucked into a vortex of higher prices, with no way to escape. A confluence of events—labor shortages, regulatory costs, record-high fuel prices, and rising demand that's outstripping capacity—have all come together to create a rate maelstrom in 2005.

• Dual perspectives (page 3)
• Rate Outlook: The Money Pit (page 2)
• Tight Squeeze (page 3)
• Rate Outlook: The Money Pit (page 3)
• Tight Squeeze (page 2)
• Bullseye! Tools to help you target the right site (page 3)
• What's driving the need for TMS? (page 2)
• Dual perspectives (page 2)
• What's driving the need for TMS? (page 3)
• Bullseye! Tools to help you target the right site (page 2)

• Columns
• Bohman on Pricing
• UPS rate hikes may be higher than you thought
• Byrne on Excellence
• Global sourcing: Opportunities and approaches for the 21st century
• Parting Shot
• Little-known lawsuit could rock international shipping

• Departments
• Management Update
• Management Update
• New Products
• Ink-jet printer delivers high-resolution coding
• Collapsible containers designed for flexibility
• New padlocks improve warehouse security
• Color label printer offers 4800 dpi
• Attachment handles four drums at a time
• New services
• WMS for small and mid-sized companies
• Conveyor controls flow automatically
• Price Trends
• Price Trends
• Viewpoint
• When the going gets tough…

• Features
• Global Logistics
• Dual perspectives
• Supply Chain Technology
• What's driving the need for TMS?
• Transportation Trends
• Tight Squeeze
• Warehouse and DC
• Bullseye! Tools to help you target the right site

• News
• Readers forecast more rate hikes ahead
• Answers to "Test Your Logistics IQ" Quiz
• Hazardous Materials
• DOT calls for covert checks on hazmat air shipments
• Ocean Shipping
• Consolidators win right to sign contracts with shippers
• Research
• Actions to control transportation costs
• Technology
• Oracle-PeopleSoft deal barely ruffles supply chain market
• Truckload
• Will carriers follow Schneider's lead on driver wages?