Logistics Management - March 1, 2005

The average annual compensation for logistics professionals who participated in Logistics Management's 2004 Salary Survey was 6.6 percent higher than the previous year's average. That pay hike was just one of several indications that the job market for distribution professionals is brightening.

• 3 strategies for tech training (page 2)
• 3 strategies for tech training (page 3)
• Buy or borrow? (page 2)
• OSHA's new approach to warehousing (page 2)
• Player, coach or both? (page 2)
• Buy or borrow? (page 3)

• Chart
• Salaries by Location

• Columns
• Bohman on Pricing
• You have a choice of bills of lading for LTL shipments
• Byrne on Excellence
• Cross-border trade: Redefining high performance
• Parting Shot
• We need more shippers' voices in Washington

• Departments
• Management Update
• Management Update
• New Products
• Coil lifter eliminates manual lifting
• Easier RFID and bar code print management
• New lift truck line is built to order
• Layer picker stores more in less space
• New and improved motor carriers' atlas
• Touch-screen control for stretch wrappers
• Price Trends
• Price Trends
• Viewpoint
• Are brighter days really here?

• Features
• Global Logistics
• Buy or borrow?
• Supply Chain Technology
• 3 strategies for tech training
• Transportation Trends
• Player, coach or both?
• Warehouse and DC
• OSHA's new approach to warehousing

• News
• Highway spending bill on track for passage this year
• For the Record
• Driver Retention
• Colorado private fleet offers innovative driver-pay plan
• Hours of Service
• Bill would grant truck drivers a break
• Regulation
• DOJ probes two railroads' pricing practices