Logistics Management - July 1, 2006

Pressure on logistics costs has been building for awhile, and the results are evident: After declining for most of the last seven years, logistics costs as a percentage of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) are pushing upward.

• Columns
• Bohman on Pricing
• Want to avoid surprises? Know the rules
• Byrne on Excellence
• Supply Chain Mastery: One Key to Success in China
• Parting Shot
• At last, on-demand software for the small shipper
• Viewpoint
• The pressure is rising

• Departments
• Management Update
• Management Update
• Price Trends
• Pricing Across the Transportation Modes

• Features
• 2006 Annual Report: Air Freight
• Air cargo demand still soaring
• 2006 Annual Report: LTL
• Surcharges save the day
• 2006 Annual Report: Ocean Shipping
• More ships–but fewer carriers
• 2006 Annual Report: Railroads
• Numbers don't tell the whole story
• 2006 Annual Report: Truckload
• Power to the shippers?
• Global Logistics
• TESSCO takes control
• Transportation Trends
• Don't go down with the ship!
• Warehouse and DC
• Tales from the WMS Side

• News
• Higher fuel surcharges loom as peak season approaches
• Logistics Briefing
• New Services
• Ocean Shipping
• Port congestion unlikely to hamper shipments this fall
• Parcel and Express
• Proposed USPS rate increases may influence express carriers' pricing
• Technology
• SCM technology market to grow nearly 9 percent