Logistics Management - August 1, 2006

For centuries, shippers have given their business to the ocean carriers that provide the fastest, most reliable service—and do so at the right price. In 2006, LM readers have once again validated that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Even though this year’s overall weighted quality score dropped to 32.

• Columns
• Bohman on Pricing
• Take advantage of LTL weight breaks
• Byrne on Excellence
• Strategies for ensuring effective freight security
• Parting Shot
• Uncle Sam brand petroleum?
• Viewpoint
• Celebrating world-class service

• Departments
• Management Update
• Management Update
• Price Trends
• Pricing across the transportation modes

• Features
• Cover Story
• Winning Wingers
• Quest for Quality Winners: Logistics providers at the top of their game
• Front Runners
• Haul of Famers
• Zone Players
• Clutch Performers
• National Champs
• Team Players
• Global Logistics
• Eight customs trends to watch
• Special Report
• LTL's Revival
• Supply Chain Technology
• New ways to get your trucks in a row
• Transportation Trends
• Avnet's Canadian power play
• Warehouse and DC
• How to hold the line on labor costs
• Innovations in the aisles

• News
• CORRECTION
• News capsule
• A snapshot of the U.S. trucking industry 2005
• Railroads
• Railroads optimistic heading into peak shipping season
• Technology
• Report finds shippers are rethinking global supply chain operations
• Third-Party Logistics
• GM buys out Vector SCM, brings logistics back in-house