Logistics Management - January 1, 2007

Pricing power wielded by carriers with ruthless command in 2005 and 2006 is likely to shift in shippers' favor in 2007. One sign of better days to come: Truckload shippers are already hearing more humility in their carriers' voices as capacity loosens up. After experiencing difficulties getting capacity and paying premium prices in 2005 and 2006, shippers started report...

• Columns
• Bohman on Pricing
• Package rate increases may be higher than you think
• Byrne on Excellence
• Unleashing supply chain value in mergers and acquisitions
• Sage Advice
• Truckload Shippers: You’re not entitled to anything!
• Viewpoint
• What's behind the door?

• Departments
• Management Update
• Management Update
• New Products and Services
• New lift truck line is environmentally friendly
• Software uses real-time data to calculate fuel tax
• Truck-restraint system for loading docks
• Price Trends
• Logistics Price Trends

• Features
• Global Logistics
• Forward thinking on freight forwarding
• Supply Chain Technology
• Going Wireless: Cutting the fleet-management cord
• Transportation Trends
• Should you turn back to dedicated trucking service?
• Warehouse and DC
• Warehouse Management: How to be a lean, mean cross-docking machine

• News
• Obituary
• Trucking industry pioneer J.B. Hunt dies at 79
• Postal Reform
• New postal legislation may level the parcel playing field
• Regulations
• HOS ruling slated to come down in March

• Special Reports
• China's Logistics Landscape
• A Roadmap to China's Logistics Landscape