Logistics Management - June 1, 2007

Back in early 2005, it was getting a little too close for comfort for the team at CDW’s 450,000-square-foot distribution center (DC) in Vernon Hills, Ill. They had run out of bin locations, they were stocking on floors, injuries were going up, and overtime was beginning to run in the neighborhood of 20 to 30 percent because staff had to touch boxes multiple times to get shipments out the ...

• Columns
• Andel on Distribution
• Andel on Distribution: Not dead after all
• Bohman on Pricing
• STB hands down major trucking deregulation decision
• Sage Advice
• Sage Advice: Sharing the logistics landscape
• Viewpoint
• And the 2007 Best Practices in Logistics Management Awards winners are...

• Departments
• Management Update
• Management Update
• Price Trends
• Transporation Price Trends

• Features
• Cover Story
• Best Practices in Logistics Honorable Mention: Interface’s green supply chain epiphany
• Best Practices in Logistics Silver Award: Alcoa Plays matchmaker with truckloads
• Best Practices in Logistics Bronze Award: Bakers steps up the speed from its suppliers in China
• Supply Chain Technology
• Even flow: Picking the right global trade management (GTM) solution
• Transportation Trends
• Proceed with caution: Logistics Management's 2007 Mid-year Rate Outlook
• Warehouse and DC
• Schiff Nutrition tells the tale of the perfect RFID read rates

• News
• Industry News
• CEVA inks definitive agreement to acquire EGL
• Industry Organizations
• New WERC president says it’s payback time
• Transportation
• AASHTO Summit: Industry leaders rally for freight

• Special Reports
• Global 3PL Growth Taking Off
• Bridging the supply chain and logistics cultural gap
• Global Supplement
• Global 3PL Growth Taking Off
• Will 3PLs grab the global opportunity?
• Market Update
• LTL Market Update: Getting the balance right