Logistics Management - July 1, 2007

Let's get this out of the way right now: The state of logistics is good. Yet if you look at that all important number—logistics costs as a percent of GDP—you'll notice that it's just a hair under the magic 10 percent mark. In fact, in terms of dollars, logistics costs in 2006 were $130 billion higher than 2005, ringing in at $1.

• Columns
• Andel on Distribution
• The unintended consequences of a WMS upgrade
• Bohman on Pricing
• Rate bureaus seek extension for STB's antitrust decision
• Byrne on Excellence
• Mastering supply chain security
• Sage advice
• Trucking: Are you the un-indicted co-conspirator to driver turnover?
• Viewpoint
• Shippers are listening...and acting

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

• Features
• 2007 Annual Report: Air Freight
• 2007 State of Logistics Report/Air Cargo: Nowhere to go but up
• 2007 Annual Report: LTL
• 2007 State of Logistics Report/LTL: The shift is on
• 2007 Annual Report: Ocean Shipping
• 2007 State of Logistics Report/Ocean freight: All eyes on rates
• 2007 Annual Report: Railroads
• 2007 State of Logistics Report/Railroads: Shippers not smiling about service
• 2007 Annual Report: Truckload
• 2007 State of Logistics Report/Truckload: Prime time for negotiation
• Global Logistics
• Global 3PL Roundtable: For you, the world...
• Supply Chain Technology
• Warehouse Management Systems (WMS): Going beyond the warehouse walls
• Warehouse and DC
• Voices in the warehouse: Should you listen?

• News
• Pensions dominate Teamsters' talks with UPS, freight carriers
• Technology
• Improving global trade management is front and center for shippers, says new Aberdeen report
• Trucking
• Driver turnover rates increase once again, says ATA

• Special Reports
• China Logistics: The infrastructure imperative