Logistics Management

The battle for the customer in retail: high volume, high expectations, high pressure, reduced consumer spending. In today's economic climate, execution excellence is not an option, it is required.  more >>

Feeling challenged by the course ahead? Our panel of four leading analysts suggests that some strategic technology investment—coupled with the optimization of what you already have—should help shippers steer into less daunting waters.  more >>

The Logistics Management & Supply Chain Management Review Virtual Conference & Expo (April 30, 2009 - 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST) will have the following 5 Educational Auditorium On-Demand Webcasts for you to attend at anytime during the show:  more >>

A generation or two ago, private fleets were just that—private. But today, America’s best run private fleets are competing with contract carriers for backhauls and other loads in order to help freight balance and improve load optimization.  more >>

Swimming Against the Tide Logistics professionals are making progress on salary growth despite being battered by consistent waves of bad economic news.  more >>

Organizations are facing unprecedented pressures and increased risk within their supply chains. Globalization of markets, rapidly changing consumer preferences, shortened product life cycles and increased complexity are forcing companies to transform their supply chains to compete in today’s world. Technology helps, but the right strategy, application of best practices, reliable execution and talented leadership are also key to successful transformation.  more >>

Low-Risk, High-Reward Actions to Achieve Significant Annual Freight Bill Savings   more >>

Even in this time of economic uncertainty, Third Party Logistics is still experiencing a period of growth. With more and more companies looking to reduce their own costs, they are turning to 3PLs for numerous types of services. Despite the need, many 3PLs find themselves without the WMS capabilities required to support growth in volumes, or the ability to quickly respond and adapt to new service requests or business opportunities, while providing a low cost of ownership model at the same time.  more >>

Learn how key supply chain planning activities like S&OP, demand management, and network optimization can help your company survive-and even prosper-in tough economic times.  more >>

Global supply chain visibility tops many IT wish lists. Despite the need, few companies actually have the ability to quickly locate the status of shipments, inventory and related information across their global supply chain. One of the primary hurdles is the inter-company nature of global trade. Traditional software is not well suited to extend into global partner communities to capture and translate the required status information. So leaders are now moving to the Web to solve this challenge.  more >>