			FEBRUARY 2007

Help Us Identify Leading Logistics Providers

Please support our efforts with this short, 3-minute survey to help us determine brand awareness of leading 3PLs. This survey is completely anonymous. Thank you for your time. Click here to participate.

2007
Logistics Planner

- Digital Edition

(158 pages • 12.74MB)

The Complete Logistics Resource is Updated for 2007!

The 2007 Logistics Planner provides detailed, descriptive profiles of 160 leading carriers, logistics solutions providers, technology companies and equipment manufacturers as well as the best sites in North America supporting trade. Business logistics leaders around the globe use the Digital Edition of the Logistics Planner in PDF format all year long to find solutions to their trade, transportation, logistics and supply chain challenges.

DECISION SUPPORT

Seeking new solutions? Get the best logistics support here:

Are you interested in upgrading and improving your logistics and supply chain skills? Contact leading universities and professional institutions for the information you need to prepare for the future.
Click here!

IL values your opinion, input, and experience. Do you have a topic to share with other readers? To discuss guest editorial opportunities, email
Amy Partridge, or call her at 212-629-1563.

Heard of a new transportation or logistics product or service that makes life easier?
Clue us in!

Missing your hard copy of Inbound Logistics?
Click here to subscribe.

POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

FREE SUBSCRIPTION

Please do not respond to this email. If you would like to unsubscribe, see the link at the bottom of the newsletter. If you are having trouble viewing this version of the newsletter...click here

Special Report: Cut Transportation Costs for 2007
Shippers face challenges such as rising fuel costs, service shortages, regulation changes, and new customer requirements. This report will help you discover five key ways transportation management systems (TMS) automate processes and reduce costs associated with getting products to their destination on time.
Download your FREE Copy at: https://www.highjumpsoftware.com/sce/InBoundLog20070209

FEATURED ARTICLES

People: The Power Behind the Supply Chain
Every logistics career has its story, and every story has a main character. The supply chain may ride on wheels, wings, and an endless stream of data, but without living, breathing human beings to make the wheels turn and the data flow, the whole system would grind to a halt.

MEET THE PEOPLE
Regardless of their age, gender, or title, the people behind the supply chain are an innovative bunch. Meet some of the many logisticians working to move the logistics field forward:

Bill O'Brien, Havi Food Services: A Bull in China's Shops
Bill O'Brien, president of Havi Food Services in China, looks for challenges on the road less traveled. If someone has already been there and done that, chances are he'll veer in the opposite direction.

Vicki O'Meara, Ryder: Law and Orders
What's a high-powered environmental attorney doing at the head of Ryder's logistics services business? Having the time of her life.

Bob Willett, Best Buy: Just a Simple Shopkeeper
To many, supply chain is about moving product. To Bob Willett, CEO of Best Buy International, supply chain is first about serving people, and second about moving product.

Jim Kellso, Intel: Master of the Unobvious
Tackling unusual projects is standard operating procedure for Jim Kellso, who holds the intriguing title of Supply Chain Master at Intel Corp.

5 Burning Questions
Complicated questions abound in the supply chain industry and some weigh more heavily on logistics professionals than others. To find answers to some recurring quandaries, Inbound Logistics put some of the industry's top experts on the hot seat and fired away.

Casebook: Freezing Transport Costs in their Tracks
Some people in the logistics segment might consider Todd Hopkins, general manager for The Martin-Brower Company, a food distributor in Manassas, Va., a bit "out there." Hopkins made a risky move by converting 100 percent of the company's inbound frozen potato products to rail transportation. The risk paid off, however, and Hopkins enjoys the last laugh.

Dimensioning Equipment from
Rice Lake Weighing Systems
Utilize space with the utmost efficiency, generate additional revenue by calculating valuable dimensional weight charges and save time, effort and money.
Click Hereto download a white paper on integrating dimensioning and cubing into your existing weight-based measurement and data collection system.

INSIGHT

Shortcuts Sound Appealing, But at What Cost?
In the 3PL business, as in life, there are no shortcuts; few result in a happy endings, says Bob Koerner, CEO, Total Logistic Control. While they are driving short-term results, many logistics professionals end up spending more money in the long run. They need to discover that subtle balance between short- and long-term thinking.

U.S. Airlines Need an Attitude Adjustment
Unlike the majority of international carriers that promote air cargo with men, money, and marketing, freight, in the immortal words of Rodney Dangerfield, gets no respect at most domestic airlines, notes Julian Keeling, president and CEO, Consolidators International Inc.

SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY

Virtual Container Yards Net Real Results
By Amy Roach Partridge
Empty containers are full of problems for U.S. shippers, carriers, and ports. Do Virtual Container Yards hold the solution?

To browse sites by category, click here.

Call for Article Sources About - SMB Logistics
Are you a small company practicing world-class logistics as good as the big boys? Or do you offer services targeted to help small companies compete? We'd like to talk to you for a special Small Business Logistics article in an upcoming issue.
Email us here: editor@inboundlogistics.com

COMING IN APRIL!
• Technology Transforms Transportation
• Top 100 Logistics IT Companies

PRIVACY INFORMATION

Inbound Logistics respects your privacy and if you wish to discontinue this newsletter please use the link at the bottom of this email for automatic deletion from our email records. Our privacy information is available for your review online:www.inboundlogistics.com/privacy.shtml