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 INSIGHT Risks & Rewards Embargo Violations: Ignorance is No Excuse In this time of heightened security, it can prove costly, even burdensome, for a multinational company to remain cognizant of every law or regulation that can impact its operations. TT Club Vice President C. Daniel Negron explains the necessity of meeting this challenge. 3PL Line Choosing and Using a Freight Forwarder Choosing the right freight forwarder can be vital to your business. Brad Dechter, president of DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express, DGX-Dependable Global Express, and DAX-Dependable AirCargo Express, outlines suggestions for finding the best provider for your transportation needs. 10 Tips Outsourced Logistics: Gaining Management Buy-in Steve Dean, senior vice president, supply chain solutions sales and marketing, Ryder System, Inc.; offers advice for convincing higher-ups it's time to call in a third-party logistics provider for supply chain help. ADVERTISEMENT
 IN PRACTICE Reader Profile Power Play As plant manager at Briggs & Stratton's Menomonee Falls, Wisc., distribution center, Bill Harrow is responsible for receiving, storing and shipping service parts for the lawn mowers, snow blowers, power washers, and other equipment that makes up the company's outdoor power products line. His team receives roughly 120,000 components, kits them, and packages them into about 80,000 sellable parts. DC Solutions Lifetime Achievement: Green Materials Handling Kitchen equipment and home accents manufacturer Lifetime Brands' newly upgraded 700,000-square-foot Robbinsville, N.J., distribution center stands as a model of DC energy conservation, boasting a substantial reduction in electrical power consumption while operating at 99 percent uptime reliability and handling an average volume of 425,000 cartons each month. Vote For Your Logistics Partner! Have your 3PLs achieved extraordinary results for you and your company? Have they been steadfast partners for years, through good times and tough? Have they saved you money, found efficiencies, boosted productivity, kept your supply chain flowing? Get them the recognition they deserve. Join thousands of your transport, supply chain, and business logistics peers and vote in our Annual Reader's Choice: Top 10 3PL Excellence Awards. More than 6,000 votes were cast last year by a diverse cross-section of readers who had one thing in common -- they shared their 3PL experiences with IL readers around the world. Here's your chance to be heard.  Share this link with your colleagues and rally them behind your provider: www.inboundlogistics.com/top10 ADVERTISEMENT
POSITION WANTED "Whatever it Takes" Manager Over 16 years of extensive leadership and management experience specializing in material and personnel management. Proven ability to plan, implement and sustain projects from logistics to warehouse and cross-dock operations as well as inventory control. Involved in 2 warehouse and 1 cross-dock start up operations. Contact: Tony Frost • 478-951-9690 • can_tdrive55@yahoo.com To browse sites by category, click here. What's The Difference?
If you're an LLP, are you also a 4PL? Can you run a Just-In-Time operation without being a lean one? When push comes to pull, are logistics and supply chain management interchangeable? Here's your chance to weigh in on some common perceptions and misperceptions regarding industry terminology and lexicon that we will feature in an upcoming article. Take our quick survey to make your voice heard! www.inboundlogistics.com/whatsthedifferencePRIVACY INFORMATION
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