Getting products to market faster and cheaper on a global scale is the main goal of supply chain management. MH&L covers the latest supply chain trends and technologies companies are using to compete and win in the global marketplace.
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News Union Pacific spins off Overnite Union Pacific Corp. (www.up.com), parent company of Union Pacific Railroad, plans to divest itself of Overnite Corp. (www.overnite.com), one of the leading national less-than-truckload carriers, through...
For shippers, the new service offers cross border movements as well as warehousing and distribution throughout Mexico. On the northern side of the border, USF will leverage its Less-than-Truckload and Truckload capabilities as well as its...
Registration opened for the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection's second training session for C-TPAT members. Slated for October 27-30th, the sessions will cover the validation process, global terrorism threats, contraband smuggling trends...
What’s the hard cost of security for shippers today? Consider — a typical $1,500 laptop computer includes $150 in its price to account for theft losses, according to Tim Kennedy, senior investigator for retail giant Target Corp. (www.target.com)...
A common complaint from logistics managers is leveled at supply chain automation, and it goes something like this: How can we manage our logistics processes if we don’t know how to measure them...
Present tax incentives encouraging partnerships between U.S. continental companies and Puerto Rico will be phased out by 2005. At the Summit, the Puerto Rican government’s suggestion is to amend Section 956 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code to...
"What is urgent is filing down the rough edges in order to establish an equitable agreement," he says. "What is not allowed in a treaty is that one side complies with its provisions and the other does not." ...
LTL Rates are for 600 points within Mexico, based on current point-to-point rates. This provides prices that are easy to understand for both U.S. and Mexican carriers...
The PBB Global Logistics Inc. (www.pbb.com) of Fort Erie, and Purolator Courier Ltd. (www.purolator.ca) of Mississauga joint venture will be named Purolator Trade Solutions Ltd. A renewable 10-year agreement signed on May 29 means that overnight...
