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OH Logistics Scores a Bulls Eye for Remington Arms' Distribution

July 1, 2005

Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

With Deconsolidation, You Can Ship When the Latest Demand Trends Are Clear

July 1, 2005

Thomas Hickey

Finding Value In Mature Outsourcing Relationships

June 1, 2005

Jean V. Murphy, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Once the "low-hanging fruit" is gone, how do third-party providers and their customers find new ways to create value and strengthen their partnership? There are many ways, but only one rule: It takes two.

Top 25 Third-Party Logistics Providers: Bigger and Broader

May 1, 2005

Thomas A. Foster and Richard Armstrong

The world's largest logistics service providers expand their offerings and continue to enlarge their businesses through acquisitions, geographic expansion, and organic growth, as well as good old-fashioned price increases.

Thinking Strategically About Outsourcing: 3PLs Can Do MuchMore Than Cut Costs

March 1, 2005

Robert J. Bowman, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Logistics outsourcing started as a way to reduce overhead. But a new breed of relationships promises to help companies improve service and increase sales as well.

Vertical Solutions for Straight Up Supply Chain Performance

October 1, 2004

Thomas A. Foster

Application vendors and logistics providers are finally getting the message: Manufacturers and retailers want vertical solutions that focus tightly on their industry challenges.

Shippers Seek New Strategies for Managing Transportation Procurement

October 1, 2004

Robert J. Bowman, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

With capacity tightening, the pendulum has swung in carriers' direction. But there are still ways in which shippers can cut costs and assert control over transportation.

Important Trends in Logistics Support in Asia-Pacific Region

August 1, 2004

John Hafferty, UPS Supply Chain Solutions

Visionary's Dream of Penny-a-Minute Phone Calls in India Becomes a Reality

August 1, 2004

Jean V. Murphy, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Great vision inspires great effort, sometimes turning the improbable into life-changing reality. This is the story of one man's desire to bring reliable and inexpensive phone service to the people of India and the supply-chain effort that helped make it happen.