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CytoSport Muscles Its Way Into New Markets

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A Major Temp-Controlled 3PL Embraces Route Optimization

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HD Supply Chalks Up a Decade's Worth of Experience in TMS

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Transportation Management Takes Center Stage at Saddle Creek Logistics Services

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Mode Transportation Takes Control of Its Carrier Base

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Holistic Approach Needed to Deal with Inventory's 'Multiple Personalities'

How much inventory and which items should a company hold, overall and at each stocking location (each DC, store, stockroom, salesperson's vehicle, service depot, etc.)? When to replenish and how many? To the uninitiated, these seem like relatively straightforward daily decisions. But they are anything but simple and can make the difference between a highly profitable vs. out-of-business company.

September Shipping Increase Due More to Potential Strike Than Normal Peak Season Orders

North American freight shipments rose modestly in September, a month usually associated with a peak season increase. This month's 2.2-percent increase can be attributed, however, more to contingency planning for the anticipated International Longshoreman's Association (ILA) dock workers strike than to a seasonal surge in orders. Although federal mediators stepped in at the last minute and negotiated a three-month extension to continue talks, many shippers had already scrambled to re-schedule October shipments for September. The alternative, should the strike have occurred, was to reroute goods to the West Coast, where carriers were charging strike surcharges ranging from $300 to $1,000.

Verification of Ocean Container Weights 'Crucial' to Safety

The TT Club, a mutual insurance association, urged all participants at the International Maritime Organization's session on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers to redouble their efforts to come up with a global regulation to verify the weights of containers.

PeopleNet, TMW Integrate Fleet-Management Systems

PeopleNet and TMW Systems are offering new integration features for their truck-fleet dispatch and management applications. PeopleNet is a provider of onboard computing and mobile-communications systems.

TZA Issues New Version of ProTrack Warehouse Labor-Management System

TZA has developed a new release of its cloud-based ProTrack warehouse labor-management system. TZA is a consulting and engineering company specializing in the optimization of labor performance and operations across the supply chain.

Class 8 Preliminary Net Orders Continued to Be Soft in September

North America heavy duty GVW Class 8 commercial vehicle preliminary net orders for September, as reported by ACT Research Co., remained soft. The final numbers, which will be released mid-October, will approach 15,600 units for heavy duty Class 8 trucks and 14,000 for medium duty Classes 5-7 vehicles. The preliminary net order numbers are typically accurate to within 5 percent of actual.

Logistics Companies Weathered Tepid Economic Conditions in 2011, Survey Finds

In spite of a slow economic climate, 74 percent of the North American logistics companies surveyed achieved or exceeded revenue projections in 2011. However, companies that failed to meet their financial projections were up sharply from 14 percent in 2010, to 26 percent in 2011.

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