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Value-Chain Report -- Logistics Outsourcing: An Option Worth Considering: Forward-thinking companies take a closer look at third-party logistics providers to increase shareholder value. One of the most significant trends that continue to gain the attention of forward-thinking firms is the option to outsource logistics activities. Logistics providers (3PL) noted that there is an increased interest in using 3PL services,...; Tags: Warehousing, Logistics, Logistics Activity, Supply Chain, Transportation, Outsourcing, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2002-03-11

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Mr. Toad's Wild Ride: Logistics Outsourcing Start-Ups Are High-Stakes Projects Where Managing Change is a Fine Art: When companies decide to outsource any logistics activity -- such as running a warehouse, taking over a private fleet, or even directing an entire supply chain -- to a third-party logistics firm (3PL) they want it to finish quickly. The pressure to succeed in these logistics-outsourcing projects is intense, and...; Tags: Logistics, Penton Media Inc., Supply Chain, Business Operations; White papers 1999-10-18
Army to stand up new Logistics Support Activity next month: An new Army Logistics Support Activity LOGSA will be established at Redstone Army Arsenal, Ala., in March, the Pentagon reported yesterday. The new activity--a separate reporting activity of the U.S. Army Materiel Command--will result from the merging of the service's Catalog Data Activity, New Cumberland, Pa.; Materiel Readiness Support...; Tags: Army, Redstone Plc.; Research articles 1993-02-25
Activity Based Costing Best Practices: Applications of activity-based costing ABC have significantly increased in logistics due to its ability to provide greater insight into the costs of performing specific logistics services and their impact on supply chain performance and costs. The applications of activity-based costing differ in their focus and in complexity. The relatively recent...; Tags: Logistics, Activity Based Costing, Supply Chain, Managerial Accounting, Financial Management, Business Operations, Finance, Financial Planning; White papers 2003-01-01
Time to learn the ABC's of logistics.: After almost a decade of slow growth, activity-based costing ABC is finally gaining acceptance as a tool for determining the true costs of logistics activities. Results of a survey conducted by Ohio State University show that the driving force behi After almost a decade of slow...; Tags: ABC Inc., Activity Based Costing, logistics; Research articles 1999-02-28

It's time to rethink your logistics costing.: 00-00-0000 Activity-based costing is reshaping companies' logistics operations and saving millions of dollars in the process. "Traditional cost accounting systems," says Major Terrance Pohlen, assistant professor of logistics management, Air Force Institute of Technology, "frequently fail to provide cost information in the form...; Tags: ABC Inc., FINANCE, logistics, MARKETING, Pricing, team; Research articles 1995-07-01
Defense Department Activity Automates Customer Service with Virtual Representative from NativeMinds: Business Editors/High Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--April 9, 2001 Defense Logistics Information Service DLIS Implements Virtual Rep to Reduce Call Center Inquiries and Provide Superior 24x7 Customer Service for Its Federal Catalog Systems NativeMinds, Inc., a leading provider of natural language customer service solutions for...; Tags: call-center, logistics, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Defense; Research articles 2001-04-09
Logistics Bulletin: Friday 04th November.: M2 PRESSWIRE-7 November 2005-Analytiqa: Logistics Bulletin: Friday 04th NovemberC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10112020 This week s Logistics Bulletin reports on contract wins, M&A activity, distribution centre developments and supply chain technology advances from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas....; Tags: Exel, Geodis; Research articles 2005-11-07
Trends in Third Party Logistics: Rapidly advancing technological capabilities have helped companies manage the increasing complexity of global supply chains. Logistic Solution Providers (LSP's) have stepped in with a variety of services and strategies to help companies improve delivery services to their customers. It's a growing, dynamic market, but the wide range of providers from...; Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., 3PL, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business Operations; White papers 1999-04-15
Design For Logistics In Set-Based Concurrent Engineering Environment: Design For Logistics DFL and Set-Based Concurrent Engineering SBCE are two conventionally separated methodologies for product design. The former intends to design products by taking into consideration the logistics system that the product needs to fit in, whereas the latter explores a set of design alternatives to converge on a...; Tags: Environment, Logistics, Decision Support, Supply Chain, Data Mining, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2005-05-01
Analytiqa: Logistics Bulletin: Friday 3rd June.: M2 PRESSWIRE-6 June 2005-Analytiqa: Analytiqa: Logistics Bulletin: Friday 3rd JuneC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03062005 This week's Bulletin reports on logistics developments across the globe, including contract wins, distribution centre developments and yet more M&A activity. Among contract news announced this week,...; Tags: logistics, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Renault; Research articles 2005-06-06
DAU South Region and U.S. Army Logistics Support Activity sign memorandum of Agreement: The Defense Acquisition University South Region signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Army Logistics Support Activity LOGSA on Sept. 28, 2006, for the development of a Systems Engineering Plan Process Performance and Learning Tool, curriculum development support, and related efforts to support the acquisition workforce community. DAU will...; Tags: acquisition, agreement, FINANCE, Investment, job, U.S. Army; Research articles 2007-01-01
Logistics Bulletin: Friday 16th June.: M2 PRESSWIRE-19 June 2006-Analytiqa: Logistics Bulletin: Friday 16th JuneC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19062020 This week s Logistics Bulletin reports on news from the road transport sector, distribution centre developments, logistics contracts and M&A activity. Road transport developments include the news that...; Tags: Wincanton Plc.; Research articles 2006-06-19
Logistics Bulletin: Friday 06th October.: M2 PRESSWIRE-9 October 2006-Analytiqa: Logistics Bulletin: Friday 06th OctoberC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09102020 This week's Logistics Bulletin reports on M&A activity in Europe, the US and Asia. In the UK, Wincanton has strengthened its home delivery service offering with the acquisition...; Tags: Wincanton Plc.; Research articles 2006-10-09
GSC Logistics expands crossdock operation. (Logistics).(Brief Article): GSC Logistics, a Hayward, CA-based third-party logistics provider, has expanded its crossdock facility because of a sharp increase in consolidation. Since the beginning of the year, the company reports it has already realized a 30% rise in crossdock consolidation over 2001. ...; Tags: GSC Logistics Inc.; Research articles 2002-06-01
The Role of the Logistics Leader in Driving Supply Chain: The purpose of this white paper is to discuss the unique characteristics of Logistics Leaders and the role they play in purchasing freight transportation. There are an infinite number of ways to describe a leader and for good reason, but there is essentially one reasonably universal definition of a leader,...; Tags: Leader, Logistics, ShipperCommunity, Supply Chain, Leadership, Business Operations, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Issues Coverage of EGL Eagle Global Logistics.: M2 PRESSWIRE-25 October 2006-www.MarketGainer.com: Issues Coverage of EGL Eagle Global LogisticsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25102006 Market Gainer is quickly emerging as the one stop shop for international small-cap investors looking to stay a step ahead of the markets. Today's activity on...; Tags: Company, FINANCE, investor, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., security, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2006-10-25
Chemical briefs.(UNIVAR and Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. in deal)(Westlake Chemical Corp. to acquire Eastman Chemical Co.'s polyethylene unit)(ExxonMobil Chemical Co. to supply butyl polymers to West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.)(Brief article: By Staff Chemical distributor Univar has outsourced its inbound bulk logistics processes to Odyssey Logistics and Technology Corp. Univar created a cross-functional inbound transportation team to review internal and external options. Odyssey will deploy its transportation management technology to allow Univar...; Tags: Eastman Chemical Co., Exxon Mobil Corp., Univar N.V., West Pharmaceutical Services Inc., Westlake Chemical Corp.; Research articles 2006-11-02
Logistics Bulletin: Friday 29th September.: M2 PRESSWIRE-2 October 2006-Analytiqa: Logistics Bulletin: Friday 29th SeptemberC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02102020 This week's Logistics Bulletin reports on contract wins, M&A activity, distribution centre developments and management restructuring at DPWN. Contract wins include high profile business for Wincanton with...; Tags: Somerfield Plc., Wincanton Plc.; Research articles 2006-10-02
Logistics Bulletin: Friday 17th November.: M2 PRESSWIRE-20 November 2006-Analytiqa: Logistics Bulletin: Friday 17th NovemberC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17112020 This week's Logistics Bulletin reports on M&A activity from across the globe, with the news that Geodis has acquired TNT's Freight Management business. The transaction has an enterprise...; Tags: Geodis; Research articles 2006-11-20