Traffic World articles from January 2005

Traffic World archives from January 2005

Insecure logistics.(Editorial)(National Cargo Security Strategy White Paper)
January 3, 2005... The Department of Homeland Security hit the nail on the head the other day when it described the security challenges facing the country and it was the last place we expected to see the real concerns over cargo security presented so...

Yellow Transportation.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Yellow Transportation will launch its overnight service next month across ports of the central United States, following union approval of the company's change in operations. "Operationally, we're well into the planning phase," James L....

Fuel surcharges.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Fuel surcharges are in a steady descent in air cargo shipping. In rapid succession, airlines such as Cargolux, Lufthansa, and British Airways said they would start 2005 by rolling back charges to cover jet fuel costs from 10 to 15 percent. ...

Storing truck growth.(This Week)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Trucking, delivery and warehousing grew 2.8 percent to make up a $242 billion industry in the United States, and that was before an economic recovery kicked in. The U.S. Census Bureau's measurement of 2003 trucking activity showed the...

Big-buyer compliance will drive changes in supply chains in 2005.(This week)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Can a warehouse move and, if so, is it stackable? Technology giant Unisys says it may as well be as logistics specialists manage their goods in an increasingly virtual world. The company says the infrastructure and standards needed to drive...

Driving up pay, costs: truckload carriers start raising the bar on driver pay, shippers expected to bear higher costs in 2005.
January 3, 2005... That "ka-ching" shippers just heard echoing across the Midwest from is the sound of rates going up as the truckload industry struggles to find and keep drivers with an ever-shrinking pool of applicants. Schneider National launched the...

More security regs coming: industry wary as DHS officials outline cargo security plan with mandatory provisions.(Government & Regulation)(United States. Department of Homeland Security)
January 3, 2005... Representatives of the freight transportation industry are taking a wary look at government plans for cargo security that includes the specter of making C-TPAT, FAST and other voluntary programs mandatory. Department of Homeland Security...

Cut the security tape ... Or in the case of Congress and DHS cut the number of units looking over its shoulder.(Government & Regulation; Department of Homeland Security)
January 3, 2005... A group that includes FedEx CEO Frederick W. Smith recommends streamlining the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security. The task force, convened by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Business Executives for...

FRA says no to UP.(Government & Regulation)(United States. Federal Railroad Administration)(Union Pacific Railroad Co)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... FRA Says No to UP The Federal Railroad Administration dealt the Union Pacific Railroad a setback by rejecting the railroad's request to conduct some train safety inspections in Mexico. The UP wanted a waiver from U.S. safety inspections if...

Cargo-only treaties mulled: air cargo pact with European Union may be way to break impasse in aviation treaty talks.(Government & Regulation)
January 3, 2005... The Department of Transportation's top policy official says the United States may look for a cargo-only air service agreement with the European Union if a broader aviation treaty remains elusive. DOT Undersecretary for Policy Jeffery Shane...

NCSC goes global.(National Cargo Security Council changes name to International Cargo Security Council)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... With government security officials saying they want to "push out the borders" of cargo screening, the National Cargo Security Council itself is moving beyond United States borders. The Annapolis, Md.-based council says it is changing its...

Exel enters 'third phase': after absorbing Tibbett & Britten, world's largest 3PL plans period of 'organic growth'.(Logistics & Technology; Exel PLC)
January 3, 2005... Having swallowed Tibbett & Britten whole in a $600 million bite last summer, U.K.-based logistics giant Exel is pushing back from the table to digest. "We believe we've assembled the bulk of the building blocks we need for the company and...

Secret to success: logistics: Duckwall-ALCO discount chain credits profits to control of freight expenses, fuel costs.(Logistics & Technology)(Duckwall-Alco Stores Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... You don't have to travel far to find a shipper complaining that fuel costs and freight expenses are cramping its bottom line. That's why Duckwall-ALCO Stores' third quarter operating results are news. "Gross operating margin increased...

Schenker trains Chinese logisticians.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Six young women from China were chosen from dozens of candidates by German logistics provider Schenker to embark on a 12-month training program in Germany, Austria and Sweden. The trainees--university-level business graduates specializing in...

DHL expansion continues.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... BHL opened an 82,800-square-foot Express Logistics Center in San Jose, Calif., its fifth in the United States. The expansion continues DHL's 18 month strategic investment program announced in February 2004. The new facility offers...

TNT Logistics shifting gears: auto makers drive new automotive supply chain business in North America and United Kingdom.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... TNT Logistics revving up its automotive supply chain business. In the space of just two days in December, the Netherlands-based global logistics company scored five year contracts with DaimlerChrysler UK and Rolls-Royce, while its North...

Savi expands tradelane initiative.(Logistics & Technology)(Savi Technology Inc. and Simtag joins forces for supply chain management and security)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... The European-led Simtag consortium of manufacturers, and logistics service transport providers has launched a joint field trial with Sunnyvale, Calif.-based supply chain asset management and security firm Savi Technology to monitor products...

In the vernacular.(Logistics & Technology)(NetLogistiK)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... NetLogistiK, a Mexico City-based logistics technology and consulting company, will market and deploy RedPrairie's suite of supply chain products throughout Central and South America in a partnership announced last month. RedPrairie said Latin...

Roper ropes TransCore.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Engineered products company Roper Industries completed its acquisition of TransCore Holdings, a provider of RFID, satellite-based communications, mobile asset tracking, security applications, toll system and processing technologies and...

USAID extends logistics contract.(Logistics & Technology)(BKA Logistics)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... The U.S. Agency for International Development has extended for one year its international food aid logistics contract with Pacific Cargoes and BKA Logistics. BKA is responsible for providing export documentation, Web-based tracking and...

More trucks, same capacity: record sales may be great for truck manufacturers but shippers may find that busy assembly lines won't necessarily produce more capacity.(Special report: truck equipment)
January 3, 2005... A bull market in new truck sales normally would mean plenty of capacity and highly competitive rates ahead for shippers. Unfortunately, that everybody is buying new trucks means little as far as capacity is concerned these days. For the...

Tracking faster by far: Southeastern Freight wireless system to give shippers delivery, pick-up data in real-time.(Trucking)(Southeastern Freight Lines Inc)
January 3, 2005... Shippers will find it faster and easier to track freight with Southeastern Freight Lines, thanks to wireless technology the company is using for real-time updates on pickups and deliveries. The regional LTL carrier is rolling out a...

Teamsters approve Canada pact.(Trucking)(United Parcel Service Canada Ltd. signs contract with International Brotherhood of Teamsters to end strike)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... UPS Canada and the Teamsters formally ratified a six-year contract that UPS says enhances pensions and wages. The contract was ratified Dec. 15, less than a month after a 24-hour strike at UPS Canada threatened to cripple the company at the...

ABF's Davidson moves up: president, CEO of national LTL carrier named president, COO of parent Arkansas Best.(Trucking)(Arkansas Best Freight)(cheif executive officer)(less than truck load )
January 3, 2005... When Robert A. Davidson was elevated to president and COO of Arkansas Best last month, he brought with him not only decades of experience in trucking but a strong background in pricing that will be a boon to the transport operation. ...

Dedicated on its own: Distribution Technologies sells Dedicated Transport to key executives who started contract carrier in 1982.(Trucking)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... It took them 16 years but Tom McDermott and Frank Wagner finally have their own trucking company, Dedicated Transport, now a separate and independent company from former parent Distribution Technologies. The move comes as some shippers say...

Border-busting rail deal: KCS's Grupo TFM purchase could strengthen competition with BNSF, UP; speed Mexico service.(Rail & Intermodal)(Kansas City Southern Railway Co. acquires mexico's railroad)(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.)(Union Pacific Corp.)
January 3, 2005... Kansas City Southern Railway's purchase of Mexico's biggest railroad sets the stage for the smallest Class 1 rail operator to become a tougher competitor and a bigger player in the North American rail industry. KCS itself now may be a more...

CN's next target? Improved efficiency and access make KCS more desirable acquisition target.(Rail & Intermodal)(Canadian National Railway to merger with Kansas City Southern Railway Co.)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Does KCS purchase of TFM make it a more attractive takeover target? KCS Chairman Mike Haverty said there are "no plans to change control" of KCS. Rail shippers aren't so sure. "I'm watching a lot closer what Mike does with TFM and...

Schneider's new intermodal slots.(Rail & Intermodal)(Schneider National Inc. appoints Jack Gross and Brian Bowers as vice presidents)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Schneider National signaled its faith in the intermodal market by creating two new intermodal positions. Jack Gross was named vice president and general manager, international, and Brian Bowers was named senior vice president, global...

Adding to the competition.(Rail & Intermodal)(Kansas City Southern Railway Co. acquires Grupo TFM)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... As much as full integration with TFM may add to its bottom line, KCS remains a much smeller player in Mexico compared to the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. UP, which also interchanges with TFM, already controls some 90...

Coal win for CP: following 2004 challenges, CP's coal business is back on track as coal rate hike clears hurdle.(Rail & Intermodal)(Canadian Pacific Railway wins its dispute with Elk Valley Coal)
January 3, 2005... Canadian Pacific Railway's export coal business took a positive turn last month that could keep coal profits booming throughout 2005. The railroad moved a step closer to doubling the rates charged to Elk Valley Coal for railing export coal...

CSX sale: more money for rail.(Dubai Ports International acquires World Terminals of CSX Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... CSX's 17-year stint in the ocean shipping business is over. The corporation sold its World Terminals container operations subsidiary to Dubai Ports International for $1.15 billion to focus on its U.S. railroad operations. The sale is...

Middle East surges: emirates SkyCargo, Etihad airline build freighter fleets to meet air cargo demand.(Air & Expedited)
January 3, 2005... Middle East airlines are building up their freighter fleets to handle surging air cargo traffic in the region. In the past few months, Emirates SkyCargo signed a deal to buy three A310-300 freighters, apparently unable to wait for the...

Tampa adds freighter.(Air & Expedited)(Tampa Cargo extends delivery capacity)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... A South American market that used to rely on Miami-based air cargo operators is getting more freighters of its own. Colombia-based Tampa Cargo will take delivery of two 767-200 special freighters early this year as it reaches out to new...

Profits surge, domestic lags: but who needs growing domestic express business with overall numbers like these?(Air & Expedited)(FedEx Corp.)
January 3, 2005... In its fiscal second quarter, FedEx more than tripled its net profit to $354 million and its operating profit to $600 million. It was the company's second most profitable quarter ever, surpassed only by the fourth quarter of last year. ...

DHL building more: express carrier tabs West Coast hub, says new sites coming in 2005.(Air & Expedited)(DHL Airways Inc.)
January 3, 2005... After tabbing a working military base as its West Coast hub, DHL says it will add more sorting facilities around the country this year and line the operations up with a tightly coordinated delivery network taking in all of North America. ...

Cargo will be up 6 percent annually.(Air & Expedited)(industry forecasts)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... After posting a double-digit gain in 2004, international cargo traffic will increase by 6 percent annually through 2008, according to the International Air Transport Association. The final tally for freight traffic in 2004 will show a 10.1...

Floating private fleet? Big retailers struggling to control supply chains may find advantage in owning ships of their own.(Maritime)
January 3, 2005... The rumor briefly caught the imagination of the international transportation industry: Wal-Mart Stores, the largest U.S. importer, was looking to buy APL, the second-largest container shipping line in the U.S. trades. Both companies denied...

Pacific charges peaking already.(Maritime)
January 3, 2005... Shippers just getting over headaches from the 2004 peak season already have the rate increases for this year's busy shipping period before them. The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement notified Canadian shippers and forwarders that it...

Corpus Christi eyes containers: Gulf Coast bulk port hopes new facilities will draw TEUs from congested west coast waterfronts.(Maritime)(Port of Corpus Christi)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... West Coast congestion spells opportunity for the Port of Corpus Christi. Like many East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, the Texas port hopes to siphon Asian freighters from the congested sealanes leading to southern California. The Port of...

Kansas port gets federal funding.(Maritime)(SmartPort)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Congress approved $750,000 to help fund the Kansas City SmartPort initiative, boosting the federal contribution by 50 percent over last year. SmartPort is a nonprofit organization formed to promote the Kansas City area as an inland port....

PBB Global Logistics.(People)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... PBB Global Logistics of Ontario made five appointments as part of a strategic expansion. PBB veteran John Ferguson, chief marketing officer, will lead all corporate sales and marketing functions; named chief information officer was Guy...

Kenco Group.(People)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Kenco Group. Chattanooga, Tenn., promoted Andy Smith to COO. Smith has been with Kenco for five years, first as director of sales and marketing and more recently as vice president of operations. Before that he worked in logistics management...

e*fill America.(People)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... e*fill America, a warehouse based logistics service provider, announced that Mike Cutone and Jim Reid have joined the company as vice presidents of business development in Atlanta and Chicago, respectively. Cutone most recently served as vice...

Wal-Mart Stores.(People)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Wal-Mart Stores announced that Mickey R. Dragash joined its legal department and will support the transportation and logistics divisions of the company. Prior to joining Wal-Mart, Dragash was an associate at the law firm of Roetzel & Andress in...

W. Neely Mallory, Jr., chairman of Mallory Alexander International Logistics, Memphis, Tenn., was inducted into the Cotton International Hall of Fame for his contributions in streamlining the flow and handling of American-grown cotton.(People)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... W. Neely Mallory, Jr., chairman of Mallory Alexander International Logistics, Memphis, Tenn., was inducted into the Cotton International Hall of Fame for his contributions in streamlining the flow and handling of American-grown cotton. Mallory...

Averitt Express.(People)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Averitt Express, a Cookeville, Tenn.-based transportation and supply chain services company, named Edward Smith service center director at its Charleston, S.C. facility. Smith has more than 16 years of experience in the transportation industry,...

Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway.(People)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway appointed Frederick M. Jones vice president of sales and marketing, succeeding William R. Schaur, who retired after 41 years in the rail industry. Jones has 18 years of railroad sales and marketing experience...

Tahir Cheema, founded cargo charter airline.(People)(Obituary)
January 3, 2005... Tahir Cheema, who came to the United States with little money and speaking little English and founded the Toledo-based charter airline Grand Aire, died in the crash of a plane be was piloting last month. Cheema, who was 50, was killed when...

Con-Way Transportation Services.(People)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Con-Way Transportation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich., appointed Frank Maguire director of operations for Con-Way Air. Maguire, a transportation and logistics veteran, will be responsible for all North American operations. He previously worked for...

GEOCOMtms.(People)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... GEOCOMtms, a provider of fleet optimization and territory design solutions, appointed Michael J. Nark president and CEO. Nark has over 14 years of experience in the information technology industry and was previously executive vice president of...

TW calendar.(Calendar)
January 3, 2005... JANUARY 9. 5th Annual "Today and Tomorrow" Forum (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Office of Research and Technology), Washington. www.fmcsa.dot.gov or r&tparteerships@fmcsa.dot.gov. 10-13. ProMat 2005 Conference & Show...

Logistics seminars & courses.(Calendar)
January 3, 2005... JANUARY 5. Global Logistics Specialist Online, Module Four: World Trade and the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (California State University), Long Beach, Calif. (562) 296-1170 or kphipps@uces.csulb.edu. 5-Feb. 2. Supply...

DOE diesel price index.(Update)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... National Price 2003-2004 [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Source: U.S. Department of Energy

National & regional averages: Dec. 20.(Update)
January 3, 2005... National & Regional Averages: Dec. 20 United States $1.984 East Coast $2.052 Midwest $1.944 Gulf Coast $1.922 Rocky Mountain $1.988 West Coast $2.047 Note: Table made from bar graph....

Trucking rates.(Update)(Illustration)
January 3, 2005... Trucking Rates Average shipping prices between selected cities for class 100 1,000-lb. shipments (excluding fuel surcharges) 2003 2004 Camp Hill, PA-- 3.28% * Minneapolis, MN Champaign, IL-- ...

Air cargo traffic.(Update)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Monthly year-over-year percent changes in U.S. air cargo traffic for domestic and international [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Source: ATA Office of Economics

Container & trailer volume.(Update)
January 3, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Source: American Association of Railroads

Manufacturing production capacity.(Update)
January 3, 2005... Manufacturing Production Capacity Semi-aannual ISM Survey Results Capacity decreased 9% No change 39% Supply Executive's report 52% capacity increased in 2004 Note: Table made from pie...

Weekly rail traffic.(Update)
January 3, 2005... [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Source: American Association of Railroads

Freight charges: refunding overpayments.(Q&A)(Letter to the Editor)
January 3, 2005... Q: I read your Nov. 29, 2004, column on a carrier holding overpayments of freight bills without notifying shippers or offering refunds unless the shipper asked. You said that this "might be ethically questionable but isn't illegal." I'm...

Snowed in.(The Back Page)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... News that the Bush administration's decision to keep former CSX chief "Dollar John" Snow as Treasury Secretary noted that the position is sixth in line to succession to the United States presidency in case of a crisis. In an odd, little noticed...

Chop, chop.(The Back Page)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... The latest in a series of odd highway spills on the New Jersey Turnpike was a truckload of sheep. Luckily, Little Bo-Peep was up at the Vince Lombardi Rest Stop.

Lean.(The BackPage)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Britons are facing a lard shortage thanks to changes in the pork trade that followed the expansion of the European Union this year. Most of the cheap pork cuts used in British lard were shipped to Eastern Europe, forcing Britons to spend extra...

Southern irony.(The Back page)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Tough going for Delta Air Lines at a meeting with top business leaders in Richmond, Va., where senior executives are anxious liar cheap service to their little served airport. The meeting didn't go half badly, except for the part about the...

Jobs.(The Back Page)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... British Colombia's Finance Minister Gary Collins shocked Canada's political community when he decided to quit politics soon before a general election for the dubious prospect of running a startup airline called Harmony Airways. Explains...

Bombed out.(The Back Page)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... Don't be concerned that baggage screeners at Newark's airport lost a "fake bomb" that had been planted in luggage by a supervisor during a training exercise. This actually marks an improvement in screening techniques. Just weeks earlier,...

Supplying relief.(Editorial)
January 10, 2005... It's not your typical supply chain, the kind we usually write about that starts in a raw materials site in a far corner of the world and ends at a manufacturing facility, a way station perhaps on the way to a consumer. No, this supply chain...

Truckers in California.(Weekly Perspective)(truckers need to travel via a detour due to storm)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Truckers in California had to avoid a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 5 the first week of January as a winter storm dumped two feet of snow on the state's main North-South thoroughfare. The California Highway Patrol closed the stretch of the...

UPS executive Dave Barnes.(Weekly Perspective)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... UPS executive Dave Barnes' next challenge can be held in one hand. Named to succeed Ken Lacy as chief information officer, Barnes will oversee the rollout of a fourth-generation Diad, the handhold computer UPS drivers use to collect and...

Ordering new inventory.(This Week)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... The growing U.S. economy didn't take a breather for the holidays. The Institute for Supply Management's monthly measurement of economic activity showed manufacturing accelerating in December for the second straight month and a sharp increase in...

Although the weak U.S. dollar probably will diminish profitability and investment outside the United States.(This Week)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Although the weak U.S. dollar probably will diminish profitability and investment outside the United States, it won't have a significant effect on U.S. prices or interest rates, according to the latest analysis The Conference Board. That's...

Managing 'anti-Americanism'.(Commentary)(international relations)
January 10, 2005... We're all aware of troubling perceptions of American brands abroad. Collectively, we are painted with a broad stroke overseas and the portrait at the moment is cause for some deep concern. Our international business is clearly our growth...

A logistics nightmare: relief agencies struggling in tsunami's wake see central coordination, cooperation break down.(Cover Story)
January 10, 2005... The earthquake and tsunami that crashed through the Indian Ocean and brought devastation and death across two continents created one of the greatest logistics challenges in modern history, leaving relief organizations, transporters, governments...

More regulations, please: New rules from single source--the Feds, this time--seen preferable to patchwork of local and state regs.(Government & Regulation)
January 10, 2005... Shippers are asking the federal government for more regulation. And, no, that's not a typo. Those who move hazardous materials are begging the U.S. Department of Transportation to grab the regulatory lead in an effort to avoid a patchwork...

DOT stacks RSPA, intermodal: Reorganization splits RSPA agency in two, shifts intermodal from secretary's office.(Government & Regulation)(U.S. Department of Transportation )
January 10, 2005... The federal government's once-ballyhooed bid to promote intermodal ism is being boxed in, stacked up and shipped out. The U.S. Department of Transportation is starting 2005 with a reorganization approved in the last days of the last...

C-TPAT's 'good start': shipper breaks ranks, says stronger program would bring security to supply chains.(Government & Regulation)(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)
January 10, 2005... While some shippers are complaining about potential toughening of the C-TPAT program, at least one shipper says a voluntary security effort is not enough. Thomas McAuliffe, vice president of strategy and business development for Secure...

Port official blasts security funding.(Government & Regulation)
January 10, 2005... American seaports and related industries "have been virtually cast adrift by the federal when it comes to homeland security spending," says Jay B. Grant, director of the American Port Security Council. "The current 'Band-Aid approach' to...

Wal-Mart tags project success: RFID rollout working, says retail giant, but experts see bumps in technology overhaul.(Logistics & Technology)
January 10, 2005... Wal-Mart is scanning the results of its ambitious demand to have top suppliers implement new radio frequency identification technology by the start of this year and the world's largest retailer says its reading is overwhelmingly positive. ...

Target DC scores 100.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Developers broke ground on a 1.5 million square foot, $100 million distribution center for Minneapolis-based retailer Target at the 460-acre Park 88 industrial park in DeKalb, Ill. "We have a scoring system used to analyze sites, and the...

Dell chooses N.C. site.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Dell Computers decided on a 189-acre tract in North Carolina's Winston-Salem area for its 500,000-square-foot computer manufacturing facility announced in November. The plant, expected to open in fall 2005, will be Dell's third in the United...

APICS awards students.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Graduate student research on warehouse location selection and an examination of consumer appliance and electronics supply chains tied for first place in the APICS Educational and Research Foundation 2004 Donald W. Fogarty International Student...

Sterling buys Yantra: market researcher calls deal promising but says odds of success are long.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Columbus, Ohio-based Sterling Commerce will buy distributed order management and supply chain fulfillment software developer Yantra of Tewksbury, Mass., for $170 million in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first...

Exel, RedPrairie formalize pact.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Exel, the global third-party logistics provider, formalized a five-year agreement to provide RedPrairie's inventory control, tracking and tracing, warehouse and labor management technology to Exel customers. Under the agreement, Exel's...

RF Code wins award.(Logistics & Technology)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... Active RFID technology developer RF Code, of Mesa, Ariz., won the supply chain project category at the ninth annual Information Management Awards for its work with systems integrator JDS Professional Services on an RFID-enabled high-visibility...