May, 2006

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Value? Technology, People, Process, and Profits!

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What primary value do logistics operations by 3PL's bring to their clients? Technology! Building technology capabilities to outsmart traditional logistics competitors within supply chain planning and executing logistics operations will remain center-stage and THE focus in the future. This subject is also a question that remains in the minds of 3PLs: How do we choose a cost-effective, yet effective technology that can serve our company and our customers better?

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100 Percent Secure U.S. Supply Chain

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What Is the Cost of a 100 Percent Secure U.S. Supply Chain? Everyone wants to be confident that growing international supply chains are secure and homeland security (or global security, for that matter) isn't threatened. The trick is to figure out how to do this without inhibiting the delicate balance of the increasingly global economy. Just two years ago, a natural supply and demand imbalance at the Port of Long Beach caused major disruptions to the inventory levels of suppliers and retailers,

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House Approves SAFE Port Bill (SOS is SOL)

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The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed by a 421-2 vote wide-ranging maritime cargo and port security legislation, and in the process defeated a Democratic effort to include a requirement that all containers be inspected by radiation and density detectors at overseas ports. The "Security and Accountability for Every Port (SAFE) Act" includes provisions to strengthen the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism and the Container Security Initiative, require more advance shipmen