Total Landed Costs for US Companies Lowest in Mexico, 2011 Manufacturing-Outsourcing Cost Index Finds

First Year Show to Have Broader Supply Chain Focus; Inside the Four Walls and Outside the Four Walls, MHIA Says

New Rest Period Requirements ''Disruptive'' NASSTRAC Says; Drivers Need Flexibility, Owner-Operators Group Argues

Industry Avoids Lost Hour of Driving as Feared, but Truckers Blasts Other Changes they Say Will Hurt Productivity with No Gains for Safety

Highlights of the Q3 ''State of the Freight'' Report; Johnson & Johnson Finds Success with Inventory Optimization Software; a Greenhouse Gas Agreement - to Later Reach an Agreement

US Only Country to Require Actual Weight Verification at Ports; Erroneous Weights Cause a Slew of Problems for Ocean Carriers and Shippers

Survey Finds Execution Gap Between Awareness of What Needs to be Done and What is Happening; Few Have Both Lean Talent and Programs

Can Too Many Worker Bees Clog-up The Hive?

Public Rail Carriers Show Profit Growth Well Above Changes in Volumes; LTL Carriers are Slowly Turning the Financial Ship Around On Rate Increases, Business Discipline

Q3 Results from Rail, Truckload, and LTL Carriers; Is Cloud-Based WMS Ready for Prime Time?; Shipping Policies for E-Commerce Continue to Loosen; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers