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Cross-Docking: Just Another Form of JIT

If you can deal with the just-in-time deliveries that feed America’s manufacturing plants, you’re ready for cross-docking.

Tom Berg | Special to Transport Topics
October 19, 1998

Three Axles and a Cloud of Shippers

Vehicle sizes and weights are a contentious topic as old as trucking. But at an Oct. 12 session on carrier issues during the Council of Logistics Management's annual conference, one trucking leader took the opportunity to explain why adding one axle to trailers would boost productivity and be easier on roads.

Tom Berg | Special to Transport Topics
October 19, 1998