Win the Best Freight Rates

| MCM staff

That carriers’ shipping rates will go up every year is almost as inevitable as the proverbial death and taxes. This year, though, companies aren’t just

Global Conquest

| D. Douglas Graham

GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL of Port Washington, NY (a division of Systemax Inc.), is a leading provider of industrial equipment. In business for half a century,

HISTORY LESSON

| Jeff Siegel

THE STATISTICS seem to bear out the headlines. Capital spending has increased after two years of recession, and companies up and down the supply chain

APOCALYPSE NOW

| Jeff Morris

You love reading predictions admit it and we love making them. And the good thing is, we’re not always wrong! For instance, in this space in a February

Over and Out

| MCM staff

YOU KNOW THE STATISTICS, but you never thought it could happen to you. You’ve lost your job. Don’t panic, advises outplacement pro Harry Dahlstrom in

Carrier Contracts

| Mike Erickson

AS A SHIPPER IN 2005, you’re likely to be saddled with extra costs from carriers. Thanks to technology advances, carriers now bill for services they physically

FAST COMPANY

| Thomas G. Dolan

Back in the day, an order entry operator took an order over the phone and laboriously keyed in all the information into a computer. Not any more, thanks