— AND — Air Cargo Navigates Uncertain Skies ALSO: Who’s Who in Airfreight Forwarding © 2006 Yellow Transportation, Inc. Transportation, 2006 Yellow © SEE WHAT HAPPENS FOR YOUR BUSINESS WHEN OUR IMAGINATION REALLY RUNS WILD. When you partner with the innovative minds at Yellow, you give your business more control, more effi ciency, and a sustainable competitive edge. Helping you outthink, outperform, and outshine the competition. For all of your transportation solutions, think Yellow. 1.800.610.6500 • myyellow.com TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS EXPEDITED I GLOBAL I SPECIALIZED I TECHNOLOGY I EXHIBIT I STANDARD GROUND I REGIONAL I NEXT DAY June 2007 • Vol. 27 • No. 6 THE MAGAZINE FOR DEMAND DRIVEN LOGISTICS INBRIEF INDEPTH 8 10 TIPS How to get involved with Air Cargo Navigates Uncertain Skies transloading. Criss-crossing issues such as high fuel prices, new security regulations, 17 GLOBAL LOGISTICS and competition from other modes, the air cargo industry fl ies on to 21 TRENDS what it cautiously hopes will be a strong future. 108 NEW SERVICES Who’s Who in Airfreight Forwarding 112 TECH UPDATE To get your search for an airfreight forwarder off the ground, check out 120 THE LAST MILE: this list of leading players. IMPORT/EXPORT TIPS A Special Supplement from Inbound Logistics and Chemical Week Industry Outlook: SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: Faring Well, Despite Challenges page 40 Taking Responsibility For Responsible Care page 46 Shippers and Chemical Logistics Carriers Commit to Best Practices page 50 Producers, Providers, Technology Merge page 56 What is the state of today’s chemical Chemical Logistics A Study in Terra page 61 C06.2007L logistics market? How do hazmat shippers and carriers deal with safety concerns? What logistics best practices are chemical producers embracing? Find out in this informative resource from Inbound Logistics and Chemical Week. June 2007 • Inbound Logistics 39 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: Race to the Border: Catching Up With Latin American Logistics Progressive trade policies and foreign investment, developing transportation infrastructure, and a growing 3PL presence in Brazil and Mexico are heating up Latin American logistics. June 2007 • Inbound Logistics 1 June 2007 • Vol. 27 • No. 6 THE MAGAZINE FOR DEMAND DRIVEN LOGISTICS MEET THE TEACHERS page 85 INSIGHT INDEPTH 4 CHECKING IN A new look at logistics in the CAREER SOLUTIONS Meet the Teachers New World. Meet three professors using creativity, technology, and real-world 24 VIEWPOINT experiences to educate the next generation of logistics leaders. Learn to love sourcing in a seller’s market. 26 RISKS & REWARDS Should you use a foreign or INPRACTICE domestic insurance company? READER PROFILE Steve Lash: Loco Like a Fox Steve Lash, director of supply chain management for chain restaurant INFO El Pollo Loco, is no chicken when it comes to plucking away at corporate 92 CAREER SOLUTIONS logistics challenges. RESOURCES 102 WEB_CITE CITY SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY What Are Your Tech Vendors Up To? Missed this year’s D/C Expo? Here is the latest from the top logistics IT 115 CLASSIFIED vendors at the conference. 116 RESOURCE CENTER LIT TOOLKIT Box Ho! RFID Replaces Telescopes Searching high and low for containers wasted time for CIMC. So the company turned in its telescopes for an RFID-based yard-tracking system. 2 Inbound Logistics • June 2007 Plumbing fi xtures from Memphis, TN. Delivery by Stethoscopes 11:45 a.m. from Miami, FL. Delivery by 2:45 p.m. Camera equipment from Boston, MA. Delivery by Computer games 2:15 p.m. from Shanghai, China. Delivery by 1:35 p.m. Automotive parts Nose landing from Monterey. gear from Toronto, Mexico, Delivery by 1:30 p.m. Canada. Delivery by 12:45 p.m. Flash drives from Chicago, IL. Delivery by 12:25 p.m. MRI machine from Philadelphia, PA. Delivery by Plasma TV from 2:25 p.m. San Diego, CA. Delivery by 12:15 p.m. Jason Bergman Vice President, North American Sales - USA “ With BAXSaver®, we guarantee time-defi nite delivery of any size or weight shipment throughout the U.S., for less.” Good for your business. BAXSaver® off ers you a cost-eff ective transportation solution that delivers goods throughout the U.S. in 1-4 days, guaranteed. Meaning you can now ship virtually any size or weight where you need it when you need it, for less. That gives you the kind of reliability and cost advantage your business requires in today’s competitive environment. Ship throughout the U.S. with BAXSaver. Good for your business. www.baxglobal.com 1 800 CALL BAX CHECKINGIN Vol. 27, No. 6 June 2007 THE MAGAZINE FOR DEMAND-DRIVEN LOGISTICS www.inboundlogistics.com STAFF PUBLISHER Keith G. Biondo by Felecia Stratton | Editor [email protected] EDITOR Felecia J. Stratton [email protected] ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR Amy Roach Partridge [email protected] Sailing Into the New World EUROPEAN EDITOR Joseph O’Reilly EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Mark Rowan CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Merrill Douglas he Spanish and Portuguese sailed into the New World half a millen- John Edwards Lisa Harrington nium ago seeking fame and fortune. Today, a new breed of intrepid Amanda Loudin business explorers is fi nding safe anchorage in Latin America, target- Deborah Ruriani T Lisa Terry ing the area’s abundant potential for manufacturing and logistics activities in CREATIVE DIRECTOR Michael Murphy hopes of achieving fame and fortune of their own. [email protected] Inbound Logistics fi rst made editorial inroads into Latin America in 2004 PRODUCTION/DESIGN ASSISTANT Shawn Kelloway with the debut of Inbound Logistics Mexico, a monthly publication that [email protected] reaches 15,000 transport and logistics professionals in Mexico. In this issue, PUBLICATION MANAGER Sonia Casiano we are extending our editorial coverage in Latin America and beyond, with [email protected] a special Latin America logistics supplement available in English, Spanish, CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Carolyn Smolin and Portuguese, in print (page 63) and online (to subscribe visit: www. SALES OFFICES inboundlogistics.com/mx or www.inboundlogistics.com/br). NORTHEAST: Keith Biondo Asia and Eastern Europe currently command the immediate purview of (212) 629-1560 • FAX: (212) 629-1565 [email protected] global sourcers and outsourcers. But Latin America remains in peripheral sight WEST/MIDWEST/SOUTHWEST: Harold L. Leddy and is gradually turning heads in high places as transportation and logistics (847) 446-8764 • FAX: (847) 446-7985 infrastructure continues to mature. Recent U.S. investment in Latin America, [email protected] largely attributed to NAFTA and CAFTA trade agreements, confi rms this trend. Marshall Leddy (763) 416-1980 • FAX: (763) 201-4010 Between 2003 and 2005, U.S. foreign direct investment in Latin America grew [email protected] from $297 billion to $353 billion, with Mexico ($57 billion to $71 billion) MIDWEST/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Jim Armstrong and Brazil ($30 billion to $32 billion) capturing the lion share of U.S. outlay, (815) 334-9945 • FAX: (815) 334-1920 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. [email protected] While globalization opens new avenues for trade such as Latin America, it SOUTHEAST: Gordon H. Harper (404) 350-0057 • FAX: (404) 355-2036 also places greater burdens on transportation connections, often requiring the [email protected] expertise of third-party intermediaries. The air cargo industry, for example, is MOBILE, AL: Peter Muller rife with questions about consolidation, security, and rising fuel prices, yet still (251) 343-9308 • FAX: (251) 343-9308 [email protected] continues an upward climb as you will read in Lisa Terry’s article, Air Cargo SPECIAL ACCOUNTS: Joseph T. Murphy Jr. Navigates Uncertain Skies (page 28). Not surprisingly, airfreight forwarders are (203) 254-9595 • FAX: (203) 259-4447 capitalizing on this uncertainty. Our annual Who’s Who in Airfreight Forwarding [email protected] (page 34) offers some clarity, with detailed snapshots of some leading players SALES MANAGER: Rachael Sprinz (212) 629-1560 • FAX: (212) 629-1565 to help you make informed decisions about potential partners. 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