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Bowker Group was founded in 1919 and has grown into one of the largest independent third party logistics (3PL) service operators in the North of England.

Today, Bowker provides a range of contract distribution and dedicated and shared user warehousing services from three strategically located facilities at Preston, Leyland and Hull.

A new report from Aberdeen Group, On-Time and Under Budget: Maximizing Profits with Efficient Warehouse Management, looks at the ways that companies help profitability by improving efficiency and avoiding errors in their order fulfillment operations.

Inefficient or poorly-managed logistics operations increase overhead and reduce customer satisfaction, posing a significant threat to a manufacturer's profitability.

The explosion of global trade over the past decade or more, and the expansion of sourcing, transportation and distribution networks that enabled it, has stretched the resources of all but the largest multinational corporations. Demanding service levels and high costs—for everything from fuel to regulatory compliance—make supply chain management even more of a top priority in tough competitive conditions. Producers that have made cutbacks in their own organizations to reduce costs may even more than ever lack adequate logistics infrastructure, capable decision support tools, necessary capital and operating scale as a result of recession.

Loveland Distributing Company is implementing distribution planning software to optimize delivery routing of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks such as Red Bull, Sweet Leaf Tea, and Nesquik to 3,000 licensed retailers, including Walmart, Food Lion, Kroger and 7-Eleven.

Loveland will use the solution, from Paragon Software Systems, to automate the planning of 20 optimized routes across the state of Virginia. This includes several counties and the city of Richmond. These routes service around 500 customers each day.

Mitsubishi Fuso Trucks and Bus Corporation представил новый грузовик, позволяющий обеспечить существенную топливную экономию. Создатели решили все преимущества новинки обозначить в её названии. Super Great Fuel Efficient Truck сможет беречь до 10% топлива.

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) strongly supports the "Safe and Efficient Transportation Act (SETA) of 2010," S. 3705, introduced Aug. 4 by U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Herb Kohl (D-Wis.). The legislation would allow states to authorize the operation of more efficient commercial trucks, which could result in safer highways, cleaner air and less costly freight transportation. Identical legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 1799, currently has 54 co-sponsors.

The bill authorizes states to allow the operation of trucks on the Interstate Highway System with a gross weight of 97,000 pounds. Current law limits the weight of five-axle trucks traveling on the interstate system to 80,000 pounds. The legislation requires that trucks operating above 80,000 pounds must add a sixth axle to compensate for the extra weight. The extra axle adds additional braking capacity, preventing an increase in stopping distances, and prevents pavements from sustaining more damage.