Transportation & Delivery

Magazine articles on airlines, railroads, trucking, and package delivery companies.

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CIO January 15, 2003 Stephanie Overby	Ports Open to IT West coast dockworkers and their employers recently settled a dispute that centered on the introduction of new information technology and shut down ports from San Diego to Seattle for 10 days last fall.
Knowledge@Wharton December 18, 2002	Saving United Airlines: A Labor-Intensive Proposition Experts on the airline industry at Wharton and elsewhere say there are two indicators that can provide clues about how United's future may shape up: the behavior of its labor unions and the health of the U.S. economy.
Salon.com December 12, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	United's ESOP fable Did employee stock ownership drive the airline into bankruptcy?
Inc. December 1, 2002 Anne Stuart	Going Mobile Investing in a wireless network slashed inventory errors at one electronics distributor. Better yet, it turned warehouse workers into high-tech innovators.
CIO December 1, 2002 Stephanie Overby	Dock Workers vs. IT The business of loading and unloading ships is a heavily unionized workplace, where workers have banded together for job security and better wages for decades. And this fall, a drama that had serious implications for a weakened economy was playing out on the docks of West Coast ports.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2002 David Drickhamer	Rolling On At Green Bay, Wis.-based transportation and logistics firm Schneider National, a new leader and an emphasis on executive team interaction keep the focus on 'low cost, low cost, low cost.'
CIO November 15, 2002 Tom Wailgum	Where the Pirates Are A website helps shippers with information about where pirating and robberies frequently occur.
U.S. Banker November 2002 Matthew Miller	Fastening a Company to a Firm Built on Parcels Snap-and-button maker Scovill's deal with UPS clears up major problems -- distribution and lending. It's another coup for the delivery firm's finance arm.
CIO November 1, 2002 Todd Datz	Can American Keep Flying? CIO Monte Ford landed at American Airlines in late 2000 charged with rebuilding IT. Now he's got a bigger job: Help restore the world's biggest airline to profitability.
Fast Company November 2002 Scott Kirsner	Stelios Makes Growth Look Easy Stelios Haji-Ioannou, known throughout Europe by his first name, provides cheap travel for the masses. His formula for business success? It's easy -- as in easyJet, easyCar, even easyCinema. Just slash costs, maximize publicity, and "sweat the assets."
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