Logistics and Transportation

1.	Waste Not Issue: September/October 2012 Author(s): John Hitch Parker Hannifin’s new hybrid drivetrain offers diesel-hogs an environmental boost.

2.	2012 Team NEO: Minority Business Development Issue: July/August 2012 Author(s): Rebecca Meiser The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber earned rave reviews in helping Anderson-DuBose find a new home midway between Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

3.	Ship Shape Issue: March/April 2012 Author(s): Nikki Hunt The Port of Cleveland had a big 2011. Here are a few of the numbers behind it.

Cost Control
Issue: March 2002 Issue
Q: What is an easy, and often over looked, way for an employer to reduce employee health-care costs? A: 'Ben Franklin got it right when he said that an ounce of prevention equals an ounce of care,' says John Schaeffer, president and chairman of the North Ohio Heart Center. 'The best way to save money is to actively involve your employees in preventative care by encouraging wellness through a healthy lifestyle: Don't smoke, maintain a low-fat diet, watch your salt intake, get exercise, mind your blood pr...

Flying Right
Issue: March 2002 Issue
Author(s): Lynne Thompson
Like most frequent fliers, Umberto Fedeli realizes the drawbacks of traveling for business on commercial airlines: The exorbitant cost of tickets purchased fewer than seven days in advance. The added expenses for a trip that doesn't include a Saturday-night stay. Delays that result in missed meetings and snarled schedules. Check-in policies that can cost last-minute arrivals a seat on an overbooked flight. Routings that require passengers to fly in the opposite direction of their destination to make a c...

Freight Isn't Enough
Issue: October 2001 Issue
Author(s): Rosemary Rood-Tutt
International shipping takes more than just putting your product on a truck and sending it across the border. Here is an eight-point guide to getting it there without any troubles. It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your shipment is? If you've exported your company's perishable goods to Brazil during Carnivale, it may be still sitting on the dock ... leaking. 'If you're shipping into Brazil, don't do it the week before Lent,' advises Paul Murphy, professor of business logistics at John Carroll University, '...

Getting It There: Flight Stimulator
Issue: October 2000 Issue
Author(s): Chrissy Kadleck
Across the windswept cornfields of New Russia Township, Lorain County Regional Airport sits as an economic kernel poised to pop. While air traffic at this western-tier aviation outpost is meager, a movement is afoot to change that. County planners want to transform the airfield's 5,000-foot runway and more than 1,000 acres of undeveloped land into a mecca for light cargo and private operators, as well as a center for renewed economic development for the county. Initial estimates have the facility generat...

Hit the Road
Issue: October 2002 Issue
Author(s): Afif Ghannoum
More and more execs are leaving the friendly skies and are making tracks in style. With 15 clients in tow, Joe Arra of Famous Supply hopes a tour of his company's Michigan manufacturing plants will convince his companions that Famous Supply can cater to all of their business needs. But instead of hauling them through Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the never-ending security checks, Arra decides he could better close the deal by hiring a limousine coach to drive the group to the Midland, Mich...

Hitting the Road
Issue: October 2002 Issue
Author(s): Sara Lepro and Jeff Rozic
Area experts offer trip-taking advice Q: How have business travelers been utilizing corporate travel in this recessed economy? A : 'Business travel is still an important vehicle for corporate executives to utilize for business growth,' says Rob Turk, executive vice president of Professional Travel Inc. in North Olmsted. 'The value proposition of business travel is being looked at closer. It's more discretionary than it was. Companies are scrutinizing, to a degree, the purpose and necessity of a business...

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Learing to Fly
Issue: June 2003 Issue
Author(s): Sara Lepro
Executives realize the value in earning their wings. At about 3,000 feet above Lake Erie, Allen Warner turned the yoke to the right and felt the single-engine plane begin to do the same. He was overcome with emotion. Warner looked out the window and saw tiny rows of houses dotting the landscape, and at that moment he realized he was flying. Though he's only had his private pilot license for three years, Warner dreamt about flying for decades. And while Warner's peers assembled model airplanes, Warner re...

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