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Issue 1 - Introduction of CC4F News

Issue 2 - Employee Productivity Drives Down Costs

Issue 3 - Different Ways to Cut your Fuel Costs

Issue 4 - Very Simple Ways to Help Control Your Health Care Costs

Issue 5 - Focus on Simple Ideas to Cut Your Inventory Costs

Issue 6 - Simple Ideas to Cut Your Inventory Costs Using Technology (part 1)

Issue 7 - Simple Ideas to Cut Your Inventory Costs Using Technology (part 2)

Issue 8 - 48th Annual NAMP Conference in Chicago "Costly Lessons"

Issue 9 - Business Intelligence Software

Issue 10 - HACCP Regulations and Their Real Effect on Cost Structures

Issue 11 - Recap 10 Ways to Save Inventory Dollars

Issue 12 - Warehouse Performance from Dan Bolger

Issue 13 - Guest Writer Olin Thompson Talks About Technology Investment

Issue 14 - Basic Methods to Identify the Real Cost of Outbound Transportation

Issue 15 - More Discussion on the Rising Cost of Healthcare

Issue 16 - Tips to Save Money on Electricity

Issue 17 - Guest Writer Rick Bellucci Writes About the Cost of Shrink

Issue 18 - Determining Warehouse Costs and Making Product Decisions

Issue 19 - How to Avoid an Expensive Software Decision

Issue 20 - Cutting Costs Without Cutting Payroll

Issue 21 - Does the Prime Vendor Make Sense for You?

Issue 22 - Health Savings Accounts. A Win/Win Reduction of Costs

Issue 23 - Understanding Real Costs and Where They Lie

Issue 24 - The Fatal Flaw

Issue 25 - Cut Costs Without Losing Your Shirt

Issue 26 - New Products to CUT COSTS

Issue 27 - Cut Taxes Now...

Issue 28 - Bar Codes Cut Costs

Issue 29 - FDA, Bioterrorism Act

Issue 30 - FDA, Bioterrorism Act (Continued)

Issue 31 - USDA or FDA, Bioterrorism Act (Cont)

Issue 32 - FDA, Bioterrorism Act Part 4

Issue 33 - Are Recalls Voluntary?

Issue 34 - FDA/USDA - Broken Case

Issue 35 - Methods to Reduce Transportation Costs

Issue 36 - Pricing to cover costs and more

Issue 37 - Cut Costs through Successful Technology

Issue 38 - Virtual Cuts Costs

Issue 39 - Efficient Food Service Response

Issue 40 - EDI can Reduce your Cost of doing Business

Issue 41 - Save Thousands of Dollars with Pallets

Issue 42 - Simple Ways to Save Money

Issue 43 - 9 Ways to Save Money on Gas

Issue 44 - Ten Tips for Faster Picking

Issue 45 - Processors Cut Costs by Watching Waste

Issue 46 - Encouraging Inventory Accuracy (Revisited)

Issue 47 - Cycle Counts, How-To and Why

Issue 48 - How To Reduce Dead Inventory

Issue 49 - HSA's the 401K's of Healthcare

Issue 50 - How to Beat the Winter Blues

Issue 51 - Following the Steps to SKU Success

Issue 52 - Measurement Tools For Getting Orders Out Faster

Issue 53 - Boost Profits by Reducing Staff Turnover

Issue 54 - Is A Paperless Warehouse Right For You?

Issue 55 - The ABC's of Activity Based Costing

Issue 56 - How To Break Down Activity Based Costing

Issue 57 - Saving Space Saves $$$

Issue 58 - Save $$ By Finding Your Golden Zone

Issue 59 - Four Steps To Making ABC Work For You

Issue 60 - A Better Understanding of Customer Profitability (Part I)

Issue 61 - A Better Understanding of Customer Profitability (Part II)

Issue 62 - A Method to Your Madness: Choosing the Right Picking Style

Issue 63 - Adjusted Margin: A Better Measurement of Profitability

Discussed by Guest Writer: Jon Schreibfeder

Issue 64 - The Full Cost of Carrying Inventory

Issue 65 - Loading Techniques Can Bring Balance to Your Warehouse

Issue 66 - Warehouse Optimization: When It’s the Little Things That Mean the Most

Issue 67 - Keeping Summertime Operational Costs Low

Issue 68 - Can You Count On Your Storage Racks?

Issue 69 - Confused About EDI? You’re not the only one…(Part I)

Issue 70 - Confused About EDI? You're not the only one...(Part II)

Issue 71 - Turning Over Inventory = Turning Over Sales

Issue 72 - Do You Really Need To Sell That?

Issue 73 - Cutting Excess Fat From Your Inventory

Issue 74 - Food Software Can Help You Save Money

Issue 75-You Hire Employees To Make You Money Not Cost You

Issue 76 - Creating An Incentive Plan For Your Employees

Issue 77 - Motivating Workers Though Gain-sharing

Issue 78 - Let Workers Take Responsibility For Inventory…Part 1

Issue 79 - Let Workers Take Responsibility For Inventory…Part 2

Issue 80 - Being Prepared Will Save You Money

Issue 81 - Safety Stock Helps Against Out Of Stock

Issue 82 -Calculating The Right Amount of Safety Stock…Part 1

Issue 83 - Calculating The Right Amount of Safety Stock…Part 2

Issue 84 - Comparing The Ways That Safety Stock is Calculated

Issue 85 - Reordering on a Food Oriented Software Program

Issue 86 - Reordering on a Food Oriented Software Program...Part 2

Issue 87-5 Ways To Lower Inventory Costs

Issue 88 - 3 Steps To Effective Return Management

Issue 89 - Reason Codes: How A Food Software System Does Return Management

Issue 90 - The Hidden Costs of Returns

Issue 91 - The Key To Saving Money Is Planning

Issue 92 - Food Safety Vs Technology

Issue 93 - Food Safety Vs Technology…Part 2 (Bar-Codes)

Issue 94 - Food Safety Vs Technology… The Challenge Of Getting A lot Of Information In A Little Space

Issue 95 - A Food Focused System that Can Help You During A Product Recall

Issue 96 - Increasing your Inventory Efficiency to Increase your Profit.

Issue 97 - Health Care on the Rise

Issue 98 - Breaking Down Your Activities to Help You Cut Costs

Issue 99 - Breaking Down Delivery Costs

Issue 100 - Increasing Customer Profitability

Issue 101 - How a Minimum Order Charge Can Help You Stay Profitable

I ssue 102 - A Food Software Package than can Help you Manage Minimum Order Totals

Issue 103 - Inspectors Spread Thin

Issue 104 - Picking Methods: Piece and Case Picking

Issue 105 - Using a Software Package to help you Pick Orders

Issue 106 - Inventory Forecasting

Issue 107 - Using Food Software to Forecast

Issue 108 - Helpful Hints for Better Managing Your Warehouse

Issue 109 - Tips to Managing Your Inbound Freight Costs

Issue 110 - Cutting Back on Back Orders

Issue 111 - Using A Food Software System To Manage Freight Costs

Issue 112 - How Thinking In Reverse Ensures Increased Efficiencies

Issue 113 - Using Your Software To Simplify Returns Management

Issue 114 - How To Increase Productivity by Increasing Portability In Your Warehouse

Issue 115 - How To Cut Costs Using Good Inventory Practices

Issue 116 - How To Manage The Hidden Costs of Inventory

Issue 117 - How To Manage, Measure, and Increase Your Cash Flow

Issue 118 - Understanding Food Safety Legislation and The Importance Of Crisis Control

Issue 119 - Food Safety Costs Continued Keep Foodborne Illnesses At Bay

Issue 120 - How To Increase the Strength of Your Supply Chain

Issue 121 - A Review of Reducing Shipping Chargeback Costs

Issue 122 - Clear Communication Cuts Costs

Issue 123 - Structuring Supply chains to Minimize Shipping Cost

Issue 124 -Turning Dead Inventory Into Cash

Issue 125 - Saving Some Green

Issue 126 - Control Statement Costs

Issue 127 - Control Price List Expenses

Issue 128 - Control Software Selection Process

Issue 129 - Cost Control for Incorrect Orders

Issue 130 - Cost Control for Stocking Errors

Issue 131 - Control Mistakes in Order Entry

Issue 132 - Building a Better Pick Ticket

*Issue 133 - Control Costs of Product Recall*

Issue 134 - Control Causes of "Human Error"

Issue 135 - Revising the Triple Check Standard

Issue 136 - Best Practices Loading and Unloading

Issue 137 - Thinking Inside a Bigger Box

Issue 138 - Working with Best Practices

Issue 139 - Planning for a Busy Business

Issue 140 - Making Holiday Hires Helpful

Issue 141 - Selling Seasonal Specialty Items

Issue 142 - Saving on Software Investments

Issue 143 - Section 179 Tax Savings

Issue 144 - Hardware Upkeep Savings

Issue 145 - Making Every Order Count

Issue 146 - Saving with Every Automated Order

Issue 147 - Encouraging the Customer to Always be Right

Issue 148 - Debunking ROI

Issue 149 - Prospering During a Recession

Issue 150 - Is Dynamic Routing Right for You?

Issue 151 - Dynamic Routing in the Real World
an interview with Rick Mitchell of Moyer-Mitchell Company

Issue 152 - Recalling Recall Woes

Issue 153 - Guest Author Robert Hibbert on Recent Recall

Issue 154 - Fallout of the Westland/Hallmark Recall by Bob Hibbert

Issue 155- Defining Traceability Terms

Issue 156- Traceability Labor Cost Review

Issue 157- Solving Processing Traceability Complications

Issue 158- The Tools for Traceability

Issue 159- Calculating Fuel Surcharges

Issue 160- Fuel Surcharges - Am I Paying too Much?

Issue 161- Fuel Surcharges - Am I Charging Enough?

Issue 162- The Biggest Issues

Issue 163- Saved by Supervision

Issue 164- Locked out of the Market?

Issue 165- The Liabilities of Undocumented Labor?

Issue 166 - Country of Origin Labeling

Issue 167 - Past Issues and Present Concerns

Issue 168 - Employee Managment During a Recession

Issue 169 - Yes! We have no Tomatoes.

Issue 170 - What is a Widget?

Issue 171 - Getting Charged for Electricity

Issue 172 - Standard Mileage Deduction Rate Update

Issue 173 - Speed up the Receivables Cycle

Issue 174 - The Cost of Extending Credit

Issue 175 - Retail Stores Listed in Recalls

Issue 176 - COOL Rules Release