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Trucking suffered the greatest loss of jobs in history during January, excluding the month of the national drivers’ strike in 1994.

Efficiency is the cornerstone of most successful supply-chain operations, and in a bad economy it’s the little things that can make or break a business struggling to survive.

U.S. industrial production fell 1.8% in January, declining for the sixth time in seven months, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler have asked the U.S. government to more than double their combined $17.4 billion in loans to about $39 billion, the Associated Press reported.

The price of goods imported to the United States fell for a sixth straight month in January on lower commodity costs, declining 1.1%, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

New housing starts fell to a record low in January, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said Wednesday it lost $330 million in the fourth quarter as sales slumped 7% and that it would cut almost 5,000 jobs.

National Retail Systems has deployed 115 trucks to comply with the Clean Truck Program requirements set forth by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the company said Tuesday.

JDF Distribution Solutions has agreed to use supply chain execution software provided by HighJump Software, the companies said.

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC are unlikely to complete deals with debt holders and union workers by a government-imposed deadline on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.