From a transportation perspective, it's easy to understand the impact fuel cost has on your overall balance sheet. But to simply state that fuel is the only thing impacting the industry is a long "haul" from the truth. For those looking for a broad based, well thought out analysis of overall market forces impacting the transportation world, check out the 2011 State of Logistics Report, published by Inbound Logistics. Some of the usual suspects pop up, such as the state of the U.S./global recession/recovery, but you'll quickly recognize what a truly globalized supply chain economy faces in the coming year(s).