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voices
in every issue
9 newsworthy
Study: Supply chain execs
see value in green initiatives
but lag in the execution
cut, cut, cut won’t work:
Management gurus warn
against wholesale job
reductions
accolades: awards and
recognition
weak year ahead for
warehouse and DC property
market
Wilmington, Ohio, ponders
life after DHL
Boston Rack International
announces merger with Base
Manufacturing
maybe slower isn’t cheaper
after all: Study challenges
conventional wisdom about
international shipping costs
7 bigpicture
the ghosts of Smoot and
Hawley
PETER BRADLEY
1 inbound
boxes and briefs: industry news
at a glance
27 fastlane
the road less stimulated
CLIFFORD F. LYNCH
50 rollouts
new logistics products
& services
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Wayne Bourne
Bourne Management Group
Jim Bowes
Peach State Integrated
Technologies
George Clopton
Polo/Ralph Lauren
Peter Counihan
Fortna
John A. Gentle
John A. Gentle & Associates, LLC
Brian Gibson, Ph.D.
Auburn University
Steve Inacker
Cardinal Health
Richard Jackson
Limited Distribution Services
C. John Langley Jr., Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Clifford Lynch
CTSI
Karl Manrodt, Ph.D.
Georgia Southern University
Scott Mc Williams
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics
Christopher D. Norek, Ph.D.
Chain Connectors
Richard H. Thompson
Jones Lang LaSalle
Kate Vitasek
Supply Chain Visions
33 techwatch
on-demand WMS could rock
distribution
JAMES A. COOKE
60 webdirect
online information from
vendors
62 adindex
how to reach our advertisers
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how to deal with survivor’s
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DONALD JACOBSON AND
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63 outbound
a downturn in ethics
MITCH MAC DONALD
19 roadtrip
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