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news
voices
in every issue
11 ; newsworthy ;
ten years after: a decade
after going public, Big Brown
has yet to deliver
Italian firm buys Diamond
Phoenix
accolades: awards and
recognition
WERC, DC VELOCITY team up
to run WIRE 2010
Transplace to expand into
SMB customer segment
short takes
U.S. DOJ allows regional LTL
network to engage in collective
ratemaking
rate sharks circling YRC
groundbreakers: who’s
building a new DC
take this job and … keep it!
Study finds warehouse workers
value job security over pay
9 ; bigpicture ;
getting the CEO’s attention ;
PETER BRADLEY
1 ; inbound ;
boxes and briefs: industry
news at a glance
31 ; fastlane ;
when 10+ 2 doesn’t equal 12 ;
CLIFFORD F. LYNCH
51 ; rollouts ;
new logistics products
& services
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
; 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
; Shekar Natarajan
Pepsi Bottling Group
; Christopher D. Norek, Ph.D.
Chain Connectors
; Richard H. Thompson
Jones Lang LaSalle
; Kate Vitasek
Supply Chain Visions
37 ; techwatch ;
open source comes to the
warehouse ;
JAMES A. COOKE
60 ; webdirect ;
online information from
vendors
63 ; outbound ;
did we leave room for
dessert? ;
MITCH MAC DONALD
62 ; adindex ;
how to reach our advertisers
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