FEBRUARY 2010
VOLUME 8 NO. 2 inside
30 a man with a plan: interview with Joel D. Anderson BY MITCH MAC DONALD They said it couldn’t be done. So how did Joel Anderson manage to boost his trade association’s membership during the trough of a recession?
34 sharing the load
BY MARK SOLOMON
They’re still not bosom buddies,
but truckers and rails are
increasingly finding they benefit
more from cooperation than
confrontation.
38 does your software
need a tune-up?
BY DAVID MALONEY
; Spiraling costs, glacial order
turns, delivery delays? It might
be time to pop open the hood
and make some tweaks to the
software that drives your supply
chain operations.
42
pay for performance
BY SUSAN K. LACEFIELD
Most shippers pay their 3PLs based
on the services provided. But some
say they’d be better off paying for
results.
49
slow turn ahead for
conveyor market
BY PETER BRADLEY
After a dismal 2009, makers of
conveying systems believe a mod-
est recovery is under way. In the
meantime, look for great deals on
equipment.
