; News and industry updates you won’t find anywhere else
We’re constantly adding fresh content to our Web site. You’ll find
original reporting and analysis by DC VELOCITY’S editors on industry
trends, news developments, and conference presentations. Check
our home page often!
; A peek inside Kendall-Jackson’s eco-friendly DC
Jackson Family Wines, maker of Kendall-Jackson and other well-known wines, has opened a giant, soon-to-be-LEEDS-certified distribution center in American Canyon, Calif. Read our report on the
building of this landmark facility and take a look inside the DC with
our Web-exclusive photos. To view the photos, go to www.dcveloc-
ity.com/articles/20100222inside_an_eco_friendly_dc/.
Now playing on DCV-TV Channel 1: “Meet the
Rainmakers” video interviews
DC VELOCITY is bringing our annual “Rainmakers”
series to life! These presentations will bring you face to face with
some of the industry’s leading thinkers. We’ll be adding a new interview with a DC VELOCITY Rainmaker each week, so check back often.
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CHECK OUT OUR BLOGS!
At www.dcvelocity.com/blogs/, you’ll find:
Posts from DC VELOCITY’S newest blogger, Karl
Manrodt of Georgia Southern University. Karl’s
acclaimed work on distribution center metrics,
done in partnership with Supply Chain Visions, DC
VELOCITY, and WERC, has been used as a benchmark
by international companies for the past six years.
The new blog will provide readers with “a bench-
marking road map to help you drive best-in-chan-
nel (or -market or -class) performance,” Karl says.
THE BIG 3
Our best-read articles online last month were:
1. Hoffa seeks level playing field between FedEx, UPS
2. Pallets cause of recent Tylenol recall?
3. Outsourcing: Contract changes could stop 3PL
“savings leakage”
