APRIL 2010
VOLUME 8 NO. 4 inside
32 detours of duty: interview ith Dr. Stephen Rutner BY STEVE GEARY In 2009, Dr. Stephen Rutner put his teaching career on hold for his second tour at the Port of Ash Shuaibah in Kuwait. Today, he’s back in the classroom with tales from the war zone—in the most literal sense.
37 power to the fleets
BY MARK SOLOMON
; Alternative fuels may someday go
mainstream, but truckers want to
make the shift on their terms, not the
government’s.
42
annual metrics survey:
a bright side to dark
times
BY KARL MANRODT, JOSEPH TILLMAN, AND KATE VITASEK
Even in the trough of a recession,
distribution center and warehousing
professionals continued to raise the bar
on operating performance last year.
47 vocal majority
BY JAMES A. COOKE
For medical supplier Owens & Minor,
finding the right picking technology
was the easy part. The real challenge
was getting 40 of its 52 facilities up and
running on voice in just one year.
57 five pitfalls to avoid
when setting up packing
stations
BY TOBY GOOLEY
Setting up a packing station may sound
straightforward. But there are actually a
number of places to go wrong. Here’s
what to watch for.
