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news
19 \ newsworthy \
Toyota acquires
Vanderlande for US$1.3
billion
Fortna opens software
office in Vietnam
Survey: Retailers drive
demand for Internet of
Things
Schneider launches IPO;
sale to raise $3.3 billion
Sensor Think rolls out
warehouse execution
system
N.io hires executives from
Time Warner Cable and
Dell EMC
InVia Robotics unveils
warehouse robot fleet
Surge in spot market traffic
drives down truck rates;
will contract bids follow
suit?
HighJump expands
voice-picking tools for SMB
market
MercuryGate program
connects TMS users with
logistics experts
in every issue
1 \ inbound \
Boxes and briefs: Industry
news at a glance
50 \ applications \
A look at how DCs are using
equipment or services to rev
up operations
53 \ rollouts \
Spotlight on energy-saving
equipment
63 \ adindex \
How to reach our advertisers
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
n Jim Bowes
Peach State Integrated
Independent Consultant
n George Clopton
Polo/Ralph Lauren
n Peter Counihan
Fortna
n John A. Gentle
John A. Gentle & Associates, LLC
n Brian Gibson, Ph.D.
Auburn University
n Steve Inacker
Cardinal Health
n Richard Jackson
Mast Logistics
n C. John Langley Jr., Ph.D.
Penn State University
n Clifford Lynch
C.F. Lynch & Associates
n Karl Manrodt, Ph.D.
Georgia College & State University
n Scott Mc Williams
Geodis
n Christopher D. Norek, Ph.D.
Chain Connectors
n Richard H. Thompson
JLL
n Kate Vitasek
University of Tennessee
voices
17 \ bigpicture \
Shades of gray \
DAVID MALONEY
39 \ fastlane \
The continuing
infrastructure fiasco \
CLIFFORD F. LYNCH
64 \ outbound \
When good needs to
be better \
MITCH MAC DONALD
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