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news
13 \ newsworthy \
Industry growth slowed in June, Logistics
Manager’s Index shows
Trucking companies still under pressure to
find drivers
DHL report: Global trade on track for mild
decline
Groundbreakers: who’s building a new DC?
Warehouses are eyeing partial automation,
Zebra study shows
Lakefront Futures launches trucking
derivatives group for risk hedging in freight
Amazon to invest $700 million in “upskill”
training for employees
FMCSA rule would streamline testing for
commercial driver’s license
CBRE: Logistics real-estate supply ticked up
slightly in Q2, halting nearly nine-year
decline
Newsmakers: people on the fast track
Report finds cargo theft is most often an
inside job
Robotics firm to build automated
underground warehouse in Tel Aviv
Alliances: who’s sealed a deal?
Small retailers try to put their personal
stamp on Amazon’s “Prime Day”
in every issue
1 \ inbound \
Boxes and briefs: Industry news at a glance
33 \ inPerson \
An industry insider looks at the supply chain
44 \ applications \
A look at how DCs are using equipment or
services to rev up operations
49 \ rollouts \
Spotlight on conveyors and sorters
55 \ adindex \
How to reach our advertisers
voices
11 \ bigpicture \
Reading, writing, and robotics \
DAVID MALONEY
56 \ outbound \
Rock on, Richard \
MITCH MAC DONALD
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
n Jim Bowes
Peach State Integrated
Independent Consultant
n George Clopton
Polo/Ralph Lauren
n John White III
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
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