DECEMBER 2013
VOLUME 11 NO. 12
inside
28 Queen of the Road:
interview with Lana Batts
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
Lana Batts’ appeal stems from her lifelong love of
trucking and her ability to speak the language of
the guys and gals on the road. Now, she’s tackling
a new and thorny issue: driver pre-screening.
35 Mobile tech taking hold
across the supply chain
BY PETER BRADLEY
; Mobile technologies designed for DCs continue
to improve, but the real action is in the growing use
of these devices at every link in the supply chain.
41 A new shade of 3PL
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
Being asset-poor has long been the path to riches.
But as truck users face what may be a lengthy
period of supply contraction, will a new type of
intermediary come to rule the roost?
45 Pioneering RFID in the DC
BY JAMES A. COOKE
Item-level tagging has sped up inbound and
outbound processing at a German 3PL’s
distribution center. But issues remain in using
RFID for item selection.
50 Emerging logistics hot spots:
The West
BY SUSAN K. LACEFIELD
While they may not displace Southern California
as the key logistics hub for the western United
States, these three regions are on the rise:
Dallas/Fort Worth; Reno, Nev.; and Quincy, Wash.
59 A measurable difference
BY DAVID MALONEY
For global supply chain solutions provider
Panalpina, access to solid weight and
dimensional data has led to better, more
efficient cargo handling operations.
