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news
15 ; newsworthy ;
; Five years on, DHL’s U.S.
exit continues to cause
pain—for parcel shippers
; Accolades: awards and
recognition
; Nearly 40 percent of U.S.
brokers have licenses
pulled
; Groundbreakers: who’s
building a new DC?
; Landstar sells supply chain
business to XPO Logistics
; Newsmakers: people on the
fast track
; New drug tracking law
“defines 3PLs’ place in the
supply chain”
; Alliances: who’s sealed
a deal?
; Short takes
in every issue
1 ; inbound ;
Boxes and briefs: Industry
news at a glance
65 ; rollouts ;
New logistics products
& services
71 ; adindex ;
How to reach our advertisers
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
; Jim Bowes
Peach State Integrated
Technologies
; Earl Boyanton
Independent Consultant
; George Clopton
Polo/Ralph Lauren
; Peter Counihan
Fortna
; John A. Gentle
John A. Gentle & Associates, LLC
; Brian Gibson, Ph.D.
Auburn University
; Steve Inacker
Cardinal Health
; Richard Jackson
Mast Logistics
; C. John Langley Jr., Ph.D.
Penn State University
; Clifford Lynch
C.F. Lynch & Associates
; Karl Manrodt, Ph.D.
Georgia Southern University
; Scott Mc Williams
OHL
; Christopher D. Norek, Ph.D.
Chain Connectors
; Richard H. Thompson
Supply Chain Visions
voices
13 ; bigpicture ;
Big data and the art of
winning in business ;
PETER BRADLEY
35 ; fastlane ;
Eight predictions for 2014 ;
CLIFFORD F. LYNCH
45 ; techwatch ;
2-D or RFID: Which is better
for item-level marking? ;
JAMES A. COOKE
55 ; basictraining ;
Help wanted: Octocopter
experience a plus ;
BY ART VAN BODEGRAVEN AND
KENNE TH B. ACKERMAN
72 ; outbound ;
We’ll be there for you ;
MITCH MAC DONALD
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