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voices
in every issue
19 ; newsworthy ;
; Lift truck production seen
growing 2 to 3 percent this
year
; Group developing legal
framework for shared
supply chains in Europe
; Interroll buys Portec Group
; Groundbreakers: who’s
building a new DC?
; U.S. 3PLs showed below-trend growth in 2012
; Accolades: awards and
recognition
; Alliances: who’s sealed
a deal
; Supreme Court strikes
down drayage rules at Port
of L.A.
; FedEx Freight raises tariff
rates, undercuts rivals
; Largest pooler of plastic
pallets loses 1. 5 million
units, files for bankruptcy
; Lytle leaves Long Beach for
larger pastures at Oakland
17 ; bigpicture ;
The Rainmaker class of 2013 ;
PETER BRADLEY
1 ; inbound ;
Boxes and briefs: Industry
news at a glance
49 ; fastlane ;
An uncertain summer ;
CLIFFORD F. LYNCH
79 ; rollouts ;
New logistics products
& services
59 ; techwatch ;
Missing the potential of
inventory optimization ;
JAMES A. COOKE
127 ; 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
; Shekar Natarajan
Anheuser-Busch
; Christopher D. Norek, Ph.D.
Chain Connectors
; Richard H. Thompson
Supply Chain Visions
71 ; basictraining ;
Entitlement nation ;
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