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news
15 ; newsworthy ;
“State of Logistics
Report”: U.S. business
logistics costs hit $1.45
trillion in 2014
Colorado startup plans to
accelerate supply chain
computing
Short takes
Hyster and Yale parent
consolidates competing
dealers
Newsmakers: people on
the fast track
JDA taps Google to host
omnichannel software
solutions
Accolades: awards and
recognition
enVista forms cloud
commerce company for
small business
Alliances: who’s sealed
a deal?
in every issue
1 ; inbound ;
Boxes and briefs: Industry
news at a glance
25 ; roadtrip ;
Our preview of upcoming
industry events
73 ; rollouts ;
New logistics products
& services
111 ; 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 College & State University
; Scott Mc Williams
OHL
; Christopher D. Norek, Ph.D.
Chain Connectors
; Richard H. Thompson
JLL
; Kate Vitasek
University of Tennessee
voices
13 ; bigpicture ;
Aspire to inspire ;
DAVID MALONEY
49 ; fastlane ;
Mission improbable? ;
CLIFFORD F. LYNCH
58 ; basictraining ;
Objects in mirror are closer
than they appear ;
BY ART VAN BODEGRAVEN AND
KENNETH B. ACKERMAN
112 ; outbound ;
A breeze of change ;
MITCH MAC DONALD
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