JUNE 2013
VOLUME 11 NO. 6 inside
30 Leadership in times of sequestration: interview ith Rear Admiral Mark Heinrich BY STEVE GEARY The sequester may be causing havoc to budgets across the military, but Rear Admiral Mark Heinrich says it’s also an opportunity.
34 Collaboration bears fruit
BY PETER BRADLEY
; By working with a competitor to boost
transportation efficiency, Ocean Spray cut
freight costs by 40 percent and greenhouse
gases by 20 percent in one major lane.
38 Space invaders
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
Intermediaries have muscled in on the LTL
market. Can they continue to wield influence
in a world of rationalized capacity?
47 Lean your warehouse
workforce
BY TOBY GOOLEY
Lean management aims to eliminate waste,
add value, and achieve the best quality. When
applied properly, it can do all that plus bring
about huge labor-related improvements.
57 Item-level RFID reaches
into the DC
BY SUSAN K. LACEFIELD
More and more companies are turning to
item-level RFID tagging to boost inventory
accuracy throughout the supply chain. How
will this affect DCs?
63 A higher calling
BY DAVID MALONEY
Need space for expansion into multichannel
commerce? Just look upward.
