OCTOBER 2015
VOLUME 13 NO. 10
inside
24 A focus on mobility: interview
with Rosabeth Moss Kanter
BY PETER BRADLEY
All the talk about potholes and creaky bridges is getting
us nowhere, says Rosabeth Moss Kanter. To kickstart the
infrastructure debate, we should be talking about mobility
and the economic opportunity it makes possible.
29 Has RFID found a home?
BY BEN AMES
3Despite its early supply chain promise (and
Wal-Mart’s much-hyped 2003 mandate), the RFID
revolution has stalled. Will the demands of omnichannel
commerce reignite it?
35 Countdown to D-Day
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
The upcoming holiday peak season will be the first since
FedEx and UPS moved to dimensional weight pricing.
Are the nation’s parcel shippers ready?
43 How to avoid a retrofit horror
story
BY SUSAN K. LACEFIELD
Integrating new equipment into an existing operation
can be a challenging and frustrating endeavor. Here
are seven tips for keeping your project from turning into
a nightmare.
47 Freeze frame!
BY DAVID MALONEY
Despite the sub-zero temps, no one’s complaining about
working conditions in the freezer of North America’s
largest refrigerated warehouse. That’s because it’s built
around a sophisticated mega-AS/RS that performs virtually
all of the work.
51 Trickle-down logistics
BY STEVE GEARY
You may not think of the military as a wellspring of
logistics innovation. But the Defense Department has a
long history of developing (and implementing) cutting-edge tools. Here are just a few examples.
