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news
15 \ newsworthy \
For truckload carriers and
their customers, the
moment of truth has
arrived
USPS testing next-day
deliveries on Saturday
pickups from retail stores
C.H. Robinson develops
software to mitigate supply
chain risk
FedEx to slap dimensional
pricing on packages
handled with USPS
APICS streamlines supply
chain exam process
Blockchain consortium
eyes supply chain
Will back-to-back disasters
move the cloud investment
needle?
MHI speaker: Appoint a
“chief disruption officer”
for your company
Any corporation can act
like a startup, MHI speaker
says
in every issue
1 \ inbound \
Boxes and briefs: Industry
news at a glance
46 \ applications \
A look at how DCs are using
equipment or services to rev
up operations
51 \ rollouts \
Spotlight on facility
maintenance equipment
63 \ adindex \
How to reach our advertisers
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
n Jim Bowes
Peach State Integrated
Independent Consultant
n George Clopton
Polo/Ralph Lauren
n Peter Counihan
Fortna
n John A. Gentle
John A. Gentle & Associates, LLC
n Brian Gibson, Ph.D.
Auburn University
n Steve Inacker
Cardinal Health
n Richard Jackson
Mast Logistics
n C. John Langley Jr., Ph.D.
Penn State University
n Clifford Lynch
C.F. Lynch & Associates
n Karl Manrodt, Ph.D.
Georgia College & State University
n Scott Mc Williams
Geodis
n Christopher D. Norek, Ph.D.
Chain Connectors
n Richard H. Thompson
JLL
n Kate Vitasek
University of Tennessee
voices
13 \ bigpicture \
Unskilled and unaware \
DAVID MALONEY
37 \ fastlane \
Precision is not easy \
CLIFFORD F. LYNCH
64 \ outbound \
Money alone won’t solve our
infrastructure woes \
MITCH MAC DONALD
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