OCTOBER 2017
VOLUME 15 NO. 10
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24 Lights! Camera! Logistics!:
interview with
Elaine Singleton
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
Technicolor has been part of the filmgoing fabric
for decades. But as Elaine Singleton, the company’s
vice president of supply chain, explains, there is also
a thriving 3PL brand behind the credits.
29 Before you dig:
11 questions to ask
before breaking ground
on a new DC
BY SUSAN K. LACEFIELD
3With complex DC design and construction
projects, small oversights can lead to big holdups
and delays. Asking the right questions beforehand
can help keep your project on track.
33 For U.S. 3PLs, can the world
be their oyster?
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
There’s a world of potential beyond U.S.-based
3PLs’ home markets. Do they have the means to
take the plunge?
38 A natural fit
BY DAVID MALONEY
As sales skyrocketed, a Japanese specialty skincare
and nutrition company needed a better method
for processing 4 million shipments a month. The
natural solution: automated systems.
42 The mall is dead!
Long live the mall!
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
Will Amazon’s lease of Cleveland’s defunct Randall
Park Mall for a fulfillment center kick-start interest
in converting the retail icons to industrial use?
