OCTOBER 2018
VOLUME 16 NO. 10
inside
28 Ability awareness:
interview with
Tom Minich
BY DAVID MALONEY
While many would consider disabilities
a liability, Peckham Inc. embraces
employees with disabilities as the key to
its success as an organization.
33 Off the rails
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
The contract between UPS and the
Teamsters calls for shifting part of Big
Brown’s traffic from intermodal to
over-the-road. Is this a wake-up call for
the railroads?
37 No TMS? No problem!
BY VICTORIA KICKHAM
How Rockwell Automation uses
RateLinx’s Data-as-a-Service offering
to improve its freight management
operations without a traditional TMS.
41 A fresh read on
mobile computing in
the warehouse
BY BEN AMES
With the market at a crossroads, our
exclusive survey offers an inside look at
the state of mobile computing today and
the outlook for the future.
45 Conveyor
maintenance goes
high tech
BY VICTORIA KICKHAM
Predictive maintenance takes hold in
today’s increasingly connected
distribution center, where sensors,
software, and the Internet converge to
improve system visibility and reduce
downtime.
