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news
17 \ newsworthy \
Amazon orders 20,000 Mercedes-Benz vans
for parcel delivery program
UPS unveils plan to boost margins on B2C
deliveries
Convoy lands $185 million for online
trucking marketplace
Diesel’s share of U.S. truck market will
shrink by 2040, study says
Alliances: who’s sealed a deal?
UP pledges performance improvements
through precision railroading plan
FedEx Ground to add year-round Saturday
service, matching UPS
Analyst: Shippers are leading shift toward
digital supply chain practices
Hub sells Mode Transport unit to focus on
core business
Ocean box re-use program launched in
Mexico with CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd
Groundbreakers: who’s building a new DC?
Newsmakers: people on the fast track
Accolades: awards and recognition
Penn State tops list of best schools for
supply chain management
Lanehub unveils platform for shippers to
market backhaul space to each other
in every issue
1 \ inbound \
Boxes and briefs: Industry news at a glance
48 \ applications \
A look at how DCs are using equipment or
services to rev up operations
51 \ rollouts \
Spotlight on dock equipment
55 \ adindex \
How to reach our advertisers
voices
15 \ bigpicture \
Work on the high side \
DAVID MALONEY
56 \ outbound \
Throwing out the babies with
the bathwater \
MITCH MAC DONALD
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
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