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news
17 ; newsworthy ;
Blackstone’s investment in
JDA sends “no sale”
signal to Honeywell, other
suitors
Despite calls for
collaboration, truck
shippers seen sticking to
the same old script
Rent-a-Robot: Coming
to a fulfillment center
near you
Accolades: awards and
recognition
Business down, prices up:
For LTL carriers,
oligopolies are a good
thing
Groundbreakers: who’s
building a new DC?
Warburg Pincus shells
out $255 million for
broker BlueGrace Logistics
Logility acquires software
integrator AdapChain
Newsmakers: people on
the fast track
Alliances: who’s sealed
a deal?
in every issue
1 ; inbound ;
Boxes and briefs: Industry
news at a glance
57 ; rollouts ;
Spotlight on packaging and
labeling systems
71 ; adindex ;
How to reach our advertisers
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
; Jim Bowes
Peach State Integrated
Technologies
; Earl Boyanton
Independent Consultant
; George Clopton
Polo/Ralph Lauren
; Peter Counihan
Fortna
; John A. Gentle
John A. Gentle & Associates, LLC
; Brian Gibson, Ph.D.
Auburn University
; Steve Inacker
Cardinal Health
; Richard Jackson
Mast Logistics
; C. John Langley Jr., Ph.D.
Penn State University
; Clifford Lynch
C.F. Lynch & Associates
; Karl Manrodt, Ph.D.
Georgia College & State University
; Scott Mc Williams
Geodis
; Christopher D. Norek, Ph.D.
Chain Connectors
; Richard H. Thompson
JLL
; Kate Vitasek
University of Tennessee
voices
15 ; bigpicture ;
Are we assuming too much? ;
DAVID MALONEY
39 ; fastlane ;
If you don’t know where
you’re going, any road will
take you there ;
CLIFFORD F. LYNCH
49 ; basictraining ;
Optics: It’s all in how you
look at it ;
ART VAN BODEGRAVEN
72 ; outbound ;
We wish you a Merry
Conference ;
MITCH MAC DONALD
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