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news
13 \ newsworthy \
Warehouse automation market: Orders,
revenue could dip in 2020–2021
FedEx to drop Amazon business when
ground-delivery contract expires
Demand for Class 8 trucks on the brink of
“significant correction”
Alliances: who’s sealed a deal?
Port of Los Angeles plans “cyber resilience
center”
UPS to launch seven-days-a-week delivery
in 2020
Self-driving truck startups make trial freight
deliveries in Western states
Postal Service delivers $2.3 billion loss for
third quarter
“Smart” ocean container adoption expected
to triple
Newsmakers: people on the fast track
AT&T developing 5G data network for
rolling retail robots
Short takes
in every issue
1 \ inbound \
Boxes and briefs: Industry news at a glance
37 \ inPerson \
An industry insider looks at the supply chain
52 \ rollouts \
Spotlight on automation
55 \ adindex \
How to reach our advertisers
voices
11 \ bigpicture \
The cost of tariffs \
DAVID MALONEY
56 \ outbound \
Conventional wisdom \
MITCH MAC DONALD
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
n Jim Bowes
Peach State Integrated
Independent Consultant
n George Clopton
Polo/Ralph Lauren
n John White III
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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