the U.S. should increase weight limits for trucks on
interstate highways. He also offers a look at the
proposed Safe and Efficient Transportation Act.
Efforts to Boost Truck Productivity
David Miller, Founder, VP & Chief Operating Officer,
Gnosis Management Group, LLC; November 2011
David Miller, vice president and chief operating
officer of Gnosis Management Group, LLC, reveals
the background behind proposed changes in
restrictions on the size and weight of trucks traveling on U.S. highways.
New Techniques for Enhancing
Sustainability in Logistics
Michael DelBovo, President, Saddle Creek Trans-
portation; November 2011
Michael DelBovo, president of Saddle Creek Trans-
portation, talks about the use of compressed natu-
ral gas in transportation, and how that effort will
impact sustainability initiatives in the years ahead.
Supply Chain Resiliency: 18th Annual
3PL Survey
Robert Lieb, Professor of Supply Chain Manage-
ment, Northeastern University; November 2011
Natural disasters in 2011 brought home to 3PLs
and their customers the need for contingency
supply-chain planning, according to the 18th
annual 3PL survey conducted by Northeastern
University and Penske Logistics. Northeastern
Professor Robert Lieb discusses this and other
survey findings, including how 3PLs are experi-
menting with social networking.
Researching Cross-Border Logistics
Arnold Maltz, Associate Professor of Supply Chain,
Arizona State University; November 2011
Visibility remains a problem on shipments moving into the U.S. from Mexico, making it difficult
for supply-chain managers to plan and
respond, says Arnold Maltz, associate professor
of supply chain at Arizona State University.
Maltz discusses a research project that Arizona
State, along with several partners, has launched
to identify causes and possible solutions.
The RightChain Supply-Chain Model
Lou Arace, Principal, Logistics Resources Interna-
tional, Inc.; November 2011
The RightChain supply chain model is a plan-
ning model designed to look holistically at the
entire supply chain, says Lou Arace, partner at
Logistics Resources International. This model
eliminates pockets of sub-optimization that
occur in other models when sectors are opti-
mized separately, he says.
Sustainable Logistics Operations
Andrea Dorothea Schoen, Environment & Green
Logistics Mgr., DB Schenker; November 2011
Sustainability will, with time, become a key performance indicator for the supply chain, along
with such traditional KPIs as on-time delivery,
order accuracy and transit time, says Andrea
Schoen of DB Schenker Logistics. Schoen
explains how DB Schenker Logistics already
has incorporated sustainability into its metrics
and what the impact has been.
Differentiated Logistics Services: A
Growing Trend
Mary Collins Holcomb, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
The University of Tennessee; November 2011
Professor Mary Holcomb of the University of Ten-
nessee discusses results of the 20th Annual Study of
Logistics and Transportation Trends. One key find-
ing is that logistics companies are moving away
from strategies based either on customer service or
cost leadership and toward mixed strategies that
attempt to provide both.
Trends in Dock Design
Walt Swietlik, Director, Customer Relations & Sales
Support, Rite-Hite Company, LLC; November 2011
New trends in dock design and dock layout are
outlined by Walt Swietlik of Rite-Hite. These
include such developments as larger-than-normal
door openings, different door heights and non-tra-ditional loading and unloading equipment, all
designed to increase the ease, speed and security
of loading and unloading trailers.
Greening the World of Logistics
Jason Mathers, Project Manager, Environmental
Defense Fund; November 2011
There are four driving forces in efforts to build
sustainability into logistics operations today,
says Jason Mathers, project manager for the
Environmental Defense Fund. They are cost
reduction, the expectation of investors, con-
sumer demands, and acceding to what a com-
pany’s employees want.
State of the Logistics Industry, Revisited
Rosalyn Wilson, Senior Business Analyst, Delcan;
November 2011
One of the premier observers of the industry was
hardly upbeat about the prospects of the logistics
services business when she released her yearly
report in June. Rosalyn Wilson, senior business
analyst for Delcan Corp., takes a second look, and
she is even less sanguine now.
The 20th Annual Study on Trends in Logistics
Karl Manrodt, Ph.D., Professor of Logistics, Georgia
Southern University; November 2011
The “new normal” that the industry began talking
about in 2008 continues to confront supply chain
practitioners today, says Karl Manrodt, professor of
logistics at Georgia Southern University. How do
professionals deal with the financial pressures in
the supply chain environment? The transportation
issues? And how can they make their supply chains
more flexible and responsive?
Logistics in Mega-Cities in Emerging Markets
Edgar Blanco, Ph.D., Research & Exec. Director,
SCALE Latin America, MIT Center for Transporta-
tion & Logistics; November 2011
With cities of 10 million-plus inhabitants account-
ing for more and more of the world’s GDP, they will
become ever more attractive to logistics services
providers. But, says Edgar Blanco, research and
executive director, SCALE Latin America, at the MIT
Center for Transportation & Logistics, companies
that have worked only in the developed world are
in for some for real surprises about logistics in
emerging markets.
Getting Relief Supplies to Disaster Areas
Jock Menzies, President, American Logistics Aid Net-
work; December 2011
With a large number of domestic and international
natural disasters, 2011 has been a very busy year for
the American Logistics Aid Network. ALAN Presi-
dent Jock Menzies talks about the challenges of
getting relief to disaster areas and how ALAN works
with its business partners to provide relief agencies
with the logistics help they need.
The World of Emergency Response Logistics
Erica Bash, General Counsel & Director, Dawson
Logistics; December 2011
Erica Bash, general counsel and director of Daw-
son Logistics, discusses the fundamentals of emer-
gency response logistics, and what it takes to strike
the ideal balance between cost and service.
TECHNOLOGY:
Managing Data Flow from Multiple Assets
Sid Snitkin, Vice President & General Manager, ARC
Advisory Group; March 2011
Whether large or small, it’s imperative for companies to efficiently manage the information generated by their assets, operations and maintenance,
says Sid Snitkin, vice president and general manager of ARC Advisory Group.
Dow Chemical Addresses AutoID in the
Supply Chain
J. Craig Casto, Global Leader, AutoID Expertise Cen-
ter, The Dow Chemical Company; March 2011
AutoID technologies do much more than improve
supply chain performance, says J. Craig Casto,
global leader of the AutoID Expertise Center at
Dow Chemical Company. They provide a wide
range of big business benefits.
Multi-Party Sourcing for Multi-Echelon
Supply Chains
Todd Walker, Product Marketing Director, One Net-
work Enterprises; March 2011
Traditional supplier portals are inadequate for pro-
curement needs today, says Todd Walker, Product
Marketing Director, One Network Enterprises. Pro-
cure-to-pay networks must work with all types of
supplies and with many parties simultaneously.
Bentley: Asset Management Must Scale to
Enterprise Needs
Alan Kiraly, VP, Operations Product Management,
Bentley Systems, Inc.; March 2011
An asset management solution needs to scale to the
requirements of enterprises, especially when deal-
ing with layers of complexity in multiple projects
and plants, says Alan Kiraly, vice president of opera-
tions product management at Bentley Systems, Inc.
Measuring & Managing Reliability of Assets
Paul Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, IVARA;
March 2011
Economic pressures compel plants to extend the
use of assets, says Paul Marshall, chief executive
officer of IVARA. That is more easily accomplished
with solutions designed to gauge the reliability and
performance of those assets.
