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David Maloney

Senior Editor, Special Projects & eContent


David Maloney has been a business journalist for more than 20 years. He joined DC Velocity in April of 2004. Prior to joining DC Velocity, David was senior editor for Modern Materials Handling, where he wrote feature articles and the majority of that magazine's cover stories. David also has extensive experience as a broadcast journalist. Before writing for supply chain publications, he was a television producer and director in Pittsburgh. David combines a background of reporting on logistics with his video production experience to bring new opportunities to DC Velocity readers, including Webcasts and Web-based videos highlighting top distribution and logistics facilities. David also serves as a principal of our sister organization, Agile Business Media (ABM) Services.

Articles by David Maloney

Does your software need a tune-up?
Spiraling costs and order fulfillment delays may be signs that your supply chain software needs some attention.

Disaster planning for DC operations
Your company may be prepared for fires, floods, and labor strikes. But does it have a plan for dealing with material handling system breakdowns?

Crown moves into IC lift truck market
After 50 years of making electric vehicles, Crown unveils its first internal-combustion lift truck.

How one pharma distributor beat the drug pedigree blues
Drug pedigree laws almost forced the Harvard Drug Group out of business. But software and a high-speed voice system saved the day.

How Orvis tackled its supply chain woes
Although it had long since joined the ranks of multichannel marketers, the Orvis Co. was still struggling with a supply chain designed for an earlier business model. Would its bold new restructuring plan fly?

Home Depot's supply chain remodel
For three decades, the world's largest home improvement chain operated without anything resembling a conventional distribution network. Now it's scrambling to turn that fixer-upper system into a showplace.

Going green is a piece of cake
It might sound complicated and burdensome, but Tasty Baking discovered that building green was easy as pie.

Green machine
Forget fuel cells. Toyota announces plans to market a hybrid-diesel forklift truck.

What the Intelligrated/FKI deal means to you
It will be business as usual in the short term. But over time, Intelligrated's acquisition of FKI Logistex could reshape the material handling market.

The big switch
The prospect of losing three key employees to retirement proved to be just the impetus switch-maker Saia-Burgess needed to automate its warehouse operations.

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Articles from CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly
Some of the best read articles from DC Velocity's sister publication, published in a partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals

At Kraft, cash is king
When Kraft Foods needed to cut costs and free up cash, its supply chain organization rose to the challenge. Better inventory turnover played a leading role in boosting cash flow by 20 percent.

San Diego—you need to be here!
Just about anyone who's involved in supply chain management will converge on San Diego for CSCMP's 2010 Annual Global Conference.

Commentary: Modeling your competitor's supply chain: The untold story
Supply chain design software offers a tool for modeling a rival's network and performance. But few companies seem to be taking advantage of that opportunity.

Germany gets top marks for international trade logistics
Germany tops the World Bank's ranking of nations' capacity to facilitate international trade logistics.

Companies struggle to build "cash culture"
Many companies that are fighting to free up cash in their supply chains have not taken the necessary steps to make that happen.


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