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DC Velocity Staff
By DC Velocity StaffNov 13, 2007
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What keeps you up at night? The range of daily challenges facing logistics professionals today could spark insomnia at a narcoleptics' convention. Do you worry about security and terrorism? How about your freight carriers' on-time delivery performance? Are you concerned about losing your job or having to reduce staff? How about meeting the internal demands associated with your company's expansion?

Whatever might be bothering you, DC VELOCITY wants to know about it. We're developing a feature for our December issue called "Losing Sleep: The Biggest Concerns of Logistics Pros."

Whether you want to go on the record or share your thoughts anonymously, please send your comments by e-mail to: peterbradley@dcvelocity.com.

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