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Getting 8.5 million copies of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix into stores for sale at but not a minute before the witching hour on June 21 was only part of Andy Yablin's challenge. The other part was keeping every single copy under wraps so nobody could ruin the magic.
Three years ago, logistics' next big thing was going to be the collaborative network. Developers promised shippers that by banding together, they'd wield the kind of bargaining power enjoyed by the Wal-Marts of the world.
For well over a decade, third-party service providers 3PLs have been the lost boys of logistics, with no trade association to call their own. Joel Hoiland hopes to change that by welcoming them into the International Warehouse Logistics Association.