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Contributing Editor Toby Gooley is a writer and editor specializing in supply chain, logistics, and material handling, and a lecturer at MIT's Center for Transportation & Logistics. She previously was Senior Editor at DC VELOCITY and Editor of DCV's sister publication, CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly. Prior to joining AGiLE Business Media in 2007, she spent 20 years at Logistics Management magazine as Managing Editor and Senior Editor covering international trade and transportation. Prior to that she was an export traffic manager for 10 years. She holds a B.A. in Asian Studies from Cornell University.
There were pallets aplenty at the inaugural Modex 2012 show in Atlanta. Here's a look at just a few of the more interesting pallet products on display.
The back stories of a stretch wrapper and collapsible crates exhibited at Modex 2012 demonstrate how necessity can be the mother of material handling invention.
The results of two longstanding research projects on third-party logistics hold some practical lessons for shippers and service providers. Here are a few highlights from the latest studies.
The Federal Maritime Commission's current inquiry into the Harbor Maintenance Tax is no trifling issue. It could lead to a trade war with Canada and higher costs for shippers.
Implementing a new WMS across a network of DCs carries big risks and big rewards. Two shippers that are going through it tell how they're avoiding pitfalls and achieving success.