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GOOD QUESTION What’s your biggest supply chain takeaway from peak season?
FEATURES 28 MANAGING YOUR
INFOCUS 1 INFO SNACKS 12 VERTICAL FOCUS: Home Improvement 14 NOTED 16 TAKEAWAYS 52 IN BRIEF 56 LAST MILE Easter candy by the numbers
AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE More than 80% of warehouses are not automated, but signs point to higher adoption soon. Here’s what to consider when it’s time to implement automation and robotics to improve warehouse operations. 34 SUPPLY CHAIN EDUCATION KINDLES NEW SKILLS Turning the page on disruption and upheaval, academic supply chain programs prepare future leaders and logisticians by emphasizing the most important skill sets. 40 LOGISTICS DISASTERS: HANG ON! Extreme weather events happen more frequently and with greater severity. Delivering disaster relief supplies quickly and efficiently requires logistics professionals to overcome some wet and wild challenges. Inbound Logistics (ISSN 0888-8493, USPS 703990) is mailed monthly to approximately 60,000 business professionals who buy, specify, or recommend logistics technology, transportation, and related services, by Thomas, a Xometry company, 5 Penn Plaza, NY, NY 10001. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and additional mailing offices. All rights reserved. The publisher accepts no responsibility for the validity of claims of any products or services described. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic means, or stored in any information retrieval system, without permission from the publisher. POSTMASTER SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: Inbound Logistics, 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001
CONTENT PARTNERS KNOWLEDGE BASE 20 FINDING STABILITY IN A TURBULENT TRUCKLOAD MARKET Offered by SMC 3 21 OMNICHANNEL FULFILLMENT FOR RETAIL E-COMMERCE Offered by QSSI by consensus and lets team members course-correct on their own, which allows him to devote time to developing innovative solutions. INFO 46 WEB_CITE CITY 50 SUPPLY CHAIN INSIGHTS 54 CALENDAR 55 RESOURCE CENTER INPRACTICE 10 LEADERSHIP As CEO of Omni Logistics, JJ Schickel leads
INSIGHT 4 CHECKING IN Education: a call to action 6 GOOD QUESTION What’s your biggest supply chain takeaway from peak season? 8 10 TIPS Choosing a freight bill audit and payment provider 22 IT MATTERS Leveraging NFTs to elevate shipment security 24 PROCUREMENT 4 ways procurement will evolve in 2023 26 VIEWPOINT Collaboration and connectivity have to come before technology
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