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Vol. 37, No. 4 April 2017
THE MAGAZINE FOR DEMAND-DRIVEN LOGISTICS
www.inboundlogistics.com
STAFF
PUBLISHER Keith G. Biondo
by Felecia Stratton | Editor publisher@inboundlogistics.com
EDITOR Felecia J. Stratton
editor@inboundlogistics.com
MANAGING EDITOR Lauren Muskett
lmuskett@inboundlogistics.com
SENIOR ASSOCIATE Katrina Arabe
EDITOR karabe@inboundlogistics.com
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Merrill Douglas • Jason McDowell
Karen M. Kroll • Elaine Silver
We’ve Been Together for 35 Years CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jeof Vita
jvita@inboundlogistics.com
DIGITAL DESIGN Amy Palmisano
MANAGER apalmisano@inboundlogistics.com
PUBLICATION MANAGER Sonia Casiano
sonia@inboundlogistics.com
his month marks my 35th anniversary of serving readers as editor CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Carolyn Smolin
of Inbound Logistics. That milestone gave me reason to look back PUBLISHING ASSISTANT Kathy Narvaez
T while developing and editing the content for this annual logistics
technology issue. SALES OFFICES
Three decades ago, logistics technology primarily consisted of typewrit- PUBLISHER: Keith Biondo
ers, pens and pencils, ledgers, paper maps, and hand-typed bills of lading and 212-629-1560 • FAX: 212-629-1565
invoices. Critical information frequently existed only inside the minds of key publisher@inboundlogistics.com
employees. A drone was a black-and-yellow striped insect or a boring person, WEST/MIDWEST/SOUTHWEST: Harold L. Leddy
the cloud was a weather phenomenon, the web was something a spider lived 847-446-8764 • FAX: 847-305-5890
in, and a mobile solution was a picking cart with wheels. haroldleddy@inboundlogistics.com
And just like in logistics, publishing technology has evolved as well. When Marshall Leddy
I began at Inbound Logistics, we were solely a print publication. Today, we 612-234-7436 • FAX: 847-305-5890
publish across numerous channels–web, digital, tablet/smartphone, apps, marshall@inboundlogistics.com
SOUTHEAST: Gordon H. Harper
social media, and more–any way the reader wants it. 404-229-9691 • FAX: 404-355-2036
No matter what the channel, I’ve worked hard over these past decades to south@inboundlogistics.com
ensure that IL’s content coincides with the non-stop technological revolu- MIDWEST/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Joseph Biondo
tion that continues to bring vast and lasting changes to how you match supply 516-578-8924
to demand, and manage your logistics and supply chain. For example, the jbiondo@inboundlogistics.com
Internet of Things (IoT) connects every computer, mobile device, container, NORTHEAST: Rachael Sprinz
and package to the cloud in ways that were inconceivable to traffic managers 212-629-1560 • FAX: 212-629-1565
and procurement specialists three decades ago. You can get a take on how the rachael@inboundlogistics.com
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