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3PL’s evolving role in supply chain Conquering the cold chain
management Many major and minor third party logistics
The past few years have witnessed many mergers providers (3PLs) have found that offering
and acquisitions in the third-party logistics provider ‘controlled-temperature’ services – including
(3PL) markets, and today’s 3PLs have positioned temperature controlled storage areas and
themselves as dynamic supply chain solution dedicated refrigerated transport vehicles –
providers – from basic freight transportation to can help cargo owners break into emerging
more omni-channel distribution management and markets and develop new revenue streams.
IT services.

COVER 22 Research Outsourcing
2 Uncovering value in the 16 3PL’s evolving role in
Outsourcing
Cold chain logistics supply chain supply chain management
Materials handling systems
ERP Cold chain
At Logimat 2016, 4 Incremental 18 Conquering the cold chain
Jungheinrich launched
its EKX 514-516 electric implementation of Aftersales support
narrow-aisle combi order Agile ERP ensures value 20 Barloworld Handling and
picker and trilateral forklift realisation
with a payload capacity of Hyster take parts backup
1 600 kg and a lift height Land transport costs to next level
of 17,5 m. And the EKX has 6 Is it time for a Truck Rapid
already won the 2016 IFOY Materials Handling
award. Transit system? 22 Award winning new combi

RFID stacker from Jungheinrich
8 RFID software solutions
Regulars
are evolving rapidly 14 BOOK REVIEW
25 NEWS
IoT 35 FORTHCOMING EVENTS
10 Instant on-line Education, 36 INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Employment and Economy & EDITORIAL DIRECTORIES

Training
11 Exploding myths and

exploring resonances

Ethical algorithms
12 Living with ethical

algorithms

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