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20 years later, the question remains the same: Are you up to SPEED?

To mark the start of our 20th publishing year, we offer Group Editorial Director Emeritus Mitch Mac Donald’s inaugural “Outbound” column.

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Hail and farewell: interview with Gail Rutkowski

As a kid, she aspired to be a nun or U.S. senator. When that didn’t work out, Gail Rutkowski, outgoing head of NASSTRAC, decided to give transportation a try. She never looked back.

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Thought I’d something more to say …

Like so many things in 2020, the script we’ve been working from has required multiple rewrites. But now it’s time to put a cap on a tumultuous year—and an eventful career.

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Digital supply chains, circular economies, and a whole bunch of uncertainty

What are the biggest challenges facing supply chain leaders in the decade ahead? Gartner analysts recently took up that question—and their answers may (or may not) surprise you.

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Sorry, folks. This is not normal

It’s time to reject the trope of the “new normal.” We are clearly living in a new abnormal, where the old rules of business no longer apply.

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Gaining a (virtual) Edge

CSCMP’s Edge conference is going entirely virtual this year. That’s a good thing for logistics and supply chain professionals.

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When the government CARES too much

The U.S. Treasury Department is lending YRC $700 million in return for an equity stake. That means U.S. taxpayers now own nearly 30% of a trucker that appears perennially stuck in neutral.

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Air cargo and Covid-19: Fly high or go home

The pandemic has given airline management an unprecedented opportunity to showcase the value of cargo. But it won’t do them much good without a new business model for freight.