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Michael Levans Chief Editor, Moderator, Logistics Management |
Advanced Training for the Endurance Test Do you think your logistics operation is fit enough to pass the 2006 Endurance Test? Chances are you'll need some additional training. Consider it a 50-minute trip to the logistics gym - and you don't even have to leave your desk.
Shippers who survived last year's logistics maelstrom are going to need both determination and creativity to keep fright costs under control in 2006. In our Logistics Outlook (LM cover story January 2006), Contributing Editor Elizabeth Baatz has done a superb job of preparing shippers for the grueling challenge ahead. Now, to supplement this annual feature, Logistics Management is building upon Baatz's rate forecasts to produce an exclusive online event that will bring the analysts interviewed in this year's Outlook directly to the shipper community.
By attending the 2006 Logistics Outlook Webcast, shippers will gain deeper insight into what's driving their freight rate increases-but more importantly, learn practical steps for better managing under today's pressing conditions.

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Thom Albrecht CFA, Managing Director Stephens Inc. |
Mary Holcomb Professor of Logistics & Transportation in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee |
Lee Clair Senior Partner at Norbridge Inc. (logistics, transportation, and SCM advisors) |
Jim Haughey Director of Economics, Reed Business Information-US |
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Panelists Bios |
| Thom Albrecht: Thom co-heads the transportation equity research team, focusing on truckload, less-than-truckload and transport suppliers at Stephens, Inc. He has been covering transportation equities since 1988. He has been chosen by The Wall Street Journal as an All-Star Analyst six times and has been selected, along with Alex Brand, as providing the top regional brokerage transportation research the past four years by Institutional Investor magazine. |
Mary Holcomb Ph.D.: Mary is Associate Professor of Logistics and Transportation, The University of Tennessee. Her teaching interests are in logistics systems, total quality management, and business process management. Her research interests focus on two related areas of strategic logistics management: customer service measurement and process design. |
Lee Clair: Lee is senior partner at Norbridge, transportation and logistics advisory firm, and heads up the firm's Chicago office. Over the past fifteen years, Lee has participated in over 100 consulting assignments with dozens of clients. He specializes in advising clients in all aspects of transportation, logistics and supply chain management. |
Jim Haughey: Jim is director of economics for Reed Business Information. He provides market specific economic analysis and forecasts for Reed Business Information publications in the logistics, electronics, construction and manufacturing markets. His reports appear as regular editorial features in print, web and newsletter publications, including Logistics Management, Supply chain Management Review and Modern Materials Handling. |
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