Press Release

Looking ahead: Handling Costs, People, and the Environment Are Big Challenges for Warehouse and Distribution Center Management in 2008

(Boonton, NJ, November 10, 2006) — Controlling costs, hiring and keeping good staff, and “greening” the supply chain are the top issues DC managers will face in 2008, according to the industry newsletter Distribution Center Management.

To prepare the annual industry outlook, editor Alison Dunn spoke with the six experts who identified these major challenges and also offered a number of key strategies for dealing with them in the New Year.

The full text of the report, “Handling costs, people, and the environment are big challenges for DC managers in 2008,” is available online at the Distribution Center Management website, http://www.DistributionGroup.com/dcmsample.php or by phoning the publisher at 1-800-232-4317.

The report includes comments from Mike Coronado, distribution director, The Container Store; Rick Goone, distribution center manager, Weekenders USA; Pat Kelley, Founder, Labor Development Group; Ken Miesemer, Sr. Consultant, St. Onge Company; Lawrence Dean Shemesh, president OPSdesign Consulting; and Jim Tompkins, president and CEO, Tompkins Associates.

About the Distribution Group

For more than 40 years, Distribution Group publications have helped distribution center and warehouse managers increase productivity, cut costs, and meet increasing customer demands. Distribution Group publishes Distribution Center Management newsletter, books and reports, and a free e-newsletter.

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