The Inauguration of LQ’s Warehousing Education and Research Council Column
LQ is honored to announce the inauguration of a new column in LQ dedicated to the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC). This column will feature articles prepared by Michael J. Mikitka, Chief Executive Officer of WERC.
Given WERC’s role as an organization that is at the forefront of industry research and trends, and dedicated to delivering high quality education and practical tools to warehousing and distribution professionals, Michael’s new column in LQ will examine new trends and innovation in the field.
The Warehousing Education Research Council’s membership can also look forward to receiving complimentary editions of LQ throughout 2011 and enjoying the insights documented in WERC’s new column, which will complement LQ’s traditional editorial environment, comprised of leading American and Canadian practitioners in supply chain management and trade, as well as articles prepared by leading associations and academics from the United States and Canada.
About the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC):
WERC offers resources that help logistics professionals stay at the leading edge including educational events, performance metrics for benchmarking, practical research, expert insights, facility certification and peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. WERC provides leadership in the distribution/logistics field in its evolving role in the supply chain, advances the art and science of distribution management, and to enhances its membership’s development. WERC’s members are from companies across the gamut whose focus is on logistics and distribution. For more information, please visit: www.werc.org
About LQ:
LQ Magazine’s mandate is to provide ideas for leadership in logistics, transportation and trade for logisticians, supply chain management practitioners, transportation management and other senior-level executives in the United States and Canada who are engaged in leading and transforming their businesses. Since its founding in 1995, LQ has upheld a tradition to be logistics and transportation publication written by professionals for professionals in the field - affording authoritative thinking on the complex and fast-changing world of logistics and transportation business in Canada and the United States.
LQ also conducts industry studies, such as its recently inaugurated annual Third-Party Sustainability Study and Awards Program 2011, developed with David Closs, Ph.D., Michigan State University, and LQ Executive Editor, and Thomas Goldsby, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, LQ Executive Editor.
LQ also holds two annual symposiums that afford an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning and inquiry for thought leadership from across North America. For more information please visit: www.logisticsquarterly.com
