Logistics "must generate the necessary platform of opportunities so that firms can widely develop their activities through efficient logistics networks," according to Santiago Bassols, director of Barcelona Catalunya Centre Logístic (BCL).

John Hill, director of The St. Onge Company, explains why benchmarking one's performance in material handling is more important than ever before.

Steve Rogers, vice president of sales with Hannibal Industries, lays out the major issues facing the material-handling industry today.