DR. SANDOR BOYSON is a Research Professor at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and Codirector at the University's newly formed Supply Chain Management Center. He directed the four-year research project on Logistics Best Practices for the U.S. Department of Energy involving the School's Logistics and Transportation faculty group. He has also served as the Associate Director for the Technology and Engineering Management Programs at the Graduate School of Management and Technology, University of Maryland. He is a founding and present editor of Technology Management and the author of two books as well as numerous articles.

DR. THOMAS M. CORSI is a Professor of Logistics and Transportation and Codirector of the Supply Chain Management Center at the University of Maryland. He was formerly Chairperson of the University's Logistics and Transportation Group.

DR. MARTIN E. DRESNER is an Associate Professor of Logistics and Transportation at the University of Maryland and an Associate Director of the Supply Chain Management Center.

LISA H. HARRINGTON is the president of Harrington Associates, a communications firm specializing in the areas of supply chain management, logistics, and operations management. She is a Senior Fellow at the Supply Chain Management Center, and a regular contributing editor to Industry Week and Transportation and Distribution magazines.