Alex Falconer, 43, starts Monday as a salesman for a Chicago-area logistics company.

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On the other hand, our big airbase in southeastern Turkey, Incirlik, is the key staging area for logistics in northern Iraq.

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This is an area many logistics firms are keen to expand into.

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Prospect union negotiator, Steve Thomas, said questions remained over the logistics of how the area covered by several police forces across the north east of England would be served.

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As a result, the industry growth clusters (aviation, specialized business services, life sciences, innovative manufacturing, and supply chain and logistics) have been gaining traction in our metro area.

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In some cases, these tours offer travellers a glimpse of life in an area they might not visit otherwise, often because of logistics or safety concerns.

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They are also building their own distribution centers that are the logistics hubs where they receive, sort and stock the Wal-Mart stores in their area.

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