"All I did was work, '' remembers the Crane Worldwide Logistics executive, adding: "I was never effective in crisis-management mode.

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Greg Burns, chairman and chief executive of PLS Logistics Services Inc. in Pittsburgh decided this year to ask 100 trucking company executives.

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Frank Appel, chief executive of German mail and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL, took charge of the company in February 2008 after his predecessor Klaus Zumwinkel stepped down following a personal tax evasion scandal.

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Steve Agg, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, said the country appears to be much better prepared for this latest spell of bad weather.

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"The school is helping us reinforce the concept that we want to be the employer of choice in south Florida, " says Anthony Burns, chief executive of this truck leasing and logistics firm.

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Rather than employing personal assistants at home, some bankers are using the executive assistants at their offices to handle some of their personal logistics.

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Walmex Chief Executive Eduardo Castro notes one big piece of the formula copycatted from the U.S.: logistics.

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