onsumers have come to expect that shipping for online orders will be both fast and cheap. The logistics industry is tasked with providing that service — moving cargo around the globe by air, sea, land, and rail.

But in the face of rising costs, increased regulation and global competition, how can the industry, well, deliver?

That question was the starting point for many of the sessions at the 2014 Georgia Logistics Summit, hosted annually by the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics. Logistics is vital to Georgia’s economy, representing $15 billion annually, and the attendees were keen to hear from leaders of manufacturing, warehousing, transportation and retail as they presented their ideas and innovations to survive and prosper.

Three extremely valuable sessions examined the challenges faced when importing, exporting and distributing goods domestically:

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