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March 11, 2008 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
 

 

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  This Week:  
   
  Manufacturing: Boeing-Northrop Grumman Battle for New Fuel Plane Shows Complexities of Offshore Manufacturing Issue  
  Global Supply Chain and Logistics: What Happens if US Election Results in Big Changes to NAFTA?  
  Distribution and Material Handling: Designing from the Inside Out  
  Transportation: Quarterly Bear Stearns Shippers Survey Suggests Trucking Capacity Glut may be Reaching Bottom  
 

Supply Chain Trends: The Blurring of Supply Chain Network Optimization, Simulation, and Inventory Optimization Tools

 
  Procurement and Sourcing: Wal-Mart Buyers Get Chance to Freely Air their Thoughts on Vendor Products - Sort of - In New Company Blog
 
  RFID and Auto ID: Bar Code Compliance Double Jeopardy  

 
Supply Chain Trends and Issues
 
 
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The Blurring of Supply Chain Network Optimization, Simulation, and Inventory Optimization Tools

 

Formerly Distinct Categories are Merging, but Each Software Category has its Role

 
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The On-Going Battle over CPFR
 

Does it Work? Can it Scale? The Debate Continues; Is the Real Difference Formal versus Informal CPFR

 
 
 Distribution and Material Handling Focus
 
 
Featured Story

Designing from the Inside Out

 

Careful Planning Upfront Pays Big Dividends Later; Maximizing Flexibility in Storage and Material Handling System Options

 
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What are the Real Drivers of Warehouse Management System (WMS) Adoption?
 

Surprisingly, Reducing Distribution Costs Often not the Leading Factor for Companies to Adopt New Warehouse Management System Technology

   
 
 

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Transportation Management Focus
 
 

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Quarterly Bear Stearns Shippers Survey Suggests Trucking Capacity Glut may be Reaching Bottom

 

Still, Shippers Expect almost No Truckload Rate Increases before Fuel Surcharges; Perhaps Surprisingly, Increased Diversion to Rail; the Advantages of Parcel Bidding

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Current Transportation Capacity Glut is Forcing Many Independent Truckers out of Business
  Move will Eventually Help Clear the Market, Restore Carrier Pricing Power; what a Difference Two Years Makes
 
 
 
 
Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus
 
 
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What Happens if US Election Results in Big Changes to NAFTA?

 

Odds of Dramatic Changes are probably Small, Despite the Democratic Rhetoric, but Companies should Prepare; "Certainty of Supply" an Important Decision Factor, says John Blascovich of AT Kearney

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Annual Political and Economic Risk Map Finds the World a Riskier Place in 2008
  Risk is Significant in 25 of the Largest 50 Countries, Aon and Oxford Analytic Say; Growing Concern about Sourcing from Asia
 
 
Sourcing and Procurement Focus
 
 
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Wal-Mart Buyers Get Chance to Freely Air their Thoughts on Vendor Products - Sort of - In New Company Blog
 

New "Check Out" Site Provides Outlet for Corporate Buyers to Air their Views, but Reports of Product Critiques are Exaggerated; Should Buyers in Other Companies Consider Blogging Too?

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AMR Study Finds US Companies to Increase Spending on Supply Management by Almost 14% in 2008
  Improving Supplier Connectivity and Supply Visibility Top Investment Priorities

 
   
 
 
RFID and Auto ID Focus
 
 

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Bar Code Compliance Double Jeopardy
 

Consumer Goods Manufacturers Say they are being Fined by some Department Stores for use of Bar Code on Cartons Required by Wal-Mart and others; "Chargebacks gone Mad"

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SCDigest Releases Summary of 2007 RFID Activity
  Majority of Publicized Projects are for Asset Tracking and Hospital Applications; Is Germany the Global RFID Leader? Ambitious Plans by Hyundai, Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing
 
 
 
 
Manufacturing Focus
 
 

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Boeing-Northrup Grumman Battle for New Fuel Plane Shows Complexities of Offshore Manufacturing Issue
 

Should Foreign Company Play Key Role in Building US Military Plane? What if they Plan to Make it in Alabama? Boeing also Went Global with Dreamliner Approach

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What You Are Up Against in Competing with China

  Recent Report from the Conference Board Shows Average Manufacturing Wages Still Under $1.00 US, though Wage Inflation is Making Other LCCs Attractive for Wage-Sensitive Products; 30 Minutes can mean 50% Savings
 
 
 

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