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September 9, 2008 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
 
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This Week:  
Manufacturing: Dell Continues its Supply Chain Transformation with Plans to Potentially Sell All Remaining Factories to Contract Manufacturers
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: How Big a Barrier is the "Logistics Divide" to Sourcing and Economic Development in the World's Poorest Countries?
 Distribution and Material Handling: Perfect Order Achievement Still Elusive in Consumer-to-Retail Supply Chain
Transportation: As Mexican Trucker Stand-Off Continues, Arizona State Professor Gets Grant to Help Mexican Drivers Better Operate on US Highways
Supply Chain Trends: Kimberly Clark's Mark Jamison on "The Supply Chain Network of the Future"
Procurement and Sourcing: Asking the Right Questions Key to Improving Procurement Effectiveness
RFID and Auto ID: Is Visidot a Viable Alternative to RFID and Traditional 2D Bar Codes?
 
 
Transportation Management Focus
 
 
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Featured Stories
As Mexican Trucker Stand-Off Continues, Arizona State Professor Gets Grant to Help Mexican Drivers Better Operate on US Highways
  Accrediting Drivers May Ultimately have Bigger Impact than Trucking Firms Themselves; Is Safety a Real Concern or Not?
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As Global Supply Chain Grows in Complexity, So Does Need for Definition of "Logistics Operating Models"
  Evolution at Pepsico; Think Globally, Plan Regionally, Act Locally
 
 
 
Supply Chain Trends and Issues
 
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Featured Story
Kimberly Clark's Mark Jamison on "The Supply Chain Network of the Future"
 

Full Transcript of our Interview; From Idea to Execution

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Reducing Supply Chain Costs is Top Executive Priority - to No One's Surprise
  But Execs Believe Insufficient Progress is being Made, as the Relentless Cost Focus Continues; Reducing Carbon Emissions is Low on the Priority List
 
 
Distribution and Material Handling Focus
 
 
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Featured Story    

Perfect Order Achievement Still Elusive in Consumer Goods-to-Retail Supply Chain

 

 

New Study Finds 40% Improvement from 2007 - but Still only 27% Total Achievement at Best; Will More Retailers Adopt the Metric?

   
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Using "Wearable Computers" to Leverage Worker Intelligence in Picking Mixed-SKU Pallets
 

Steve Banker of ARC Reports One Grocer Goes with Wearables over Voice to Build Better Loads using "Look Ahead" Functionality; Considering the Trade-Offs

 
 
Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus
 
 
Featured Story

How Big a Barrier is the "Logistics Divide" to Sourcing and Economic Development in the World's Poorest Countries?

 

New Conference Board Report says Lack of Reliability, and High Costs, Keep Western Companies Away; What Role Should Multi-Nationals Take in Spurring Improvements?

Related Content
When Does "DC Bypass" Make Sense?
  Increasing Number of Companies Considering the Option, but Barriers Remain; Will Skyrocketing Transportation Costs Break Down Entrenched Processes?
 
 
Manufacturing Focus
 
 
Featured Story
Dell Continues its Supply Chain Transformation with Plans to Potentially Sell All Remaining Factories to Contract Manufacturers
  Move Follows Another Poor Quarter, as Company Looks to Further Reduce Supply Chain Costs; Is it Really Less Expensive? The End of "Two Touches?"
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Is Potential New Union Rule a "Path to Economic Ruin?"
  Employee Free Choice Act has Real Chance of Passing, Depending on Election Outcome; Are Corporations on Top of Law or Potential Impact?
 
 
RFID and Auto ID Focus
 
 
Featured Story
Is Visidot a Viable Alternative to RFID and Traditional 2D Bar Codes?
  Unique Scanning Technology is Little Understood, but Offers Intriguing Possibilities
Related Content
Near Total Lack of Security in San Francisco Toll Tags Highlights Potential RFID Privacy Risks
  Incredibly Easy to Hack, Says One Expert; No Encryption being Used; Surprised "Free" Toll Tags Haven't Hit the Black Market Yet
 
 
Sourcing and Procurement Focus
 
 
Featured Story
Asking the Right Questions Key to Improving Procurement Effectiveness
 

Too Often, Procurement Groups Look Inward Instead of Focusing on Stakeholders, Hackett Groups Consultants Say; Finding Key Themes to Rally Around

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The Keys to Implementing Dual Buyer-Supplier Scorecards Successfully
 

A Wide Range of Best Practices is Needed to Make it Work, Experts Say
 
 
     

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