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January 04, 2017 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Featured SCDigest Research

Almost Last Chance! 10th Annual

Gartner-SCDigest Supply Chain Study!

One of the Most Popular and Respected Studies in the Industry Each Year

As Always, Survey Respondents Receive Complimentary
Gartner Research - a $300-500 Value

NEW (SANTA ) CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR DEC. 12

Deadline is 8:00 PM Jan. 11, 2017

Every other week, we'll post a cartoon and ask for witty/humorous captions from our readers. The winning entry will be published the following week. The newest cartoon will be posted on the SCDigest home page every other Monday and in that week's newsletter

Winner announced in Jan. 12th SCDigest Newsletter
May the funniest man or woman win!
Have an idea for a cartoon? We would love that too, and will give you the credit.

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MANUFACTURING

Study from MAPI Finds Manufacturers are Behind in Preparing for Cyber Threats on Shop Floor, Connected Products

Industry 4.0, IoT Adding to Risks, While Gaps between Traditional Corporate IT and Operational Technology Teams Need to Bridged

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Annual Kantar Retail Ranking of the Top Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chains for 2016

PepsiCo Moves into the Top Spot, Just Ahead of General Mills, as ConAgra is New to Top 10, Kimberly-Clark Out

New Videocast!

Innovation in Shipper-3PL
Relationships Benchmark Study Results

New Research will be Unveiled from SCDigest and
JDA On This Increasingly Important Topic

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Sorting It Out : Two Factors Drive Decision to Automate Distribution - Cost & Justification

Adopting a Continuous Improvement Strategy is the Best Approach

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

2016 a Year of Tumult in the Ocean Container Sector, but will Changes at Last Drives Rates Higher for Shippers in 2017?

Consolidation and Capacity Reduction in Motion, but Probably Unlikely to Have Big Impact on Rates in 2017, as Concerns about Service through the Alliances Grows

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

It Starts - Measures in US, Japan to Track People with Automatic Identification

Stuff of Science Fiction May be Closer than We Think

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Seven Key Principles of Supplier Relationship Management

Mickey North Rizza of IDC Says More Needed to Build Relationships, Procurement Technology Must Change

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

The Latest Fulfillment Dream - Mobile Distribution Centers

Amazon's Airborne Fulfillment Center, New Vison Delivery Van from Mercedes

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Those Raising Questions about Global Warming Hope New Administration will Support Other Viewpoints

Skeptic Hope for Piece of the $2.5 Billion Research Pie, As Colorado Academic Describes Forces Unleashed Against Him for Questioning Increase in Natural Disasters

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

It's Back! 10th Annual Gartner-SCDigest Supply Chain Study!

As Always, Survey Respondents Receive Complimentary Gartner Research - a $300-500 Value