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Manufacturing: After Years of Lean 1.0, US Automakers Finally Get Healthy with Lean 2.0 after Restructuring

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: As 2014 Suddenly Looms, US Ports on both Coasts Look to the Future with an Uncertain Eye

Distribution and Material Handling: New Products from Crown Equipment Offer Potential Path to Higher Distribution Center Productivity

Transportation: Fourth Quarter and Full Year Quite Good for Rail Carriers, but LTL Sector Continues to Struggle

Supply Chain Trends: Full 2011 Supply Chain Predictions from the Analysts at Gartner, IDC Manufacturing Insight

Procurement and Sourcing: When it Comes to Calculating Procurement Savings, Many Roads to the Same Goal

RFID and Auto ID: How can RFID Help the Soft Goods Supply Chain - Let Us Count the (60) Ways

Green Supply Chain: 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Report Finds much Progress, but not Enough to Meet Global Emission Reduction Goals

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Stages of Value Delivery for Enterprise Software


 
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Green Products And Supply Chain Disruption

Conflict Metals In The Supply Chain


New Cartoon Caption Contest for Jan. 31, 2011
 
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 (usually emailed on Thursdays)
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Feb. 16, 2011
 
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Manufacturing
Featured Story: After Years of Lean 1.0, US Automakers Finally Get Healthy with Lean 2.0 after Restructuring

Bankruptcy Leads to Dramatic Changes that Take out Unsustainable Costs; Hourly Labor Now Just 6% of Revenue at GM

Related Content: Popular, Influential John Engler Leaves National Association of Manufacturers for Top Spot at the Business Roundtable

Insider Jay Timmons Named New President, Says ''Manufacturing Means Jobs''

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Full 2011 Supply Chain Predictions from the Analysts at Gartner, IDC Manufacturing Insight

The Smart Guys and Gals at Both Firms Look into their Supply Chain Crystal Balls

Related Content: Supply Chain Guru Predictions for 2011 - Full Text Comments

Tyndall, Langley, Regan and Other Experts Share Their Thoughts on the Supply Chain Year Ahead



distribution and material
Featured Story: New Products from Crown Equipment Offer Potential Path to Higher Distribution Center Productivity

Improved Vertical Speeds and Lift Capacity and Height Capabilities Distinguish New Narrow Aisle Lift Truck; New Remote Control for Rider Trucks should Improve Case Picking Productivity

Related Content: Research for Automated Case Picking 2011 Report Launched with new Survey on this Increasingly Important Topic

Groundbreaking 2009 Report to be Updated for 2011 with New Research, Case Studies of ACP Implementation Success; Automated Case Picking is a Logistics Megatrend, Holste Says



New Feature! Fralick on WMS

In the first edition of this new Video feature, Warehouse Management System Expert Mark Fralick discusses three often overlooked keys to WMS implementation success with SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore

 
Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: As 2014 Suddenly Looms, US Ports on both Coasts Look to the Future with an Uncertain Eye

Panama Canal Expansion is Great Development for Importers and East Coast Ports - if Only They Could Handle the Megaships

Related Content: China Foreign Acquisitions/Investments Likely to Grow Rapidly - What is the Impact?

Natural Resources and High and Emerging Tech are Key Targets; Recent Investments in European Logistics; Level of Investment to Quadruple by 2020?

RFID
Featured Story: How can RFID Help the Soft Goods Supply Chain - Let Us Count the (60) Ways

New Research Report from University of Arkansas RFID Center Maps Processes and RFID Use Cases from Cutting to POS

Related Content: Major Deal in Auto ID Industry, as Intermec Announces Plans to Buy Voice Leader Vocollect

Deal Shows Rising Place of Voice in Distribution and other Markets, Gives Intermec a Boost in DC Applications

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: When it Comes to Calculating Procurement Savings, Many Roads to the Same Goal

New Data from CAPS Research Shows Wide Variation Among Companies to Measure Sourcing Savings; 4.26% as Percent of Total Spend Saved through Procurement Actions on Average

Related Content: Can Procurement and Finance get on the Same Page in Measuring Savings from Supply Management Improvements?

Partial Disconnect between Cash Savings and P&L is Part of the Problem; A Calculation Framework



transportation
Featured Story: Fourth Quarter and Full Year Quite Good for Rail Carriers, but LTL Sector Continues to Struggle

Core Rates up 5.5% in Q4, Union Pacific Says; LTL Carriers Still Struggle to Make a Buck - is this Good or Bad for Shippers?

Related Content: Q4, All of 2010 Much Better for Truckload Carriers, but Data Show Divergent Performance

Revenues Rise Nicely, but Profits Even More; What is Up with the Money Machine at Heartland Express?

transportation
Featured Story: 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Report Finds much Progress, but not Enough to Meet Global Emission Reduction Goals

About One Third of Member Company Suppliers have CO2 Reduction Targets; Total CO2 likely to Rise at this Pace, Report Finds; PepsiCo Reduces Energy per Unit by 16%

Related Content: 2010 the Hottest Year on Record... or was it?

UN Organization Says 2010 Ties for Warmest Year with 2005 and 1998, but Questions about the Data are Raised

transportation
Featured Story: CSCO Insights: The Stages of Value Delivery for Enterprise Software

Barry Wilderman on why achieving real value from ERP and other enterprise software is hard - and a 5-stage model for making it happen.

Related Content: Research Note: Understanding RedPrairie Acquisition Strategy

ChIef Supply Chain Officer Insights uses the RedPrairie acquisition of its TMS channel partner Shippers Commonwealth to look at recent moves at RP and its impact on the company and its customers.

   
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