Can't View this E-mail?
newsletter logo
SupplyChainDigest:
PO Box 714
Springboro, Ohio 45066
March 16, 2011 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter Signup the Newsletter Become a Sponsor
featured Stories
Manufacturing: How Much Technology is Needed for Lean Manufacturing?

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Looking Ahead, Drewry Says Large Gap Coming Between Ocean Shipping Demand and Capacity

Distribution and Material Handling: Have Improvements in Material Handling Systems Led to an Upsurge in User Satisfaction?

Transportation: GAO Tells Congress Freight Carriers, especially Trucking, are not Paying True Costs of Moving Goods

Supply Chain Trends: When the History of the Early 21st Century is Written, Ascent of China Likely to Top the List, with Dramatic Impact on the Global Economy

Procurement and Sourcing: A Picture Tells the Sad but True Tale, as Commodity Prices Continue Strong March

RFID and Auto ID: More Thoughts on What Went Wrong with CPG to Retail RFID

Green Supply Chain: US House Moves to Restrict EPA from Regulating Greenhouse Gases, but even if Bill is Passed by Senate a Likely Veto Awaits

Research and Insight: CSCO Insight: Enterprise Software Applications - Measuring the Value


Complimentary White Paper:


Ensure Regulatory Compliance
Throughout the Supply Chain


Cartoon Caption Contest for March 14, 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)
ur feedback  
Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
March 30, 2011.
 
Winner announced in March 31st 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.

Use Button at Right to See FULL SIZE Cartoon and Submit Entry

Manufacturing
Featured Story: How Much Technology is Needed for Lean Manufacturing?

Purists Say Not Much, but that is not t the Case for Many Manufacturers; Growing Complexity Requires more Support

Related Content: How Soon will ''Printed'' Parts Revolutionize Supply Chains - and the World?

Increasingly, seems Matter of When not If; Mass Customization Finally Realized?

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: When the History of the Early 21st Century is Written, Ascent of China Likely to Top the List, with Dramatic Impact on the Global Economy

Relentless Growth is Unprecedented; Pushing Some Developed Economies Back to Commodity Era?

Related Content: Dell to Detail its New Supply Chain Transformation on Major Broadcast from Supply Chain Digest and the Supply Chain Television Channel

On Demand March 17: March 16th Broadcast Features Annette Clayton, Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Operations for Dell



distribution and material
Featured Story: Have Improvements in Material Handling Systems Led to an Upsurge in User Satisfaction?

New Study from Material Handling Association Says Yes (Surprise), but Many Reasons to Believe Data is Correct; Surge in DC Automation Coming?

Related Content: Supply Chain Video: The Two Most Important Members of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) Project Team

In our New Featured Series, Mark Fralick Says the Customer Operational Lead and Vendor Technical Lead are the Real Keys to WMS Implementation Success

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Looking Ahead, Drewry Says Large Gap Coming Between Ocean Shipping Demand and Capacity

2013 will See Balance Definitely Swing to Carriers, with Rates Rising 10%; Will Maersk Strategy Pay Off?

Related Content: Megaship Era Enters New Period as Maersk Places Order for 10 18,000-TEU Ships

New Triple E Promises Fuel, Emissions and Cost Benefits - if Maersk can Fill Them; Too Big for US Ports

RFID
Featured Story: More Thoughts on What Went Wrong with CPG to Retail RFID

Additional Highlights from Our Expert Panel; A Wide Variety of Views - A Boondoggle, or Path to More Value from RFID?

Related Content: Not Clear What it Is, but Rumors Swirl that Apple is Building Major New RFID/Near Field Communications Innovation for iPhone5

Rumors of Unique Twist for iPhone would Imply more than e-Wallet Capabilities, but Everyone is Guessing from There

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: A Picture Tells the Sad but True Tale, as Commodity Prices Continue Strong March

Huge Year over Year Prices Increases Virtually Across the Board; Widespread Warnings on Profits Across Sectors - and Maybe More Global Unrest Over Rising Food Prices

Related Content: 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



transportation
Featured Story: GAO Tells Congress Freight Carriers, especially Trucking, are not Paying True Costs of Moving Goods

Government Investments and Especially ''Social Costs'' not being Paid by Carriers and Shippers, Report Says; Here Come Higher Diesel Taxes? A $126 Billion Gap

Related Content: Schneider National Exec Tells FMSCA that New Hours of Service Rules will Drop Productivity 5%, have no Impact on Safety

Osterberg Says Better Idea is to Mandate EOBRs Now, and Focus on Issues with Drivers..... Snoring?

transportation
Featured Story: US House Moves to Restrict EPA from Regulating Greenhouse Gases, but even if Bill is Passed by Senate a Likely Veto Awaits

Bill Aims to Restrict Aggressive EPA GHG Regulation in Face of No Action by Congress

Related Content: Boston Company Claims Game Changing Breakthrough in Production of Biofuels

New Direct Approach Eliminates Problems with Sourcing Biomass, Can Produce Diesel Fuel at $30 per Gallon; Can it Really Work?

transportation
Featured Story: CSCO Insight: Enterprise Software Applications - Measuring the Value

''Earned Quantifiable Benefits'' is a Key Concept, says Barry Wildernan, to Finding Value

Related Content: 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.

   
Copyright © SupplyChainDigest™ 2003-2010. All Rights Reserved.
To Unsubscribe: Click Here
Powered By: XDIMENSION