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Manufacturing: US Manufacturing Looking Strong Generally, but Prospects Vary Substantially by Industry, New MAPI Research Report Says

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Will Japan Supply Chain Disruptions Really Cause Changes in Approach to Supply Management?

Distribution and Material Handling: Trends in Software for Voice Applications

Transportation: Controversial Mexican Trucking Program to move Forward with Expanded, Three Year Pilot Program

Supply Chain Trends: Walmart to Reverse SKU Count Reductions, Bring Back 8500 Items to Shelves

Procurement and Sourcing: Procurement Graphic of the Week: General Mills Continued Progress in Supplier Diversity

RFID and Auto ID: Business Case for RFID in Apparel Really Reaching Critical Mass, Driven by Improvement in both Operations and Customer Service

Green Supply Chain: Battles of Plastic Grocery Bags Takes Another Turn, as Study Says Even Re-Usable Totes not much Better

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


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Cartoon Caption Contest for April 4, 2011
 
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Manufacturing
Featured Story: US Manufacturing Looking Strong Generally, but Prospects Vary Substantially by Industry, New MAPI Research Report Says

Growth Projections in Pictures; Forecasts for 24 Industrial Sectors

Related Content: US Manufacturing - is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

US Manufacturing Continues to Grow in Absolute Terms, but Most See Manufacturing Sector in Decline; Productivity Gains or Offshoring?

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Walmart to Reverse SKU Count Reductions, Bring Back 8500 Items to Shelves

Move to Unclutter Stores, Move more Upscale Deemed Failure, as Same Store Sales Keep Dropping; Renewed Focus on Price as Well; Will Other Retailers Follow Suit?

Related Content: Dell Exec Annette Clayton, David Simchi-Levi of MIT Answer Questions on Dell's Supply Chain Transformation

Clayton Discusses Role of Dell Program Management Office, How Company Handled Change Management and More



distribution and material
Featured Story: Supply Chain Video: Trends in Software for Voice Applications

Key trends include the move to ''open'' software, and more packaged applications that reduce implementation costs.

Related Content: Gene Gagnon Classic ''Supervising on the Line'' Updated and Re-Issued for 2011

Focus is on DC Productivity, but with A Compassionate Eye to Supervisors and Associates; Supervisors are Key to DC Success, but Usually Unappreciated and Poorly Trained

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Will Japan Supply Chain Disruptions Really Cause Changes in Approach to Supply Management?

Understanding Risks from the Suppliers of Suppliers; Parallel in Japan Disaster and Supply Chain Impact with the 2008 Financial Crisis?

Related Content: 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?



RFID
Featured Story: Business Case for RFID in Apparel Really Reaching Critical Mass, Driven by Improvement in both Operations and Customer Service

Rush for Mobility Applications also Playing a Role; Is Hype Getting Out of Control Again?

Related Content: Was Reduction in Invoice Deductions the Magic Bullet for RFID in Consumer Goods to Retail

Could RFID have Offered Major Payback to Manufacturers in Terms of Lower Invoice Deductions? Perhaps that is not the Path Retailers Really Wanted to Go

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Procurement Graphic of the Week: General Mills Continued Progress in Supplier Diversity

Sourcing from Minority-Owned Businesses has more than Doubled Since Program Started in 2003

Related Content: Is the Fact that Reducing Costs Seems always the Top Mission of Procurement a Bad Thing?

Cost Cutting Seems Tactical and Buyers want to be Strategic, one CPO says, but Notes Cost Cutting is Often Strategic; Do Annual Reduction Targets Lead to Sandbagging?



transportation
Featured Story: Controversial Mexican Trucking Program to move Forward with Expanded, Three Year Pilot Program

Obama Administration Proposes New Plan after Shutting Down Bush Era Pilot in 2009; This Time, No Limit on Number of Trucks; Tracking them with GPS.

Related Content: Can Inland Waterways Really be Key Source for Container Freight Moves?

Maritime Administration Delivers a Report to Congress Citing Many Benefits of Increased Share of Freight Moves on the Maritime Highway; Europe Shows it Can Work

transportation
Featured Story: Battles of Plastic Grocery Bags Takes Another Turn, as Study Says Even Re-Usable Totes not much Better

How Many Times are Re-Usables really Used? Report Findings being Repressed?

Related Content: General Mills Continues to be Out in Front of Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts with 2011 Report

Company has Reduced Solid Waste by 33% and Water Usage by 9%; Sets Goal to Reduce Energy Used to Ship Pound of Product by 2015

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.

   
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