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April 29, 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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bullet Manufacturing: Supply Chain News: Time for Labor Optimization for the Factory Floor?

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bullet Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Supply Chain News: Will a Foldable Box Now Re-Change the World?
bullet Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics News: North American Material Handling Show 2010 Day 2 Review and Comment
bullet Transportation: Logistics News: Truckload Rates to Stay Low Until 2012, Leading Transportation Analyst Says, as Economic Recovery not yet Impacting Rock-Bottom Pricing
bullet Supply Chain Trends: Breaking Supply Chain News: Reed Supply Chain Publications said to have Found New Investor
bullet Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: Re-Looking at Total Best Value Sourcing
bullet RFID and Auto ID: RFID and Auto Id News: IDC on RFID Journal Live Event Takeaways
bullet Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: Group Challenging UN Climate Change Report Now Planning Detailed ''Audit''
 
New Cartoon Caption Contest for April 26, 2010:

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).

Deadline May 5 , 2010

Winner announced in
May 6 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.

 
manufacturing Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Time for Labor Optimization for the Factory Floor?

Labor too often taken as a Given; Challenge of Keeping up with Today's Dynamic Schedules; Difference between Staying Viable or Moving Plant to Mexico?

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Supply Chain News: Manufacturing Sector Looks Bright across the Globe, but can Everyone Bank on Exports? Technology Spending Up 22% so far in 2010

An Outbreak of Positive PMIs; China Experiences Trade Deficit for First Time in Six Years – even as Exports Grow 22%

Supply Chain Video:

The Overlooked Role of Manufacturing Labor
in Supply Chain Performance

 
supply Supply Chain Trends and Issues
Featured Story
Breaking Supply Chain News: Reed Supply Chain Publications said to have Found New Investor

Supply Chain Management Review, Modern Materials Handling, and Logistics Management Look to Revive; No Salvation yet for Purchasing Magazine

Related Content
Breaking Supply Chain News: Reed Publishing Shutters its Supply Chain Group, Ending - for now - Some of the Biggest Names in the Industry

Supply Chain Management Review, Modern Materials Handling, Logistics Management, Purchasing All Bite the Dust; Possible Comeback from Management and Editorial Team?

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June 28-30, Charleston, SC


 
distribution Distribution and Material Handling Focus
Featured Story
Logistics News: North American Material Handling Show 2010 Day 2 Review and Comment

Dan Gilmore from the Show Floor in Cleveland; What Solutions Caught Our Eye? The Most Interesting New Solutions in Materials Handling, Data Collection and Software Systems for Distribution and Logistics

Related Content
Supply Chain News: How Many Companies would Benefit from Going ''Undercover'' in their Supply Chains?

Undercover Boss Has CEO of GSI Commerce Working the Distribution Center and Call Center -- with Interesting Results

Industrial Mobile Robots for Distribution

Seeing is Believing!

 
global Green Supply Chain Focus
from - [TheGreenSupplyChain.com] (an SCDIGEST Website)
Featured Story
Green Supply Chain News: Group Challenging UN Climate Change Report Now Planning Detailed ''Audit''

Parallel Universe being Ceated, Says Former IPCC Member; Report is Basis for Much Action on Greenhouse Gases

Related Content
Green Supply Chain News: IBM Latest to Join Push for Green Suppliers, with new Requirements for Green Strategy and Reporting - but Avoids Blanket Mandate

Big Blue becomes Big Green; Carrot more than Stick, Tech Giant Says

Compliance Optimization and
Strategic Supplier Management

Includes "Green Supplier" Scorecards

 

 
global Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus
Featured Story
Global Supply Chain News: Will a Foldable Box Now Re-Change the World?

Collapsible Containers Long a Goal, but Solutions have been Elusive; We Profile Four New Promising Products

Related Content
Global Supply Chain News: Conviction of Rio Tinto Employees Shows Risks of Doing Business in China

Four Employees may have been Taking Bribes, but Timing is Suspicious; 18 Other Australians Now Being Investigated for Economic Crimes; Staying Squeaky Clean

Featured Video

It Will Leave You Laughing!

 
RFID RFID and Auto ID Focus
Featured Story
RFID and Auto Id News: IDC on RFID Journal Live Event Takeaways

Users looking for Turnkey Solutions, Says IDC Analyst - and not many Providers can yet Deliver Them; ''Science Projects'' No Longer Acceptable

Related Content
Interesting Week of News in RFID

Impinj Claims Breakthrough in Portal Readers; Ranking RFID Handheld Reader Vendors; Savi and ODIN Plan to Partner for Logistics Tracking; New Zealand RFID Provider Outsmarts Security Guards

 
sourcing Sourcing and Procurement Focus
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Re-Looking at Total Best Value Sourcing

Concept has been Strained by the Recession, and becoming Something of a Lost Art; Three Keys to Success

Related Content
Supply Chain News: Rising Commodity Prices Again Pinches Bottom Lines, as Manufacturers Have Hard Time Passing on Price Increases

Input Costs Rising Unusually Fast versus Previous Recoveries; Low Factory Utilization Levels Limit Pricing Power

On-Demand Videocast:


Consumer-Driven Category Management, Featuring Dave Boissevain of Frito-Lay




 

 
transportation Transportation Management Focus
Featured Story
Logistics News: Truckload Rates to Stay Low Until 2012, Leading Transportation Analyst Says, as Economic Recovery not yet Impacting Rock-Bottom Pricing

Contract TL Rates Still Coming Down; John Larkin says, and Shippers Whittling away at Pockets of High Rates; More Carriers Expected to Enter Refrigerated Market; Knight an Acquisition Target?

Related Content
Logistics News: US Truckload Industry Struggles Likely to Continue, as Market and Carrier Strategy Changes Mean Shippers will Face New Landscape

As Hunt, Schneider Continue to Emphasize Intermodal, Long-Haul Truckload Market Will Shift; Role of Bid Optimization in Commoditizing Freight

Videocast Series:

Making Retail Smarter - with IBM

Part 1 – Achieving Shelf
Space Optimization

Now Available On-Demand

 

 
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