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May 06, 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

This Week
	Manufacturing: Supply Chain News: Most Recent MESA Study Finds Progress but Still Lots of Room to Go in Manufacturing Metrics and Shop Floor Data Collection	The News You Need To Stay One Step Ahead
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Supply Chain News: Growth in Counterfeit Goods Shows No Sign of Abating, as US Sting Operations Finds $240 Million Fakes Entering the US, Mostly from China
	Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics News: DSC Logistics gets End-to-End Workforce Management Right
	Transportation: Logistics News: Truckload Rates to Stay Low Until 2012, Leading Transportation Analyst Says, as Economic Recovery not yet Impacting Rock-Bottom Pricing
	Supply Chain Trends: Further Update: Four Reed Supply Chain Publications Find New Investor, but Fate of Purchasing Magazine Looks Grim
	Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: Re-Looking at Total Best Value Sourcing
	RFID and Auto ID: RFID and Auto ID News: How Close -- or Far Away -- is RFID from Commoditization?
	Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: Group Challenging UN Climate Change Report Now Planning Detailed ''Audit''

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Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Most Recent MESA Study Finds Progress but Still Lots of Room to Go in Manufacturing Metrics and Shop Floor Data Collection

Yet Another Survey Shows Growing Gap between Leaders and the Rest in Terms of Performance; Keys to Selecting the Right Metrics for Manufactring

Related Content
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?

Supply Chain Video:

The Overlooked Role of Manufacturing Labor in Supply Chain Performance

Supply Chain Trends and Issues

Featured Story
Further Update: Four Reed Supply Chain Publications Find New Investor, but Fate of Purchasing Magazine Looks Grim

EH Publishings Now Owns Supply Chain Management Review, Modern Materials Handling, and Logistics Management; Most of Staff Said to be Staying On; Web Sites Not Yet Up

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?

Upcoming Videocast

The Visible Product: End-to-end inventory management from supplier to store shelf

Featuring a Video Tour of GNC's End to End-to-End Supply Chain

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story
Logistics News: DSC Logistics gets End-to-End Workforce Management Right

20% Labor Gain is Part of the Results, but not All; Building a Culture of Accountability

Related Content
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

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

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Featured Story
Global Supply Chain News: Growth in Counterfeit Goods Shows No Sign of Abating, as US Sting Operations Finds $240 Million Fakes Entering the US, Mostly from China

Two Containers Full of Fake Nikes in New Jersey; Effort Increasingly Run by Sophisticated Gangs; Can Anything be Done?

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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

It’s Time — FedEx Freight A.M.

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story
RFID and Auto ID News: How Close -- or Far Away -- is RFID from Commoditization?

Hardware now Increasingly Available through Hands-Off Third-Party Channels, but Can Users Make it Work? Someday, Just another Tool in the Bag

Related Content
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

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

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?

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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

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