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May 15, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
Featured Stories



eBook:
Three Common Global Supply Chain Issues that Affect Your Bottom Line
Manufacturing: Yet Another Study Shows US Gaining Manufacturing Advantage
Supply Chain Trends: JDA Software Focus User Conference 2013 Video Review and Comment
Distribution and Material Handling: Theory of Constraints Working in Random House Distribution Center, as Publisher Uses Dynamic Buffer Management
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Best Practices for Using Trade Agreements to Lower Costs in Your Supply Network
RFID and Auto ID: Is RFID Still a Disruptive Technology?
Sourcing and Procurement: Update! Walmart Announces Own Plan; Bangladesh Tragedy Quickly Results in New Sourcing Rules, as Europe Leads Way While US Retailers Pursue Different Path
Transportation: Q1 2013 Truckload Carrier Review
Green Supply Chain: Murphy Warehouse Co. Finds Green Distribution Provides Strong Business Case
Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization
Cartoon Contest
New Cartoon Caption Contest for April 30, 2013

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)

Send Cartoon Entry

 Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
May 22, 2013
Winner announced in May 23rd 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.
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Yet Another Study Shows US Gaining Manufacturing Advantage
AlixPartners Research Finds US will Reach Cost Parity with China by 2015, Is Tied with Mexico as Location for Nearshoring, but Neither Trend Ensures Major Reshoring Move in the End
Related Content: How is US Manufacturing Doing Five Years after the Great Recession? (Part 2)
Despite Slow but Steady Growth from the Bottom, Manufacturing Overall, Many Sectors Below 2007 Levels
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: JDA Software Focus User Conference 2013 Video Review and Comment
SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore from the Conference Floor in Orlando
Related Content: Supply Chain By Design: Don't Let the Term "Optimization" Become a Buzzword
Why You Should Care What Optimization Means, How it Fits in with Analytics, and Is it Real Time?
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Theory of Constraints Working in Random House Distribution Center, as Publisher Uses Dynamic Buffer Management
Emergency Replenishments in Active Pick Areas Plunge; Changed DC Focus from Cost to Sales Growth - with Big Results
Related Content: 10th Annual DC Measures Shows Companies Have Become Really Good at Logistics, as Most Measures have Plateaued at High Levels
Differences Between Leaders and Average Have Really Collapsed in Recent Years
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Supply Chain Comment: Best Practices for Using Trade Agreements to Lower Costs in Your Supply Network
Five Steps to Address Challenges and Lower Costs with an FTA Program
Related Content:Supply Chain News: More Tragedy in the Apparel Supply Chain, as Hundreds Dead from Factory Collapse in Bangladesh
''We are Fully Aware of our Responsibility,'' One Retailer Says
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Is RFID Still a Disruptive Technology?
Bill Hardgrave of Auburn Says Yes, Need to Look Beyond Just Bar Code Replacement; Our Three-Level RFID Application Framework
Related Content:RFID and AIDC News: Argonne National Laboratory Wins AIMGlobal Active RFID Award
Innovative Systems Tracks Nuclear Materials, May have Application in Many Other Areas
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Update! Walmart Announces Own Plan; Bangladesh Tragedy Quickly Results in New Sourcing Rules, as Europe Leads Way While US Retailers Pursue Different Path
Agreement Would be Legally Binding, Requiring Investment in Building Improvements; A Game of Hardball for Sure Politically
Related Content: Procter & Gamble Late to the Game of Stretching Out Payments to Suppliers, but Ready to Join Party Now
45 Days to Pay Now Passe, as 60 to 100 Is the New Normal
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Logistics News: Q1 2013 Truckload Carrier Review
Profits Generally Soar on Modest Volume Growth; Evolution at JB Hunt Continues On
Related Content: Sustainability Driving Push for Collaborative Transportation, but Savings are Real Too
JCPenney, 7-11 Both Now Hauling Goods for Rivals; 7-11 Gets Around Local Bottling Delivery Rules in Interesting Way
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Murphy Warehouse Co. Finds Green Distribution Provides Strong Business Case
CEO Richard Murphy Lays Out the Real Details in Excellent WERC Conference Presentation
Related Content: March by Unilever towards Zero Waste to Landfills in Manufacturing Continues On
ll Factories in the US and Canada Added to Growing List; Company Also Says it has Reduced CO2 Emissions by 1 Million Metric Tons Since 2008
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization
Analysis of where and how customers of vendor compliance optimization/management solutions find value from the software.
Related Content: Supply Chain Executive Brief: Five Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Network Inventories
How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.
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