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NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR APRIL 11, 2018

 

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET May 23, 2018

Once a month, 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 and be in each week's OnTarget newsletter

Winner for this contest announced in our May 24th 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.
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MANUFACTURING
What Countries are Most Ready for Robots and AI?
New Study from The Economist Ranks South Korea on Top, US in Ninth Place
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2018 Day 2 Video Review and Comment
Dan Gilmore from the Conference Floor in Scottsdale

SCDigest On-Demand Videocast

Unifying and Digitizing the Processes Surrounding Order Management

 

 

Orders Still come in Many Different Forms and Systems -
Here's How to Get them Under Digital Control

 
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Target Testing Extreme New Lean-Oriented Store Replenishment Model with "Flow Centers"
Many Items will be Replenished as Eaches, not Cases, Reducing Storage Needs
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Global Supply Chain News: As Order Book Shifts, Drewry Estimates New Container Ship Deliveries will be Below Demand Growth in 2018
ULCVs will comprise almost 40% of Total TEU Deliveries in 2018 and Nearly 70% by 2020
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
RFID, AIDC and IoT News Round Up for May 9, 2018
Impinj Sees Big Quarterly Loss, but Stock Price Up; Google Making Progress with Operating System for IoT; China's Waltonchain Makes More Bold Claims about Its RFID Technology
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Procurement Managers Must Embrace Corporate Social Responsibility, Nestle CPO Says
Companies Embracing CSR in Procurement also Attractive to Millenials, Beddoe Says
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Full Utilization of "Seated Trucks" Continues On in US Truckload Sector, While Flatbed Rates are Soaring
However FTR Analysts Say ELD Mandate has Had Little Impact
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Dr. Yossi Sheffi of MIT on "Balancing Green"
Sheffi offers Highlights of his New Book in Great Interview with SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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SCDigest's Benchmark Study on the State of Retail-Vendor Supply Chain Relationships
Outstanding Insight from Major Survey of Retailers and Manufacturers
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