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MANUFACTURING
Is Lean Just A Scam To Squeeze Manufacturing Teams For More Production?
Lean Works, but Some Managers May in Fact Use it as a Ploy
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
The Nuances of Getting the Customer Service Metric Right Part 2
Dr. Michael Watson with more Great Insight
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference Day 2 Review and Comment
SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore from the Conference Floor in Scottsdale, AZ
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Swedish Chemicals Company Yara Plans to have Autonomous Container Ship Running by 2020
Ship will Also be Battery Powered, Take 40,000 Truck Deliveries off the Road
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Excellent Summary of Attributes of Different Types of RFID Tags
SCDigest Tracks Down Missing Information from Published Article to Complete Excellent Matrix of Tag Types and Properties
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
When In Doubt, Beat Up on Suppliers, as Walmart, Sainsbury's Both Demand Big Savings from Vendors
Walmart Asks Vendors to Reduce Pricing to Establish Price Leadership, While Sainsbury's Attacking Rising Costs
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Have and Have Nots in LTL Sector in Q1, as Old Dominion and Saia Look Strong
YRC and ARCBest Post Losses, while Old Dominion and Saia Show Strong Profitability
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Forget Global Warming, Big Freeze is Starting Very Soon, Some Scientists Say
New 230 Year Cooling Cycle Underway, David Dilley Says, while Valentina Zharkova Continues to Predict a Looming Maunder Minimum
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Innovation in Shipper-3PL Relationships Benchmark Report
Some of the Best Data We've Had from Any Study! The Confluence of Two Important Trends
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