Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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May 27, 2015 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR MAY 27, 2015

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET June 24, 2015

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

Winner announced in June 25th 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

Greek Yogurt Pioneer Nearly Loses it All Due to Supply Chain Woes

Chobani Invented the Category, but Supply Chain Couldn't Keep Up with Massive Growth; Chobani Responds!

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain Talent is Key Battleground in Increasingly Complex Supply Chain World, New Report from Deloitte Says

Few Companies Using New Age Tools, Survey Finds, as Talent Crises Looms

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

The Top Distribution Center Metrics for 2015

Dr. Karl Manrodt and Company Identify the Top Dozen Once Again; Primary Strategies Don't Much Impact Metrics or Performance

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Maersk Ups the Ante Again with Orders for 6-10 New 20,000-TEU Ships, as Capacity Keeps Coming

Maersk CEO had Just Said 18,000-TEU Ships were in the Sweet Spot in March

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Target Stores Latest to Jump on Item-Level RFID Bandwagon

Will Rollout First Systems Later this Year, with Full Store Rollout Sometime in 2016

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Just How Much to Chief Procurement Officers Make? A Lot

Average Total Annual Compensation Bordering on $500,000, CAPS Research Study Finds

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Q1 2015 US Carrier Operating Performance by Mode

All Three Modes Followed Showed Improvement in Q1, While Union Pacific, Knight Transportation, and and Old Dominion Continue to Put Up Impressive Numbers

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Are Natural Gas Trucks Really Better than Diesel in Terms of Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

New Study Says Reduction in CO2 from Trucks Outweighed by Leakage of Dangerous Methane Gas Upstream in Production and Distribution

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

Important New Research! The State of Retailer-Vendor Supply Chain Relations

Are We Getting More Integrated and Collaborative - Or Heading in the Other Direction? New Survey to Answer These and More Important Questions.