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June 04, 2014 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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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

 
NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST

 

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET May 23, 2014.

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 Nov. 11th 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.

  send entry
MANUFACTURING
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SCDigest, MIT Supply Chain Forum Again Partner on Study to Gauge Extent of US Reshoring Trend
2012 Study Showed Reasonably Strong Plans to Keep or Return Production Work to US - How Has Dynamic Changed Over the Past Two Years?
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
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Supply Chain News: Amid Sales Slump, New Walmart CEO says it Has to Go More Digital, will Push 3D Printing
McMillon Says Walmart Needs to Change Quickly, is Likely to Do More Acquisitions in US


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DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
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Supply Chain News: Jeff Bezos Puts Hard Numbers Behind Plans for Kiva Systems Robots at Amazon
10,000 or More to be in Its Fulfillment Centers by End of Year, Up Strongly from 1300 or So Currently
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
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Global Supply Chain News: P3 Network Almost Home on Regulatory Approvals, though will Now not Launch Operations Until Fall at Earliest
Europe Approval Came this Week, after OK from US in March, with only Asia Remaining; What will be Impact on Market and Shippers?


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RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
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RFID and AIDC News: Perhaps the Internet of Thing Should be a Little Less Chatty
Do We Really Want All that Data Pushed Into the Cloud? Cisco Pushes a Fog Alterative; How Often Should Pallets Really Communicate?
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
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Supply Chain News: Measuring Your Purchasing and Supply Chain Integration
Often more Opportunity from Collaborating Internally than Externally, University of Tennessee Report Says; Introduces New Purchasing-Logistics Integration Index


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TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
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Supply Chain News: Senate Committee Votes to Suspend Key Hours of Service Provision, but will Walmart Accident Thwart Reform?
34-Hour Restart Rules would have to be Studied before It Could be Enforced Under Proposed Bill; Development Comes as Walmart Driver in Fatal Crash Said to have not Slept in 24 Hours
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
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Green Supply Chain News: Carbon Emissions Get Even More Political, as Australia Prime Minister Tries to Build Coalition to Counter US CO2 Emissions Actions
Political Machinations All Part of a Build Up to Potential Climactic UN Conference in 2015
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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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.
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