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July 11, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Learn More About the Visible Supply Chain and Spring 2012 Retail Supply Chain Videocasts


Manufacturing: German Firms Take US Skill Shortage into Own Hands, Launch Manufacturing Training Programs Here
Supply Chain Trends: US, Global Manufacturing Appear to be Softening
Distribution and Material Handling: Undercover DC Worker Says Job Amounts Being a "Warehouse Wage Slave"
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Ocean Container Capacity Grew Faster than Demand Over Past 12 Months - Again
RFID and Auto ID: Fast Growing BlueStar Distribution Uses Wireless Technology Combined with Mobility Software to Power Growth and ROI
Sourcing and Procurement: Purchasing and Procurement Professionals - How Does You Salary Measure Up?
Transportation: Looking at Transportation Trends Through the Eyes of FedEx
Green Supply Chain: Manufacturing Group Study Says California Cap and Trade, Other Rules will Cost State Billions
Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

Cartoon Contest
New Cartoon Caption Contest for June 26, 2012

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)


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July 18, 2012
Winner announced in the July 19th SCDigest Newsletter
May the funniest man or woman win!
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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: German Firms Take US Skill Shortage into Own Hands, Launch Manufacturing Training Programs Here
Siemens Big Investment in ''Mechatronics'' Trainees; Some US Firms Starting to Come on Board
Related Content: US Manufacturing Renaissance Being Fueled In Part by Lower Wages
Wages Being Pounded Down by Supply and Demand, Weaker Unionization, Threat of Offshoring; Good For Jobs, But at What Cost?

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: US, Global Manufacturing Appear to be Softening (Update)
US Manufacturing Output, Capacity Utilization Fall in May, as PMI Numbers Mostly Stumble Across the Globe
Related Content: Gartner Releases Top 25 Supply Chain List for 2012
Apple Comes in a Number 1 for Second Year in a Row; Explaining the Methodology

Last Chance! Important Research on US Manufacturing and Reshoring

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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Undercover DC Worker Says Job Amounts Being a "Warehouse Wage Slave"
Walking 12 Miles a Day, and Getting Bad Shocks in the Book Section, Reporter Says; Probably Could Keep Job if She Could Get Used to Hearing How Bad She Is
Related Content: Warehouse Management - Whose System is it Anyway?
Operations Needs to Drive the System; IT Needs to Support and Identify Risks, not Get in the Way

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Ocean Container Capacity Grew Faster than Demand Over Past 12 Months - Again
Industry Saw 6.5% Growth in Container Capacity Since Last July, Alphaliner Says, Led by Maersk and MSC
Related Content:Congress Leaves in 100% Ocean Container Scanning Requirement, but After Napolitano Authorizes Two Year Delay
Shipper Interests Fail to Get Congress to Change Mind, Despite Lots of Evidence It Won’t Work; Two Year Delays Could Go On for a Long Time
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Fast Growing BlueStar Distribution Uses Wireless Technology Combined with Mobility Software to Power Growth and ROI
A Lot more Volume with the Same Amount of Staff, CFO Says
Related Content: Will Multi-Channel Commerce Be the Catalyst that Finally Drives RFID into Retail?
Super High Levels of Inventory Accuracy become Necessary to Commit and Fulfill Multi-Channel Orders

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Purchasing and Procurement Professionals - How Does You Salary Measure Up?
Average Comp was Down in 2011, but Median was Up to $90,000, Annual ISM Survey Finds; Women CPOs Raking it In
Related Content: Weak Global Economy, Strong US Dollar, Combined to Give Most Commodity Prices a Pounding
Many Prices Down 20% or More in Past Year, with May’s Slide One of Sharpest Ever; CRB Commosity Index Down 17% from 2012 Peak
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Looking at Transportation Trends Through the Eyes of FedEx
Many Shippers Moving to Slower, Less Expensive Modes, CEO Fred Smith Says; Company Expects Tepid Economic Growth in US and Globally Through 2013.
Related Content: Q2 State of the Freight Report Finds Modest Expectations for Rate Hikes, Predictions for Tighter TL Capacity
Rail Rates Expected to Rise 3.0% in Next Year, Truckload 2.5%; 65% Predict Tighter TL Capacity to Come

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Manufacturing Group Study Says California Cap and Trade, Other Rules will Cost State Billions
5.6% Reduction in Economic Growth by 2020, Study Says; Environmentalists Cite Study Flaws, Say Green Rules will Growth the Economy
Related Content: Annual BP Review of World Energy Says Center of Gravity for Consumption Moving to Asia
Once Again, Energy Consumption Falls in Developed Economies, While Rising 5.3% in Rest of World. China Accounts for Amazing 71% of Total Growth in Consumption

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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