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July 18, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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: Timeline of Key Supply Chain and Logistics News for the First Half of 2012

Distribution and Material Handling: Supply Chain Thought Leadership: Making e-Commerce Economically Sustainable in the Consumer Goods to Retail Sector Using Supply Chain

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Third Logistics Performance Index from the World Bank Puts Singapore at Top of Rankings, While US Jumps to 9th Place

RFID and Auto ID: Consolidation in Wireless and Auto ID Market Continues, as Motorola Announces It will Acquire Psion

Sourcing and Procurement: Purchasing and Procurement Professionals - How Does Your Salary Measure Up?

Transportation: Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Freight Tonnage Versus Freight Rates Since 2008

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

Last Chance! 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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Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
July 18, 2012.

Winner announced in July 19 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.

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

Wages Being Pounded Down by Supply and Demand, Weaker Unionization, Threat of Offshoring; Good For Jobs, But at What Cost?

Featured Story: Timeline of Key Supply Chain and Logistics News for the First Half of 2012

Recall Keys News and Events so Far in 2012 in One Quick Scan - Only from Supply Chain Digest!

US Manufacturing Output, Capacity Utilization Fall in May, as PMI Numbers Mostly Stumble Across the Globe

Last Chance! Important Research on US Manufacturing and Reshoring

MIT and SCDigest Need Your Help!

Participants Receive New Report from MIT's Dr. David Simchi-Levi, Copy of Results and More

Featured Story: Supply Chain Thought Leadership: Making e-Commerce Economically Sustainable in the Consumer Goods to Retail Sector Using Supply Chain

Current Retail e-Commerce Model is Largely Broken, but New Thinking between Manufacturers and Retailers on Fulfillment Strategies Might fix the Problem

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

Featured Story: Third Logistics Performance Index from the World Bank Puts Singapore at Top of Rankings, While US Jumps to 9th Place

European Countries Dominate the Top 20; Growing Recognition of Tie Between Logistics Competence and Economic Growth

Industry Saw 6.5% Growth in Container Capacity Since Last July, Alphaliner Says, Led by Maersk and MSC

Featured Story: Consolidation in Wireless and Auto ID Market Continues, as Motorola Announces It will Acquire Psion

Smart Move for Motorola, Says VDC, Adding Strength in Truck-Mount Terminals, Market Segments Like Ports, Freezer Applications

A Lot more Volume with the Same Amount of Staff, CFO Says

Featured Story: Purchasing and Procurement Professionals - How Does Your 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

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

Featured Story: Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Freight Tonnage Versus Freight Rates Since 2008

We Compare Trends Since 2008 in the ATA Freight Tonnage Index and the Linehaul Rates Index from Cass Information Systems; Rates Paid Generally Lag Volume Changes

Many Shippers Moving to Slower, Less Expensive Modes, CEO Fred Smith Says; Company Expects Tepid Economic Growth in US and Globally Through 2013.

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

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

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.

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.