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July 19, 2017 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Important New Research

The State of Retail and Vendor
Supply Chain Relations 2017

SCDigest Launches Second Biannnual Benchmark Study

Example Chart from 2015 Report

Are We Getting More Integrated and Collaborative -
Or Heading in the Other Direction? Help Needed from
Retailers and Vendors/Brand Companies.

NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR JUNE 26, 2017

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET on July 26, 2017

Every month, we'll post a cartoon and ask for witty/humorous captions from our readers.
Have an idea for a cartoon? We would love that too, and will give you the credit.

Winner announced in July 27th 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.

See Full Size Cartoon
and send caption

MANUFACTURING

New 3D Printing Technologies Look to Support Mass Production

Adidas to Use New Technology to Produce 1 Million Soles, While There Could be a Be a Breakthrough in Metals Printing

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Gartner’s Dwight Klappich on Highlights from the 2017 Supply Chain Study

SCDigest and Gartner have Partnered for 10 Years on the Survey

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Augmented Reality in the DC - What's Real, What's Not and What Do Users Need to Know?

Expert Krishna Venkatasamy from Lucas Systems with Excellent Insight on Where the Technology Stands

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Container Shipping Industry Consolidation Continues on with COSCO Acquisition of Orient Overseas

Deal will Create Third Largest Carrier, as Shippers Concerned about Increasingly Less Options and Competition

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

The Five Essential Ways Every Company Should Use Internet of Things

Author Berard Marr Offers Useful IoT Framework

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Procurement Organizations Value Supplier Innovation, but Few Structured to Consistently Benefit

Innovation Much Harder to Measure than Cost and Quality

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Is Amazon Getting Substantial Subsidy on Shipments Via the US Post Office?

USPS is not Correctly Allocating Overhead Costs to Package Business, Giving Amazon and Maybe Other Big Etailers a Discount, Accelerating Brick and Mortar Demise

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

BP Releases Its Statistical Review of World Energy for 2017

Global Energy Consumption Again Just One-Third of Economic Growth, while Low Prices Lead to Second Straight Year of Market Share Gains for Oil

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

New! The State of Retail and Vendor Supply Chain Relations 2017 Survey and Study

Are We Getting More Integrated and Collaborative - Or Heading in the Other Direction? Help Needed from Retailers and Vendors/Brand Companies..