Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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July 22, 2015 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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IMPORTANT NEW SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH

The State of Global Sourcing
and Trade Management

Are Processes and Technology Keeping
Pace with Growing Needs?

Please Help by Taking this Short Survey - Share Your View

NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR JUNE 29, 2015

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET July 29, 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 July 30+th 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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and send caption

MANUFACTURING

Where is US Manufacturing Headed as we Reach Mid Year?

Growth is Still Positive, but Momentum is Clearly Slowing; Huge Differences in Recoveries Since Bottom Across Different Sectors

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain Thought Leadership Video Series: Trends in Supply Chain Business Intelligence Systems

Combining internal and external data, empowering users to ''swiim'' in the data without going to IT, data visualization and more.

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Warehouse Management System (WMS) Myths Part 1

Myth Number 1: ''Testing'' is an Important Phase of a WMS Project

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Western Apparel Companies Increasingly Look to Africa for Sourcing, but Many Challenges Remain for the Continent

Monthly Wages Average Just $21 in Ethiopia Versus a Whopping $67 in Bangladesh; Plus, You Can Grow Your Own Cotton

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Small Shoe Store Chain Peltz Decides to Publicly Dump RFID

Says Costs were Much Higher than Expected, Inventory Accuracy wasn't being Achieved, as it Goes Back to Bar Codes

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Keys to Successful Supplier-Enabled Innovation

Focused Teams Deliver Better Results than Broad ''Innovation Culture'' Approach Report Finds

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

A Look at the LTL Market by John Larkin

Stifel Sees Fairly Rosy Outlook for Beleaguered Sector, As Margins Back to Pre-Recession Levels, Possible Boost from eCommerce Deliveries

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Mini-Ice Age Coming Soon, CO2 Emissions or Not, Euro Academics Say

Here Comes Another Maunder Minimum, Last Seen in 1645

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

New Survey/Study: The State of Global Sourcing and Trade Management

Are Processes and Technology Keeping Pace with Growing Needs? Please Help with this Brief Survey to Share Your Views