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July 29, 2015 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter Can't View in Email?
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

 


 

LAST CHANCE CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR JUNE 29

 

Deadline is 5:00 pm June 30th, 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 June 31st 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
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 by Design: Four Groups that Need to Step Up to Help Make Network Design More of a Profession
Why Isn’t Network Design More Widely Used or Understood?
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
A Review of Second Quarter Results for Amazon.com
Stronger than Expected Results Propel Market Value Past Much Larger Walmart; Fulfillment and Shipping Costs are 23% of Merchandise Sales
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

Excellent New SCDigest Report!

Conquering the Omnichannel Challenge - Today and for the Long Term

 



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
Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Keys to Supplier-Enabled Innovation
A new report from Procurement Leaders identifies the practices that separate the most successful from the rest of the pack
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Electronic Tolls Really are the Answer to US Highway Report Says, but the ATA Again Disagrees
Someone Needs to Come Up with at Least $1 Trillion Somehow; Costs to Use Interstates Headed Up One Way or Another, as Highways Nearing End of Life
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Green Supply Chain News Round Up for July 29, 2015
Lego in Long Search for Plant-Based Plastic; 2014 Confirmed by NOAA as Warmest Year Ever, Even as Other Data Show 22 Year Warming Pause
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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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
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