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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 AUG. 9, 2017

 

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET Sept, 13, 2017

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 Sept, 14th 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
Advice for How to Implement Real Pull Across the Full Supply Chain
Lean Expert Details the Five Key Skills
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Constraints, Constraints, Constraints: Building the Optimal Supply Chain
Three Main Types of Constraints to Consider When Developing a Feasible Supply Chain Plan
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Amazon to Pick and Store Orders in Two Minutes, Use Chutes from Drones for Deliveries
New Instant PickUp Program Targets the Impulse Buy Market with Five Locations, Many More to Follow
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Trump Orders Review of Chinese Intellectual Property Practices, While China Fires Back
US Claims China Policies Cost US Companies $600 Billion Annually from Theft and Forced Handover of IP
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
New Systems Uses Robots and RFID Readers to Perform Continuous Cycle Counting
Surgere Systems Uses Fetch Robots to Navigate the Aisles, Perform Inventor Reads, Send Data to the Cloud
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Quantiying the Advantage of Procurement Leaders
Chris Sawchuk of The Jackett Group Disciussed Procurement Value and Digitization with Dan Gilmore
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Strong Q2 for Three of Four Public LTL Carriers, as Profits Soar
Group has One of Its Strongest Quarters in Some Time, as Rates Up Solidly
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Artificial Intelligence Could be a Key Piece in the Green Manufacturing Toolkit, Software Provider Says
Faster Results with Much Less Investment than Major Process or Equipment Changes
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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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
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