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MANUFACTURING
A Lot has Changed in a Decade Relative to Global Manufacturing Cost Competitiveness, New BCG Study Finds
US a ''Rising Star'' that Should Gain Share, While China, Brazil Headed in Wrong Direction
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Will the Evolving Connected World Construct Change the Paradigm of SCM?
A New Ecosystem of Information Sources in the Connected World has the Potential to Transform SCM from a Cost Focused Approach into a Customer-Centric Delivery Paradigm


Oct. 15th - from the Convenience of Your Office!

Keynote Speaker: Chris Caplice of MIT
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Non-Putaway Distribution Models Improve DC Productivity by Eliminating a Pallet or Carton Touch
From Merge-in-Transit to DC Bypass and of Course Cross Dock, We Describe and Illustrate the Opportunities
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Jilted CMA CGM Finds New Partners with Ocean Three Alliance, as Carrier Differentiation about Gone, Maersk Line CEO Says
Proposed Ocean Three Allliances to be ''Antidote'' to 2M from Maersk and MSC; Container Carriers Now Like Airlines, Maersk CEO Skou Says




RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Commercial Drones as Retail RFID Readers?
New System from ADASA Puts Readers and Antennas in Small ''Flying Robots''
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
The Five Characteristics of World-Class Procurement Organizations
Hackett Group Research Says Procurement Leaders Drive More than Twice the Level of Savings as the Average Company



TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Even as they Increasingly Partner for Branded Services, UPS and FedEx Say Recent Major USPS Price Cuts Not Fair
Rates Cut as Much as 58%, as Postal Service Guns for More eCommerce Business
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Does Long Temperature Pause Mean It is Time to Relook at Global Warming?
Temperatures Flat for 16 or 18 Years Difficult for Climatologists and Their Models to Explain
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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