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October 13, 2015 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Deadline is 8:00 pm ET Nov. 11, 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

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MANUFACTURING

American Apparel's Made in USA Model May Not Survive Bankruptcy Process

CEO Vows to Keep Producing in America, but the Math Makes Strategy Challenging

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain News: What Companies Contributed to CSCMP 2015?

HP, Domino's, Amway and Johnson & Johnson Led the Way in 2015

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Home Depot Integrates Its Two Supply Chain Networks to Address Order On-Line, Pick Up In Store

Items are Shipped from Three Fulfillment Centers to Existing Cross Dock Networks, Merged with Regular Merchandise Headed to Stores

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

As Ocean Container Shipping Capacity Continues to Exceed Demand, Maersk CEO Calls for More Consolidation in the Industry

If Rates are to Stay Low, Only Answer is to Spread Fixed Costs Across More Containers, Soren Skou Says

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Time to Get Your RFID Implant? Plus Levi's Pilot Success with Intel RFID Platform

Transhumanist Says RFID Implants are the Way to Go, While Levi Strauss Store Achieves Nearly 100% Inventory Acurracy

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Using a Negotiations Spreadsheet Tool can Help Procurement Managers Work More Effectively with Business Managers

Alexandra Moschell of Hallmark Discusses Her Approach in Inside Supply Management

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

BNSF About Three Bridges Away from Completing Parallel Track from Los Angeles to Chicago

Goal to is Take More Market Share from Trucks in Face of Sharp Declines in Coal Shipments; Other Carriers in Midst of Similar Projects

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Are Dynamics in Energy Production Going to Rapidly Decrease Use of Fossil Fuels?

Utilities Increasingly Turning to Wind and Solar for Output because Marginal Costs are So Low