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Weekly On Target Newsletter
Oct. 20 , 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
This Week:
bullet Manufacturing: US Multi-Nationals Continue to See Share of Workers Outside US Grow, but Strategy is Often to Expand International Sales



Seegrid Video Case Study


How It Works: G-Series Industrial Mobile Robots



bullet Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Key to Ocean Rates will be Carriers' Ability to Maintain Capacity Discipline, Drewry Shipping Says
bullet Distribution and Material Handling: Conair Fights Back in Retail Chargeback War
bullet Transportation: Concern about Driver Shortages Continues, as Leading Refrigerated Trucking Firm Apologizes for Poor Service, Promises to Hire 800 New Drivers
bullet Supply Chain Trends: Latest Trends in Logistics Study from Manrodt, Holcomb IDs 5 Undeniable Supply Chain Truths
bullet Procurement and Sourcing: Companies that Do Not Manage Commodity Price Swings Well Leave Lots of Dollars Off the Bottom Line
bullet RFID and Auto ID: The "Square" from Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Instantly Brings Credit Card Processing to Mobile Phone Application
bullet Green Supply Chain: WalMart Pledges to Dramatically Increase Sourcing for Local Produce in US and Across the Globe
 

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Last Chance! Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest for October 5, 2010

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 (usually emailed on Thursdays).

Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
Oct. 14, 2010.

Winner announced in Oct. 21, 2010 SCDigest Newsletter

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supply Supply Chain Trends and Issues

Featured Story

Supply Chain News: Latest Trends in Logistics Study from Manrodt, Holcomb IDs 5 Undeniable Supply Chain Truths

Annual Survey Finds Big Improvements in Inventory Turns - but Will They Hold? Strategy of being All Things to All People Surges



Related Content

 

Kraft Drives Out Supply Chain Costs for Itself and Retailers, Expects to Share in Benefits to Drive Growth

Supply Chain Innovation, Formally Acknowledging the Joint Benefits, are Key, Kraft's Lambotte Says



The Next Generation of Cost Savings

 
transportation Transportation Management Focus

Featured Story


Concern about Driver Shortages Continues, as Leading Refrigerated Trucking Firm Apologizes for Poor Service, Promises to Hire 800 New Drivers


Where will the Drivers Come from? Training New Drivers on the Physical, not the Psychological.


Related Content


New UPS Ad Campaign Gives Logistics Profession a Big Boost

''What Can Brown Do for You?'' Retired for Now in Favor of ''We Love Logistics''; Tens of Millions to Hear the Message that Logistics Can Drive Competitive Advantage


Managed Transportation Services

from Lean Logistics

On-Demand TMS

 

 
distribution Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story


Supply Chain News: Conair Fights Back in Retail Chargeback War

New Proactive Monitoring System Lets Small Appliances Giant be Aware of "Shipments at Risk" of Compliance Violations


Related Content

Supply Chain News: Total Landed Cost Calculation, Key to Supply Chain Optimization, Still Immature Practice, 2010 3PL Study Finds

Only 45% Report Extensive Use; Data Capture Challenges Chief Obstacle





 
global Green Supply Chain Focus
from - [TheGreenSupplyChain.com] (an SCDIGEST Website)

Featured Story


WalMart Pledges to Dramatically Increase Sourcing for Local Produce in US and Across the Globe

Note to Farmers: Here Come the WalMart Advisors; $1 Billion Investment to Improve Logistics for Perishables

Related Content

Carbon Labeling Coming on Strong in the UK, Likely in US before Long

Tesco Leads the Way, along with Government Subsidies for Some; Accounting and Marketing Questions

 
global Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Featured Story


Key to Ocean Rates will be Ability of Carriers to Maintain Capacity Discipline, Drewry Shipping Says


Industry Developments Means Shipper-Carrier Relationship has "Changed Forever," Drewry's Dekker Says; Is Cost Sharing Commoditizing the Carriers?

Related Content

Will Western and Japanese Car Makers Capitulate to Proposed Chinese Demand to Turn Over Electric Car Technology?


Policy ''Violates Sanctity of Intellectual Property Law,'' Congressman Dingell Says; Nissan Already Rolling Over

 

 

Featured Video

 

Building an Effective Export Management Process for Medium and Small Businesses

 
RFID RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story

The "Square" from Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Instantly Brings Credit Card Processing to Mobile Phone Application

Simple Device is Given Away with Fee per Transaction; Demand Overwhelming Supply


Related Content

GSI Issues New Guidelines for RFID Pallet Tagging

Many Points of View on Tag Placement and Data Structure; Need to Address both the Asset and the Load


 

sourcing Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Featured Story

Companies that Do Not Manage Commodity Price Swings Well Leave Lots of Dollars Off the Bottom Line

Cross-Functional Collaboration is Key, McKinsey Consultant Says; Reducing Margin Volatility 20-40%

Related Content



Little Reported Amid Still Wobbly Economy, Commodity Price Shocks and Supply Concerns Surging Again

Agriculture, Metals Prices Soaring, Pressuring Bottom Lines; Longer Contracts, Direct Investment, Among the Weapons; Nestle Spending $500 Million to Help Coffee Growers Produce More

manufacturing Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story

US Multi-Nationals Continue to See Share of Workers Outside US Grow, but Strategy is Often to Expand International Sales

Drop in US Employment in Mature Economies is Sharp versus Rise in Asia


Related Content

Supply Chain News: James Womack, Founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute, Partially Hangs Up his Cleats

LEI CEO Role now Goes to John Shook, First US Manager at Toyota in Japan


 
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