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November 03, 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

This Week
	Manufacturing: Supply Chain News: US Multi-Nationals Continue to See Share of Workers Outside US Grow, but Strategy is Often to Expand International Sales	Your Operations Can Be Costly And Complex. Infor SCM Can Conquer That. Rethink Warehouse Management. Get The SCM White Paper Today!
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Supply Chain News: The Complex World of Cargo Security and Government Programs and Standards
	Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics News: Do New Technology Developments Presage a Renewed Opportunity for use of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
	Transportation: Logistics News: Truckload Carriers Delivery Strong Bottom Lines in Q3, as Capacity Discipline Boosts Rates and Yields
	Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain News: Looking to Reduce Inventories? Production Scheduling Optimization May Have Bigger Impact than Improving Forecast Accuracy
	Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: Companies that Do Not Manage Commodity Price Swings Well Leave Lots of Dollars Off the Bottom Line
	RFID and Auto ID: RFID/AIDC News: The ''Square'' from Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Instantly Brings Credit Card Processing to Mobile Phone Application
	Green Supply Chain: Update: California Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Attempt to Delay Carbon Emissions Law

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Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: 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

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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

Supply Chain Trends and Issues

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Looking to Reduce Inventories? Production Scheduling Optimization May Have Bigger Impact than Improving Forecast Accuracy

One Consumer Goods Manufacturer Finds Optimizing Production Schedules with Safety Stock Requirements Has Largest Impact

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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

The Next Generation of Cost Savings

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story
Logistics News: Do New Technology Developments Presage a Renewed Opportunity for use of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)

Watch Dan Gilmore, editor of Supply Chain Digest, and Scott Friedman of Seegrid Corp. in a fast-paced discussion on why AGVs have not worked well to date in distribution, what changes are needed to alter the status quo.

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Supply Chain News: With the Right Discipline, WMS Implementation Success Can be Assured

Cummins Filtration Points the Way to WMS Deployment Success; From Go-Live to Clean Floor in Just Three Days in 600,000 Sq. Foot DC

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New Life for AGVs In Distribution?

Think Robotic Industrial Trucks Instead

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

Featured Story
Update: California Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Attempt to Delay Carbon Emissions Law

Proposition 23 is Crushed by 3-2 Margin; What Will California Greenhouse Gas Law Implementation Mean to Companies and Rest of Nation?

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Green Supply Chain News: 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

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Featured Story
Global Supply Chain News: The Complex World of Cargo Security and Government Programs and Standards

GAO Delivered Status Report on Cargo Security Initiatives Just Weeks Before Aborted Terror Plot, Saying Several Programs/Technologies Behind Schedule, Full Operating Scenarios Not Being Considered

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Breaking Global Supply Chain News: Suspected CoordinatedTerror Event Targeting Air Cargo Appears to be Underway, Though Whether it is Real or a Test Run Remains Unclear

UPS Planes Grounded in Philadelphia and Newark; Homeland Security Sends Images of Toner Cartridge with Protruding Wires; Changes in Global Cargo Security Seem Likely

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story
RFID/AIDC News: 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

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RFID News: GS1 Issues New Guidelines for Pallet Tagging

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

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: 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%

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Supply Chain News: 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

Transportation Management Focus

Featured Story
Logistics News: Truckload Carriers Delivery Strong Bottom Lines in Q3, as Capacity Discipline Boosts Rates and Yields

Revenue per Freight Mile Growth Strong, as Profits Growth by 25%; Signs of Slowing Volumes May be Good for Shippers but Signals a Still Stalled Economy

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Logistics News: Transportation Productivity Coalition Hopes to Increase Weight Limits for US Trucks, but Law Likely Depends on Passage of Full Highway Bill

Move to Increase Loads by 17,000 Pounds Could Reduce Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Kraft Says it Would Reduce its Truckload Moves by at Least 6%; Safety Concerns Proving Flawed?

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