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November 13, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Supply Chain Visibility: A Critical Strategy to Optimize Cost and Service

Manufacturing: Labor Shortage in Manufacturing Really is Getting Worse

Supply Chain Trends: SCDigest Tech Note: Understanding the New JDA

Distribution and Material Handling: e-Fulfillment Drama Continues, as Amazon Tussles with Johnson & Johnson, Partners with USPS for Sunday Deliveries

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Details of New P3 Network Emerging

RFID and Auto ID: The Keys to Voice Deployment Success

Sourcing and Procurement: Procurement and Sourcing News Round Up for Nov. 13, 2013

Transportation: Rail Carrier Profit Machines Keep Rolling Along in Q3

Green Supply Chain: New Scientific Article Says Current Climate Models Highly Exaggerated, 20-30 More Years of Flat Temperatures Expected

Research and Insight: New Research on Automated Case Picking in Distribution

New Cartoon Caption Contest for Nov. 12, 2013

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
Dec. 4. 2013

Winner announced in Dec. 5th 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.

Featured Story: Labor Shortage in Manufacturing Really is Getting Worse

Lack of Skilled Workers Likely will Combine with Aging Demographics to Cause Real Labor Challenges; Young Workers Disdain Manufacturing Jobs

UAW Focus is Less on Workers than External Opinion and Pressure; Protests at Dealerships in Brazil

Featured Story: SCDigest Tech Note: Understanding the New JDA

In our lastest Tech Note, we look at JDA almost one year after its acquisition of RedPrairie, where it is headed, the impact of the JDA eight platform, and more

Understanding Where Profits Really Come from Critical in Increasingly Complex Supply Chain World

Major New Videocast

A New Approach to Managing Supplier Risk at Ford

Auto Giant Adopts Risk Exposure Index Methodology, a
Quantitative Approach to Measuring and Reducing Supply Chain Risk

Featured Story: e-Fulfillment Drama Continues, as Amazon Tussles with Johnson & Johnson, Partners with USPS for Sunday Deliveries

Johnson & Johnson Pulled Product from Amazon over Third-Party Gray Market Sales, While USPS to Provide Amazon new Sunday Delivery Service

Draft Report Identifies Key Trends Impacting Materials Handling and How Industry Must Respond

Featured Story: Details of New P3 Network Emerging

28 Planned Loops Detailed - if Network Wins Regulatory Approval; Port Winners and Losers

Recommendations to Avoid Vulnerabilities like Unseen Costs or Export Violations

Featured Story: he Keys to Voice Deployment Success

Some deployments are clearly more successful, easy, on-time and on-budget than others - and we know why

RFID Identity Theft a Growing Issue; RFID Market Keeps Growing Fast but Governments are Big Buyers; Saks Gets Near Perfect Display Compliance

Featured Story: Procurement and Sourcing News Round Up for Nov. 13, 2013

Philips CPO Cuts Procurement Fat; Characteristics of Successful Procurement Managers; Milliken Adopts Cloud-Based Direct Materials Tool

New VP of Procurement at Ford Says Some Models at Yellow Level of Supplier Stress; How Many Companies Can Really Track that Today?

Featured Story: Rail Carrier Profit Machines Keep Rolling Along in Q3

In Best Quarter of the Year, Profits Rise Sharply at all but CSX, as Operating Ratios Continue to Fall

Overall Profits Up Just 2.8%, but There Were Winners and Losers; New HOS Rules had an Impact, but in the Low Single Digits

Featured Story: New Scientific Article Says Current Climate Models Highly Exaggerated, 20-30 More Years of Flat Temperatures Expected

Global Temperatures Actually Doing the Stadium Wave?

EPA Smartway Winner for 2013 Expects Lower Costs, Reduced Emissions, and More Price Stability

Featured Story: New Research on Automated Case Picking in Distribution

Be Part of Our Survey to Identify Obstacles and Opportunities in the Rapidly Developing Area of Logistics

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.