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MANUFACTURING
Amid Some Resurgence in US Manufacturing, Factory Floor Wages Continue to Fall
New Report Summarizes Scary Drop in US Manufacturing Wages over the Past Decade; What Good will US Manufacturing Resurgence be at These Wage Levels?
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Annual Kantar Retail Ranking of the Top Consumer Goods Supply Chains for 2014
General Mills, Procter & Gamble Moved in Virtual Tie at the Top; Coca-Cola In, Heinz Out of Top 10
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Amazon Keeps Moving, with Bike Delivery Tests, New Private Label Line, Aggressive Robot Rollout and More
Company Putting Heat on FAA to Allow Drone Testing, as Whole Industry is Moving Overseas
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Is It Time to Change Rules for How Port Labor Negotiations are Handled?
As West Coast Ports Talks Drag On and Threat of Strike Grows, Some Call for Putting Port Labor Under Railways Labor Act
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Will Wide Area RFID Readers Change the Game in RFID Systems?
New Reader from Impinj Shows Where this Technology Is Headed; Real Time Locator Systems with Passive Tags
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Supply Chain by Design: Calculating Supplier Lead-Time Variability - Not as Easy as It Seems
Knowing Lead-time Variability Helps set the Right Safety Stock Level; Tracking and Calculating the Lead-time Variability is not Always Easy
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Expert Stephen Schork on Where Oil and Diesel Prices are Headed
Author of The Schork Report on Factors Behind the Price Collapse, How Long They Will Say Low, and Why Diesel Prices Remain High
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Research Shows Companies with High Levels of Sustainability Gain Major Stock Price Advantage
Data Also Shows Much Better Performance in Return on Assets and Other Financial Measures
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Eighth Annual Gartner-SCDigest Study to Delve Deeper Into Supply Chain Maturity Impacts, Getting Value from SCM Software
Research has Now Become One of the Most Important Studies in the Supply Chain Discipline; As Always, Complimentary Gartner Reports Available to Respondents
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