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December 12, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

Protect Your Supply Chain: Compliance. Protection. Continuity.

Best Practices: Free Supply
Chain Risk Webinar

Manufacturing: US Manufacturing Still Has Not Come All the Way Back from Recession, While Fate of Different Sectors Varies Dramatically

Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain Transformation by the Book

Distribution and Material Handling: Batch Picking and Sortation Systems in Distribution

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Update! Strike at Ports of LA and Long Beach Ends, as Office Workers Union Seems to Win the Negotiations; Attention Now Turns to East Coast Port Threat

RFID and Auto ID: First Students, Now the Vatican - Is Use of RFID for Continuous Tracking of Humans an Inevitability?

Sourcing and Procurement: Global Industrial Giant Siemens Says Procurement Improvements Driving Billions (with a B) to the Bottom Line

Transportation: Summing Up Recent Plans and Announcements Relative to Multi-Channel Delivery and Fulfillment

Green Supply Chain: UN Climate Change Talks in Doha Continue Downward Trend

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

New Christmas Cartoon Caption Contest for Dec. 3, 2012

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)

See Full Size Cartoon
and Send Entry

Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
Jan 3, 2012.

Winner announced in Jan. 4th 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: Supply Chain News: US Manufacturing Still Has Not Come All the Way Back from Recession, While Fate of Different Sectors Varies Dramatically

Only Three Sectors in Our Pool Are Currently Above Pre-Recession Levels of Output; Data Shows how Apparel, Furniture Production Has been Devastated

New Boston Consulting Group Research Says Yes, but Will it Hold True at the Moment of Truth at the Store Shelf?

Featured Story: Supply Chain Transformation by the Book

New Book from Rich Sherman Offers Guideline for Transforming Supply Chains, Creating Organizations and Cultures that are Built to Last

Interview with Inventory Optimization Pioneer Dr. Sean Willems on what IO Sotware is, Strategic versus Tactical IO, Rightsizing Inventory and More

Featured Story: Logistics News: Batch Picking and Sortation Systems in Distribution

Understanding How Batch Picking Delivers ROI from Sortation System Investment; Throughput Increases Can be Just as Important as Operational Savings

Opportunities can be Difficult to Spot, but Can Deliver Real Productivity Gains; Key Question - How Configurable is Your WMS with Regard to RF Screenflow? 30% Gain in Cart Picking

Featured Story: Update! Strike at Ports of LA and Long Beach Ends, as Office Workers Union Seems to Win the Negotiations; Attention Now Turns to East Coast Port Threat

Ports Agree to End Outsourcing and Provide Lifetime Job Guarantees; Will Total Comp Really go to $195,000 Annually?

Both Sides Appear to be Digging In, As Port Efforts to Rein In Costly Bonus Program Off the Table, Union Says

6th Annual Gartner-SCDigest Supply Chain Study

Fast, Easy. Important.

Respondents will Receive Complimentary Gartner Research,
Worth Several Hundred Dollars Each
Your Choice of Three Outstanding Reports

Featured Story: RFID and AIDC News: First Students, Now the Vatican - Is Use of RFID for Continuous Tracking of Humans an Inevitability?

After Texas Schools Controversy, Vatican Says it Is Deploying RFID-based Tracking System for Staff after Embarrassing Document Theft

Software Controls will Manage the Movements Horizontally and Vertically; Up to 25% Efficiency Gains, Jungheinrich Says

Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Global Industrial Giant Siemens Says Procurement Improvements Driving Billions (with a B) to the Bottom Line

Supply Chain Chief Barbara Kux Making Good on her 60-25-20 Plan

Green Makes the Headlines, but Alternative Sources Could Also Reduce Business Risk; KC Looks to Grow Bamboo?

Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Summing Up Recent Plans and Announcements Relative to Multi-Channel Delivery and Fulfillment

Hard to Keep Up with All the News; We Provide a Handy Table

YRC Seems to have Really Righted Its Financial Ship; Rail Carriers Sure Not Sharing Efficiency Gains with Shippers

Featured Story: Green Supply Chain News: UN Climate Change Talks in Doha Continue Downward Trend

Just 37 Countries Extend Kyoto Agreement; Is it About C02 Emissions – or the Money?

Major Accord Seems Unlikely at 2012 UN Climate Meetings, as Some Say Rising CO2 Levels May Make Soon Make it Too Late to Keep Temperatures Manageable

Featured Story: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

Analysis of where and how customers of vendor compliance optimization/management solutions find value from the software.

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