Did you attend CSCMP 20O8 in Denver? As always, SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore was there. He gives his overall conference review, plus summarize the takeaways from the best sessions he attended.

As supply chain thinking matures, supply chain leaders increasingly are focusing on Supply Chain Alignment across several dimensions. We look at the SCM Alignment Megatrend, and offer insight into improving integration between the Supply Chain and the business.

Will the crash of the US financial markets auger a return to a more product centered economy? And what does that really mean. SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore shares reader comments and offers his thoughts.

The craziness in the financial markers only adds to the current stress and dynamics facing companies and their supply chains. What''s next? No one knows - which is why flexibility and supply chain intelligence are more important than ever.

In the post-Wal-Mart RFID era, where do things stand? Still a little slow in supply chain applications, our panel of experts agree, but there are signs that is starting to change - and many companies really are committed to knowing where everything is all the time.

Kimberly Clark has built a supply chain for the future, and that effort involved a substantial and, in some ways, jarring change to both its network and existing paradigms. We talked with KCC's VP of North American Supply Chain Mark Jamison.

Is Inventory Optimization A mindset, a strategy, a goal, a software category? Yes, yes, yes and yes. SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore looks at Inventory Management trends and the relatively new category of Inventory Optimization software.

We all know the supply chain is becoming more complex -- but what is the real cost of that complexity? And what if anything can be done about it? Or, should you simply try to become a Complexity Master? One place to start: calculating your Complexity Factor.

With the announcement this week that JDA Software was buying i2 -- after acquiring Manugistics in 2006 -- it ends a supply chain software era that at one time was dominated by these two leaders. We look back -- and forward. What is happening overall in the software market? Read our discussion.

The Green Supply Chain and Sustainability are all the rage right now - but how do you sort out what’s real from the hype and the humbug? We look at key issues, including wondering how Green SCM decisions will really be made.