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December 01, 2014

Supply Cain News: Oil May Fall to Below $40 per Barrel, Experts Say, but Diesel Costs Much Slower to Respond

Stunning Oil Price Decline Likely to Continue, Experts Say, as OPEC Keeps Pumping; What is the Price Floor?

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

November 25, 2014

Global Supply Chain News: Mess at West Coast ports Continues, with No Labor Contract in Sight, Raising Fears of Strike or Lockout

ILWU Takes 12-Day Break from Negotiations, as Amicable Tone Finally Disappears After Months of Talks

TOPICS : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Supply chain risk

November 25, 2014

Supply Chain News: 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?

TOPICS : Auto industry supply chain | Manufacturing | Supply chain costs

November 24, 2014

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: New JDA CEO Bal Dail on Where the Company is Headed

View the excellent video discussion between Dail and SCDigest's Dan Gilmore on the major recent announcement by JDA

TOPICS : Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software | Supply chain thought leadership

November 24, 2014

Logistics News: Noted Stifel Analyst John Larkin will Have Weekly Column in SCDigest

Stifel Transportation Weekly Column will Highlight Key Freight Trends and Numbers Each Monday Morning

TOPICS : Transportation | Trucking

November 20, 2014

Supply Chain News: High Speed Sortation Systems - Does WMS Often Have a Hard Time Keeping Up?

Real Issue or DC Urban Myth? Not Enough Validation Testing is Done to Catch the Problem Early, Mark Fralick Says

TOPICS : Distribution | Material handling automation

November 20, 2014

Supply Chain News: Levi Strauss Expands Ethical Sourcing Program to Offer Low-Cost Loans to Offshore Vendors

Partnership with World Bank Arm will Offer Even Lower Rates to Top Performers in Labor Practices, Safety and the Environmen

TOPICS : Global sourcing | Procurement/Supplier Management


November 17, 2014

Logistics News: Large US LTL Carriers Throw Big Profit Party in Q3

Four out of Five LTL Carriers Deliver Strong Double Digit Profit Growth on Rising Volumes, as Operating Ratios Almost Reach Respectability

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

November 11, 2014

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

TOPICS : Supply Chain studies | Supply chain thought leadership | Supply Chain Trends