US Manufacturing Slumps Again in December, Leading Firms Achieve Much Higher Procurement Returns, Supposed Movement to Major Urban Centers Exaggerated, Can Amazon be Stopped?

As First Ultra-Large Container Vessel Hits a US Port, a Look at How the Size of these Vessels has Progressed - and Where They Are Headed

Raymond Wisniewski of National Retail Systems and Nadia Eesa of Dell Take Home the Prize!

Toys R Us Tries Bulking Up Store Inventories; No Retailers Say They are On Top in Collaboration; Diesel Cargo Ships Can't Find Anywhere to Unload in Europe; US Manufacturers Bullish on 2016

New SCDigest Study Finds Few Companies Say They are Really Good at Global Lead Time Estimates, Less Then Half Tracking Lead Time Variability

The Dreaded McKinley Analysis is Coimpete, and Alvin is Worried

New Benchmark Report from SCDigest on State of Retail-Vendor Supply Chain Relationships Finds - Surprise - Different Views on Where Chargebacks are Headed

Walmart Tops Retail Supply Chain List Yet Again; What Company is Testing Air Cargo Flights out of Old DHL Hub? Shoe-Making Robots Coming to Adidas; Is New US Highway Bill the Right Plan?

US Manufacturing Output Ends Long Winning Streak; UN Climate Summit - Follow the Money; eCommerce Continues to Gain Share at Brick and Mortar Expense; US Cargo Thieves Heist Lots of Beef, Nuts

All Three Modes Saw Flattish Results, While Union Pacific, Knight Transportation, and Old Dominion Continue to Put Up Impressive Numbers