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August 16, 2013

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of Aug. 16, 2013

US Factories Just Cannot Get as Busy as they Used to Be; Consumers are Buying - but In Different Ways; A Lot of Stuff Is Made in Indiana; Coles Australia Gets Right After DIFOT Metric

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

August 15, 2013

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Maintaining a Picture of Your Supply Chain

A Picture Often Really is Worth a Thousand Words; Presenting the Supply Chain in a Way Even the CEO Can Understand

TOPICS : Network design/optimization | Supply chain costs

August 14, 2013

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: US to Build Competitive Advantage in Manufacturing

Boston Consulting Group Doubles Down, Says Growing US Competitiveness will Lead to Surge in Exports and Jobs

TOPICS : Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring | Supply chain costs

August 09, 2013

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of Aug. 9, 2013

Switching Port Assignments Delivers Big Savings; Input Costs will Continue to Fall, Yergin Says; Companies Did Not Stretch Out Supplier Payments in 2012; Still Trying to Get Back to 2007 Production Levels

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

August 06, 2013

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: It is Very Hard to Reduce Inventory Levels

Analysis Shows Inventory Levels of Product-Based Companies Flat Since 2005; Good Performance Given Forces Pushing Inventories Higher?

TOPICS : Inventory management

August 05, 2013

Chain Reaction for Aug. 5, 2013: The CSCO has a Real Plan for Success

The CEO is Looking for Supply Chain Answers

TOPICS : Chain Reaction

August 01, 2013

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Which Countries are in the ''Post-China 16'' Sourcing Locations?

China Loss of Labor-Intensive Manufacturing to Even Lower Cost Rivals, Stratfor Global Intelligence Says; The Horse has Already Left the Barn

TOPICS : China | Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Outsourcing/offshoring

August 01, 2013

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of Aug. 1, 2013

Amazon on DC Hiring Binge; US Truckload Carriers Operating Ratios OK in Q2 - but Blown Away by Rail Carriers; US Economy Lukewarm as Usual; the Chinese Dragon Starting to Look Out of Shape

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

July 26, 2013

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: What is the Walmart Share of US Retail Sales?

Market Share is High, but has Now Decreased for Three Straight Years

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain | Wal-Mart

July 22, 2013

Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest Starting July 22, 2013

Show us your Supply Chain Wit!

TOPICS : Cartoons