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June 19, 2012

Supply Chain News: Leading Discrete and Process Manufacturing Associations Combine, as MESA and WBF Complete Merger

MESA Making Big Push to Gain Members and Influence in Manufacturing; WBF Communications Standards a Nice Fit with MESA Focus on ''Plant to Enterprise''

TOPICS : Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) | Manufacturing

June 19, 2012

Supply Chain News: US, Global Manufacturing Appear to be Softening

US Manufacturing Output, Capacity Utilization Fall in May, as PMI Numbers Mostly Stumble Across the Globe

TOPICS : Global supply chain | Manufacturing | Supply Chain Trends

June 18, 2012

Supply Chain Video News for June 18, 2012

State of Logistics Report - The Video; Major MIT Study on US Manufacturing; Shell Jumps in the Natural Gas Game for Trucking, plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

June 13, 2012

Global Supply Chain News: Congress Leaves in 100% Ocean Container Scanning Requirement, but After Napolitano Authorizes Two Year Delay

Shipper Interests Fail to Get Congress to Change Mind, Despite Lots of Evidence It Won’t Work; Two Year Delays Could Go On for a Long Time

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Transportation

June 13, 2012

Supply Chain News: Weak Global Economy, Strong US Dollar, Combined to Give Most Commodity Prices a Pounding

Many Prices Down 20% or More in Past Year, with May’s Slide One of Sharpest Ever; CRB Commosity Index Down 17% from 2012 Peak

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain costs


June 13, 2012

Supply Chain News: MIT, SCDigest Announce Major Research Project on US Manufacturing, Reshoring

Survey on Overall Trends in US Manufacturing with a Special Focus on Whether the ReShoring Phenomenon is Real will Provide Important Insight into US Economy, Government Policy

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Supply Chain studies

June 10, 2012

Supply Chain Video News for June 11, 2012

Gartner Names its Top 25 Supply Chains for 2012; Chinese Bulking Up with Industrial Robots; World has Enough Minderals to Last for 10,000 Years? plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

June 08, 2012

Gartner Releases Top 25 Supply Chain List for 2012

Apple Comes in a Number 1 for Second Year in a Row; Explaining the Methodology

TOPICS : Supply chain excellence | Supply Chain studies

June 06, 2012

Logistics News: Annual DC Metrics Report Released at WERC Conference; Time for More Focus on Soft Metrics?

Key Takeaway: Core Operational and Financial Performance Converging from Top to Bottom Performers

TOPICS : Benchmarking | Project management | Distribution | Logistics costs | Logistics