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November 18, 2008

Supply Chain News: US Manufacturing Sector Structural Cost Disadvantage Shrinks, but Still is over 17% Versus Major Global Competitors on Average, NAM Report Says

Rapidly Rising Labor Costs in Mexico, China and South Korea Reduce Their Advantage; Other Countries are Lowering Manufacturing Tax Rates to Help Their Producers

TOPICS : Manufacturing

November 18, 2008

Supply Chain News: Supply Chain Digest Interview with CSCMP CEO Rick Blasgen

Cost Pressure Begets Supply Chain Innovation, Blasgen Says; Companies Need Greater Focus on Supply Chain and Logistics Talent Development

TOPICS : Supply chain thought leadership | Supply Chain Trends

November 18, 2008

RFID News: Reported Wal-Mart Asian RFID Tagging Requirement Raises More Questions than Insight

Solving the Asian Sourcing Tagging Issue is Key to RFID Growth; Metro Provided Supplier Tags in 2007 Pilot

TOPICS : RFID market size | RFID | Wal-Mart

November 11, 2008

Logistics News: Will Warehouse Management System (WMS) Vendors Increase Support for Material Handling Integration?

Now is the Time for "MHE Extensibility," One Provider Says; Reducing Time, Cost and Risk for New Projects

TOPICS : Distribution | Material handling automation | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

November 11, 2008

Supply Chain News: Digging Through the Inventory Numbers

Who Has Been Performing Well, and Where are the DIO Numbers Going Up? SCDigest Takes a Look

TOPICS : Metrics/Performance measurement | Supply Chain Trends

November 11, 2008

Supply Chain News: Another Survey Picks on Procurement Function

Trend of Late Seems to be that Execs Don't Believe Procurement is Up to the New Challenges; The Good News - Opportunities for Companies and Careers are Great

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

November 10, 2008

Global Supply Chain News: Will there Turn out to be a "China Import Bubble" Too?

Could Safety Issues, Global Slow Down, New US Administration Flatten or Even Reverse Chinese Import Levels?

TOPICS : China | Global sourcing | Global supply chain

November 10, 2008

Logistics News: It's Bye-Bye for DHL Parcel Operations in US Market

Service to End in January, 2009; Pricing Power Boost to UPS and FedEx; Opportunity for Regional Carriers?

TOPICS : Parcel shipping/parcel systems | Transportation

November 05, 2008

Supply Chain News: While China Car Production Continues to Soar, Quality and Safety Issues Have Barred Progress in the US and Europe - for Now

Honing Experience in Emerging Markets; Europeans Sue to Prevent Knock-Offs from Reaching Market

TOPICS : Auto industry supply chain | China

November 04, 2008

RFID News: Do RFID Market Size Estimates Mean Anything to End Users?

Why are the Numbers So Different from Study to Study?

TOPICS : RFID market size | RFID