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April 30, 2013

WERC 2013 Day 1 Video Review and Comment

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore from the Conference Floor in Dallas

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics

April 29, 2013

Supply Chain Video News for April 29, 2013

New Voice Technology Research; Top US Distribution Networks; Tragedy Strikes Again in Bangladesh Apparel Supply Chain; Connecting with CSCMP Local Roundtables

TOPICS : VideoNews

April 24, 2013

Supply Chain News: Ford Details Approach to Supplier Engagement and Sustainability

''Aligned Business Framework'' Pushes Tier 1 Suppliers to Own Sustainability and Ethical Sourcing Back Through Supply Chain

TOPICS : Auto industry supply chain | Green Sourcing | Green supply chain | Procurement/Supplier Management

April 24, 2013

Risk Exposure Index Starting to Gain Traction, Change Supply Chain Thinking, David Simchi-Levi Says

Concepts being Adopted by Companies Across the Globe; Focus is Often on Reducing Time to Recovery

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain risk

April 23, 2013

Logistics News: Have a Corporate Fuel Account with Pilot Flying J? Might Want to Check the Math

Carriers and Private Fleets: Might be Time to Lawyer Up

TOPICS : Transportation | Trucking

April 23, 2013

Supply Chain News: Is Cloud-Based WMS Ready for Prime Time?

WMS was Late to the Cloud Game, but that is Changing; Key Considerations for Making the Decision on Cloud or On-Premise

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

April 22, 2013

Global Logistics News: In the US and Mexico, Cargo Thieves Prefer to Eat and Drink

Incidents in Mexico Decline in Q1, but Probably Due Only to Effort to Reduce Reporting of Bad Conditions, Says FreightWatch; Official Warns Truckers to Stay Off Some Mexican Highways

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics | Rail carriers/transportation | Supply chain risk | Transportation | Trucking

April 22, 2013

Supply Chain Video News for April 22, 2013

How Well is New Risk Exposure Index Being Accepted in the Market? Swatch Says It is Time to Stop Selling to Swiss Watch Competitors; Unilever is Done with Landfill Waste; New Fundamentals of Supply Chain Workshop

TOPICS : VideoNews

April 18, 2013

Connecting Vendor Management and Out of Stocks Videocast Slides

Slides from our excellent videocast Connecting Retail Vendor Performance Management with Out of Stocks, Sales and Margins. Featuring Camille Fratanduono of Pep Boys. To see the full videocast, go to www.scdigest.com/supply_chain_videocasts.php

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Inventory management | Out-of-stocks | Procurement/Supplier Management | Retail industry supply chain

April 17, 2013

Supply Chain News: How is US Manufacturing Doing Five Years after the Great Recession? (Part 2)

Despite Slow but Steady Growth from the Bottom, Manufacturing Overall, Many Sectors Below 2007 Levels

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring