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March 21, 2013

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of March 21, 2013

Rails Latest to Look Hard at Nat Gas; Showdown at HOS OK Corral; Baxter the Robot Starting to Get a Little Love; On-Line Grocery Delivery Heats Up at Sainsburys

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

March 14, 2013

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Manufacturers Plan for More Aggressive Cost Reductions for 2013

Manufacturers Expect Another 1.5% Reduction in COGS, Even as Outsourcing has Been Falling Sharply as a Source of Savings

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring | Supply chain costs | Supply Chain studies

March 14, 2013

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of March 14, 2013

Still Looking for More US Truck Drivers; Diageo Says Supply Chains Should be Local; Container Ship Cancellations Soar; Yuan Value Complaints Slowing

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

March 08, 2013

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of March 7, 2013

Walmart Blows Away the Field; Manufacturers Say Costs Will Go Down Big Time in 2013; Maersk Gets More Carbon Efficient - but ''Slowly''; More Good News on the Natural Gas Front

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

March 07, 2013

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: The Tax Efficient Supply Chain

Looking at Tax and Duty/Tariff Considerations Can Materially Affect Optimal Supply Chain Design; Tax Efficiency Just One of Many New Ways Companies are Using Supply Chain Design Tools

TOPICS : Supply chain finance | Network design/optimization

March 05, 2013

Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest Starting March 5, 2013

Show Us Your Supply Chain Wit!

TOPICS : Cartoons

March 01, 2013

Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Winners for Feb. 4, 2013 Contest

Rich MacGonigle of Data2Logistics and Pierre Mitchell of Spend Matters Take Home the Prize!

TOPICS : Cartoons

February 28, 2013

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of Feb. 28, 2013

Amazon Fulfillment Costs Rise; Who Has the Top Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chain? TESCO Announces Changes to Food Suppply Chain After Horse Meat Scandal; YRC Worldside Finally Finds Profit

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

February 28, 2013

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Aligning Specific Supply Chain Capabilities with Market Requirements

Different Strategies and Markets Have Different Supply Chain Requirements; A Tool from Booz & Company to Assess the Level of Alignment

TOPICS : Agile supply chain | Supply Chain Basics | Supply chain excellence | Supply Chain Integration | Supply chain strategy

February 22, 2013

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: The Continued Transformation of JB Hunt

A Look at Revenues and Profits by Business Segment in 2002 and 2012; Traditional Truckload Carriage Continues to Decline While Intermodal, and Total Profits, Soar

TOPICS : Logistics | Transportation | Trucking