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Feb. 13, 2008 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
 

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  This Week:  
   
  Manufacturing: Environmentalists Now Going After Vinyl  
  Global Supply Chain: Are a Confluence of Factors Going to Bring an End to the China Sourcing Party?  
  Distribution and Material Handling: Seven Myths of Labor Management Systems  
  Transportation: Are Reports of DHL's Possible U.S. Exit Premature?  
 

Supply Chain Trends: Annual Forecasting Benchmark Data Released by Forecasting Institute

 
  Procurement and Sourcing: Staples Dumping of Paper Supplier Highlights Challenges for Sourcing Managers in a Green Supply Chain Era
 
  RFID and AIDC: ARC's Steve Banker Takes a Look at the New Sam's Club Mandate  

 
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Annual Forecasting Benchmark Data Released by Forecasting Institute

 

Number of Forecasters per Company, Use of CPFR Continue to Rise; Demand Planners Still Squeezed by Functional Pressure

 
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How Far Should Corporate Compliance and Ethics Programs Go into the Supply Chain?
 

Continued Growth in Outsourcing and Offshoring Make the Question Increasingly Important; Sarbanes-Oxley, Product Quality/Recall Issues Complicate the Issue; What is a Supplier to Do?

 
 
 Distribution and Material Handling Focus
 
 
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Seven Myths of Labor Management Systems

 

As LMS Gains in Popularity, It is Time to Dispel Misconceptions that Sometimes are a Barrier to Adoption

 
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Green Supply Chain Debate Increasingly Focuses on the Lowly Pallet
 

New European Studies Show Environmental Benefits of Wood over Synthetic; Just How Should You Perform an Accurate Lifecycle Analysis? Will Shippers Really Choose Green over Efficiency?

   
 
 
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Are a Confluence of Factors Going to Bring an End to the China Sourcing Party?

 

Rising Labor Costs, Inflation, Oil, are Causing Rapid Increases in Imports from China, with More Increases Expected; Crossing the Break Even Point

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Are Inland Ports an Answer to Congestion - or a Waste of Public Money?
  Facilities are Sprouting Up Across the US; a Port in West Virginia?
 
 
 
RFID and Auto ID Focus
 
 

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Steve Banker of ARC Takes a Look at the New Sam's Club Mandate
 

Store Execution Thwarted RFID Success at Regular Wal-Mart Stores, He Says; Debate by Suppliers about How Much Value it Will Deliver at Sam's

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Smart Badges for Meetings and Events Show Interesting New Application of Wireless - and Offers Hints of Opportunity in the Supply Chain
  Goal is to Visualize "Social Networking;" Do You Need a Better Idea with Whom Your Cartons are Meeting Too?
 
 
Sourcing and Procurement Focus
 
 

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Staples Dumping of Paper Supplier Highlights Challenges for Sourcing Managers in a Green Supply Chain Era
 

What are the Guidelines for Disqualifying a Supplier? Growth in Chinese Domestic Market Means Less Influence to Western Pressures

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Understanding the Options for E-Auctions
  There are Four Variants to the Basic Model, Says One Expert; Understanding which Model Fits Best
 
   
 
 
Transportation Management Focus
 
 

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Are Reports of DHL's Possible U.S. Exit Premature?

 

US Parcel Operations Not Meeting Expectations, Says CEO, as Options are Studied; Rumors of Sale to FedEx; Is DHL a Needed Price Check on UPS and FedEx?

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National Surface Transportation and Revenue Study Commission Report Recommendations Can Have Big Impact for Shippers
  Headlines of 40 Cent Increase in Consumer Gas Tax Only Part of the Story; When Does the Cure Become Worse than the Disease?
 
 
 
 
 
Manufacturing Focus
 
 
Featured Story

Environmentalists Now Going After Vinyl
 

First Target is Toys, as Major Retailers Start Pulling Products; What Categories are Next?

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Did Chrysler's Hardball Tactics Drive Plastech to File for Bankruptcy?

  Now Privately Held, Chrysler was Willing to Take Plant Shutdown to Make its Stand with Troubled Supplier; Smart Strategy, or a Mistake in the Long Term?
 
 
 

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