SCDigest On Target Weekly Newsletter, June 10, 2008

	*Weekly On Target* Newsletter**
	June 10, 2008 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

	This Week:
	Manufacturing: Mobility on the Factory Floor Can Power Lean, Six Sigma Strategies
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Getting to Accurate Total Landed Costs
	Distribution and Material Handling: What Does a Sortation System for Distribution Cost?
	Transportation: DHL Makes Org Changes in Support of New US Strategy; and, What is the Real Story Behind Revamped US Plans by DHL?
	Supply Chain Trends: Heinz Gets to One Number Forecasting
	Procurement and Sourcing: Understanding the Risks in Global Sourcing
	RFID and Auto ID: With Globalization Comes New Challenges in Label Printing

Supply Chain Trends and Issues

Category Sponsor: Logility

	Featured Story
		Heinz Gets to One Number Forecasting
		Food Giant Makes Major Supply Chain and Financial Improvements as it Professionalizes the Forecasting Discipline
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		Technology and Sales and Operations Planning
		While Process Excellence is the Foundation, Technology has to Play a Key Role to Scale

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

		Category Sponsor: Syncron

Featured Story
	Getting to Accurate Total Landed Costs
	Despite the Growth in Global Sourcing, Total Landed Cost Calculation Still Lacking in Scope, Technology Support, in Many Companies
Related Content
	Surging Export Volumes Continue to Create Outbound Logistics Pressures
	As Trade Ebbs and Flows, Problems Shift from Inbound to Outbound Logistics; Georgia-Pacific Building Products Sees Export Surge, but Execution Challenges Rise Too

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Category Sponsor: Mojix

	Featured Story
		With Globalization Comes New Challenges in Label Printing
		Unicode May be the Answer for Exporters and Offshore Manufacturing; Zebra Says Approach has Dramatically Simplified Printing and Printer Distribution
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		The Week in RFID and Auto ID - We Review the News of Note in the RFID and AIDC Industry for the Week
		Stanley Tools Acquires RFID Solution Company; Market Researcher Bullish on RFID Adoption Growth, Is RFID Actually a Threat to Port Security?

Manufacturing Focus

Supply Chain Videocast™

Bringing Lean Strategies to Companies in Process
and Manufacturing Industries

Featuring MIT'S David Simchi-Levi

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Featured Story

	Mobility on the Factory Floor Can Power Lean, Six Sigma Strategies
	Ralph Rio of ARC Says Mobile Technologies in Manufacturing Should Cause Companies to Rethink Processes in the Value Stream
Related Content
	Getting to the Root Cause of Root Cause Analysis Failures
	More Interest than Ever, says One Quality Consultant, but Little Real Progress; Top 10 Reasons Root Cause Programs Flounder

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Featured Story
	Understanding the Risks in Global Sourcing
	Understanding all Seven Risks, and Taking a Portfolio Management View, Can Reduce Exposure
Related Content
	Do Your Procurement Managers Operate as "Innovation Scouts?"
	German Plastics Manufacturer Rehau Uses Procurement Managers to Help Drive Innovation

Transportation Management Focus

Featured Stories
	DHL Makes Org Changes in Support of New US Strategy
	New "General Manager Model" for Four US Regions Outlined in Memo from CEO Ken Allen; Memo Describes Need for Sense of Urgency
	ARTICLE CONTAINS "MUST READ" FEEDBACK What is the Real Story Behind Revamped US Plans by DHL?
	Company Shrinking Network, Outsourcing Key Steps to UPS and USPS; Shippers Need More Answers from DHL Now, Leading Parcel Consultant Says
Related Content
	Rising Diesel Costs May Finally Drive More Transportation Collaboration
	Mitsubishi Motors says it May Co-Mingle its Inbound Freight with Caterpillar Shipments

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

		From The Supply Chain Digest Thought Leadership Series

Featured Story		Featured White Paper
	What Does a Sortation System for Distribution Cost?	New Life for AGVs in Distribution? How New Approach to Industrial Robotics May Signal an Inflection Point in DC Automation Download this white paper now!
	Baseline Systems Can Be Implemented for about $1 Million; Wal-Mart Level? Do not Ask
Related Content
	Digging Through the WERC Distribution Metrics Study for 2008
	Distribution Performance Continues to Hold or Improve Across Most Key Metrics; Raw Materials Inventories Appear to Skyrocket