SCDigest On-Target, January 20, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

January 20, 2009

This Week

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	Manufacturing: Will Digital Manufacturing Transform Production Processes and the Supply Chain?
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: China Finds Modern Labor Laws Come with a Price
	Distribution and Material Handling: Is There Such a Thing as a Hybrid Gravity Conveyor
	Transportation: Will Natural Gas Cars be the Answer to Ridding World of Oil Dependence?
	Supply Chain Trends: Just How Big is the Out-of-Stock Problem in Retail?
	Procurement and Sourcing: If Suppliers are Struggling Financially, What Should Procurement Organizations Do?
	RFID and Auto ID: Wal-Mart Finds Do-It-Yourself may be Easiest Path for RFID Enablement

	Manufacturing Focus
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Featured Story

Will Digital Manufacturing Transform Production Processes and the Supply Chain?

The Technology is Still Emerging, but Further Along than Many People Realize; Invisalign Uses DDM to Transform the Dental Supplies Market

Even as Hourly Costs Get in Line with Transplants, Work Rule Restrictions Add Huge Costs and Dramatically Reduce Flexibility, Former Industry Lawyer Says

	Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus
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Featured Story

Just How Big is the Out-of-Stock Problem in Retail?

It is Worse than the Retail Industry Thinks, According to New Study from IHL Group; New Fodder for RFID? Beyond Just Consumer Packaged Goods

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How to Make Good Supply Chain Decisions

McKinsey Surveys Finds Ad Hoc Processes, Parochial Input, among Factors that Lead to Decisions that Do Not Pan Out

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story

Is There Such a Thing as a Hybrid Gravity Conveyor?

The Answer is Yes - and it is an Alternative that Provides Carton Control with Less Energy Usage

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Key Trends in Warehouse Management Systems

Better Suite Integration, SOA, Support for Manufacturing Logistics Among the Developments

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Featured Story

Will Natural Gas Cars be the Answer to Ridding World of Oil Dependence?

Debate Continues in US; Is It for Trucking Only, or the Consumer Too? Meanwhile, Thais, Other Nations, Make Progress

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Is it Time to Re-Regulate the Railroads?

Rates have Stayed High Even as Volumes Abate; Can De-Regulation Work for Effective Monopolies?

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RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story

Wal-Mart Finds Do-It-Yourself may be Easiest Path for RFID Enablement

Sam's Club Drops Compliance Fines for Lack of Pallet Tagging to Just 12 Cents; Did it Reach Its Own Tipping Point?

New AIM Research Brief Says Past Year saw Many Significant Developments

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Featured Story

China Finds Modern Labor Laws Come with a Price

New Laws Gave Many Workers More Rights than in US, but could be Accelerating the Pace of Factory Closures

Related Content

Will Current Economic Turmoil Scale Back Globalization?

Not Really, Says Gene Tyndall, but Now is a Good Time to Relook at Supply Chain Strategies and Networks

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Featured Story

If Suppliers are Struggling Financially, What Should Procurement Organizations Do?

From Co-Buys to Reducing Payment Terms, Procurement Managers Need to Have Tool Sets in Place

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Who are the Top Procurement Outsourcing Vendors?

Little Black Book for 2008 Offers Insight

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