SCDigest On-Target, March 10, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

March 10, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: Card Check Rule Battle Starts to Really Heat Up
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Coordinated Capacity Reduction to Stem Falling Ocean Rates
	Distribution and Material Handling: Can Shrinking Warehouse Space Caused by Rapidly Increasing Inventory Levels Put the Squeeze on Productivity?
	Transportation: Readers Respond - Article on YRC Worldwide Struggle Generates Lots of Feedback
	Supply Chain Trends: Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Report 2009 Has Lots of Charts, Little Insight
	Procurement and Sourcing: Do Tough Economic Times Put Pressure on Procurement Managers to Favor "Unit Price" over Total Cost?
	RFID and Auto ID: Is Walgreens the US Retail Leader in RFID Deployment?

	Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus
Category Sponsor: Wright State University - Raj Soin College of Business

Featured Story

Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Report 2009 Has Lots of Charts, Little Insight

Supplier Response was Low but Growing; Not much Useful Data; Sending a Message to Suppliers?

Related Content

IBM Lays Out its Vision for the Supply Chain of the Future

Instrumented, Interconnected, and Intelligent

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Category Sponsor: OATSystems

Featured Story

Is Walgreens the US Retail Leader in RFID Deployment?

Drug Store Chain Adds New Promotional Display Tracking System to Previous DC Enablement; Eight-Year Testing Effort Finally Pays Off

From Initial Announcement in June 2003 to Procter and Gamble Pull Out of Display Tagging Last Week, We Review Key Announcements and Even

Transportation Management Focus

Featured Story

Readers Respond - Article on YRC Worldwide Struggle Generates Lots of Feedback

Union or Management? Smart Acquisitions or Big Mistakes? We Get All Sides

Related Content

Driver Shortage? What Driver Shortage?

For Now, Carriers and Private Fleets have the Advantage, as Surge in Applicants Changes the Balance; Con-Way Dramatically Pairs Back Recruitment Spend

TRANSPORTUNITIES 2009
On-Line Expo & Conference

***April 7th & 8th, 2009 ***
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CST
(Both Days)

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Chris Caplice MIT

"New Opportunities and Challenges in Transportation Management"

Dan Gilmore
Editor, SCDigest

"What's New in Transportation Management Systems"

Much More!

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story

Can Shrinking Warehouse Space Caused by Rapidly Increasing Inventory Levels Put the Squeeze on Productivity?

Tracking Space Utilization against Productivity is a Critical DC Metric

Related Content

Will Cost Pressures Drive more Companies to Outsource Logistics Functions?

Hungry 3PLs may Sign Low-Ball Deals to Get the Work; IBM Sells its Logistics Operations to New Lead Logistics Provider

New Video Shows
How Voice Picking
in Distribution Works

View Now on SCDigest

On-Line Video Gives
Quick Introduction to use
of Voice in Case Picking Application at Performance
Food Group, a Leading Food
Service Distributor

	Manufacturing Focus
		Category Sponsor: SCTV

Featured Story

Card Check Rule Battle Starts to Really Heat Up

Wal-Mart Stock Downgraded as a Result Unionization Threat; Even Some Democrats Say Now is Not the Time; Targeting High Tech Manufacturers?

Companies Need to Take an Expansive View of Opportunities, IDC's Benjamin Friedman Says

Innovation in Supply Chain
Execution Videocast Series

Part 1: Is it the Right Time for Integrated Supply Chains?

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV

ON-DEMAND

10 Keys to Global
Logistics Excellence

Featured Story

Coordinated Capacity Reduction to Stem Falling Ocean Rates

Not Going to Happen, but Can Carriers Achieve Price Increases Coming Anyway?

Related Content

Just as World Trade Slows, Here Come the Megaships

Ocean Carriers Placed Orders Years Ago as Trade Volumes Soared; Capacity will put Continued Downward Pressure on Rates

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV

ON-DEMAND

Flexible Supply Chain Strategies

Featured Story

Do Tough Economic Times Put Pressure on Procurement Managers to Favor "Unit Price" over Total Cost?

Beware the Low Price that Brings Significant Risk along with It

Related Content

Segmenting Suppliers to Understand those Most Likely to Need Investment

Simple Matrix helps Identify Suppliers Needing Support - and those You should Prepare to Ditch

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