SCDigest On-Target, March 17, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

March 17, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: Card Check Rule Battle Starts to Really Heat Up
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: No Surprise - the World in 2009 Has More Risk than We Have Seen in Many Years
	Distribution and Material Handling: Consolidation is Coming - Very Soon - in the Materials Handling Supplier Market
	Transportation: Mexican Trucker Dispute Spills Over into Broader Trade Issues with Mexico
	Supply Chain Trends: Beyond the Perfect Order - Do We Need a Customer Bill of Rights?
	Procurement and Sourcing: Number One Procurement Priority Right Now Should be Managing Supplier Risk
	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

Beyond the Perfect Order - Do We Need a Customer Bill of Rights?

Dr. Ed Marien Offers the Eight R's of Customer Service

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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?

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

Mexican Trucker Dispute Spills Over into Broader Trade Issues with Mexico

Mexico Announces Tariffs on US Imports after Congress Fails to Extend Cross Border Trucking Program

Related Content

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

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

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

Consolidation is Coming - Very Soon - in the Materials Handling Supplier Market

Amid Inevitable Trend Towards Consolidation in a Down Market, One Major Merger is Imminent; Too Many Conveyor Manufacturers for Even a Healthy Market?

Related Content

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

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

No Surprise - the World in 2009 Has More Risk than We Have Seen in Many Years

Annual Aon Political Risk Map Shows its Dicey Time for Supply Chain Operations Right Now; Political Instability, Unrest Could Cause some Countries to Become Much More Risky Overnight

Related Content

Coordinated Capacity Reduction to Stem Falling Ocean Rates

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

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV

ON-DEMAND

Flexible Supply Chain Strategies

Featured Story

Number One Procurement Priority Right Now should be Managing Supplier Risk

What if 30% of Your Suppliers went under in 90 Days? Advance Sense and Respond Systems are Key

Related Content

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

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