SCDigest On-Target, April 21, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

April 21, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: Lean Thinking was Forged in Similar Economic Times
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Import Transit Times Taking Longer? Ships Take Foot off Pedal, Use the Slow Path, to Reduce Costs
	Distribution and Material Handling: Keys to Making Simplified Gainsharing in Distribution Work
	Transportation: Should Rail "Bottleneck" Segment Pricing Finally be Revised?
	Supply Chain Trends: Looking at the Supply Chain Performance Management Technology Options
	Procurement and Sourcing: Just How Hard Should You Pressure Suppliers for Price Cuts During Downturn?
	RFID and Auto ID: RFID News that Matters, Week of April 20, 2009

Transportation Management Focus

Category Sponsor: Descartes

Featured Story

Should Rail "Bottleneck" Segment Pricing Finally be Revised?

Likelihood of New Rules Stronger than Ever, but No Action Likely Until 2010, Ed Wolfe Says

MIT's Caplice and Simchi-Levi, Supply Chain Digest's Gilmore Top the List; Green Supply Chain, Rockline Industries Case Study, Wireless Systems for Logistics and More

	Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus
Category Sponsor: ClearOrbit

Featured Story

Looking at the Supply Chain Performance Management Technology Options

From Portals to Dashboards, Many Choices

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Key Trends in the Consumer Goods Supply Chain

From SIOP to Supply Chain Network Redesign, these Five Themes are Driving Many Consumer Goods Supply Chain Strategies

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Category Sponsor: OATSystems

Featured Story

RFID News that Matters, Week of April 20, 2009

A Better Looking RFID Portal? Washington State Passes Watered-Down RFID Privacy Law; New Turnkey Retail Tracking System Sign of Market Maturity; More

Looking Back, Several Principals Learned then are Applicable Today

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Category Sponsor: Vocollect, Inc.

Featured Story

Keys to Making Simplified Gainsharing in Distribution Work

Keep it Simple, Avoid Team-Based Metrics, Plan for "Buyouts" Among the Recommendations

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Gainsharing Your Way to Productivity Gains in Distribution

Setting up a Simple Gainsharing Approach will Lead to Huge Increases in Productivity

	Manufacturing Focus
		Category Sponsor: SCTV

Featured Story

Lean Thinking was Forged in Similar Economic Times

Toyota Managers Dealt with Financial Challenges Systematically; the Science of Lean

Lean Offers Great Benefits, but for Most Companies, Operational Realities Means Lean Needs Technology to Scale

ON-DEMAND

Selecting ERP Systems
for Mid-Market Companies

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV

Global Order Management
in the Heavy & Industrial
Equipment Sectors

April 29, 2009

Featured Story

Import Transit Times Taking Longer? Ships Take Foot off Pedal, Use the Slow Path, to Reduce Costs

Facing Double-Digit Drops in Volumes, Ocean Carriers do what they Can to Weather the Storm, Cruising at Half Speed

Related Content

What is Behind the Huge Drop in Global Trade?

Trade Volumes have Fallen much more Sharply than GDP; Temporary Drop, or Long-Term Trend?

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV

ON-DEMAND

Innovation in Supply Chain
Execution Videocast Series

Part 2: Making Integrated Consumer Goods-to-Retail Supply Chain a Reality

Featured Story

Just How Hard Should You Pressure Suppliers for Price Cuts During Downturn?

Procter & Gamble Exec Says Unilateral Demand for Concessions are Bad Business, While BP Looks for "Deflation" in its Supply Chain

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Should Negotiating Skills be a Core Corporate Competency?

It's Beyond Individual Skill, New Book Says; HP Broadens Procurement Metrics

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