SCDigest On-Target, April 28, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

April 28, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: Understanding Buyer-Vendor Inventory Options
	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: What's the Opportunity for Automating Case Picking in Distribution?
	Transportation: Just How Well Do You Know the Transportation Industry?
	Supply Chain Trends: Is Now a Smart Time to Relook at Outsourcing Contracts?
	Procurement and Sourcing: Just How Hard Should You Pressure Suppliers for Price Cuts During Downturn?
	RFID and Auto ID: Will Green Supply Chain be Key Catalyst in RFID Growth?

Transportation Management Focus

Category Sponsor: Descartes

Featured Story

Just How Well Do You Know the Transportation Industry?

Take our Quiz to Show Your Prowess!

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

	Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus
Category Sponsor: ClearOrbit

Featured Story

Is Now a Smart Time to Relook at Outsourcing Contracts?

May be Opportunity for Shippers and Manufacturers to Reduce Costs, but Meat Cleaver Won't Work, Says Tyndall

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Looking at the Supply Chain Performance Management Technology Options

From Portals to Dashboards, Many Choices

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Category Sponsor: OATSystems

Featured Story

Will Green Supply Chain be Key Catalyst in RFID Growth?

Several Green Strategies will be Well Supported by RFID, Continuing Questions around Recycling and RFID

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

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Category Sponsor: Vocollect, Inc.

Featured Story

What's the Opportunity for Automating Case Picking in Distribution?

New Report and Survey from SCDigest to Analyze Opportunity and Solutions; One Bottler Uses New Technology to Build Store-Ready Pallets, Reduce Picking from Side-Loaded Trucks

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Keys to Making Simplified Gainsharing in Distribution Work

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

	Manufacturing Focus
		Category Sponsor: SCTV

Featured Story

Understanding Buyer-Vendor Inventory Options

Traditional Models Include Buyer Managed, Vendor Managed, and Vendor Owned Inventories; New 3PL-Based Adaptations Coming?

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

ON-DEMAND

Selecting ERP Systems
for Mid-Market Companies

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV

The Next Generation
Supply Chain: Integrated
Planning & Execution

Part 1: Reviewing the Data

May 6, 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

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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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