SCDigest On-Target, May 12, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

May 12, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: Do New Models for Manufacturing Component Inventory Management Lead to Increased Roles for 3PLs?
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: What's Going to Happen to "The China Price?"
	Distribution and Material Handling: Cross Docking for Manufacturers, Part 2
	Transportation: Race to Bottom, as Huge Drops in Shipper Demand Parallel Equal or Greater Losses in Carrier Capacity
	Supply Chain Trends: What will be the "New Normal?"
	Procurement and Sourcing: The Supplier Conundrum in Tough Times - Reducing Buyer Risk can out Troubled Supplier over the Edge
	RFID and Auto ID: RFID News and Comment for the Week of May 5, 2009

	Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus
Category Sponsor: CSCMP

Featured Story

What will be the "New Normal?"

McKinsey Managing Director on how the Business World will be Different; What will be the Impact on Supply Chains

Related Content

Do You Need to Do More to "Sense" Customer Demand?

Lag Time in Converting POS Data to Inventory and Deployment Planning is Costly, Says Lora Cecere of AMR

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Category Sponsor:
CDC Supply Chain

Featured Story Cross Docking for Manufacturers, Part 2 Interest in Cross Docking is Strong, but Operational and Technology Barriers Exist Related Content Can Manufacturers Successfully Execute Cross-Dock Strategies? Merge-In-Transit, DC Bypass are Becoming More Common, but True Cross Dock Remains a Challenge

SCDIGEST CASE PICKING RESEARCH STUDY
Over the last few years, the materials handling market has seen a great increase in solutions designed to automate the case picking process. We are trying to better understand how companies view the importance of case picking in distribution, and the level of interest companies have in adopting automated case picking technology. The survey is very short - just 10 brief questions, plus a few demographic questions. All valid respondents will receive a copy of the report, expected to be completed in the May/June timeframe.

Transportation Management Focus

Category Sponsor: OceanSchedules.com

Featured Story

Race to Bottom, as Huge Drops in Shipper Demand Parallel Equal or Greater Losses in Carrier Capacity

Bank Actions Could Take an Even Greater Slice Out of Carrier Market; Big Problems as Economy Recovers?

Need for New and Broader Skills in the Middle and the Top Key Challenge for Transportation Management, Caplice of MIT Says; from Hard to Soft Skills

RFID and Auto ID Focus

UPCOMING VIDEOCAST
May 20, 2009

Featured Story

RFID News and Comment for the Week of May 5, 2009

EPCGlobal gets Consultative; Conair Broadly Deploys RFID, Creates New Solutions Company; RFID Growth Predicted, but Supply Chain Apps Still Lag

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

Leverage Your Existing Wireless
Networks to Do More and
Reduce Operating Costs

	Manufacturing Focus
		UPCOMING VIDEOCAST June 2, 2009

Featured Story

Do New Models for Manufacturing Component Inventory Management Lead to Increased Roles for 3PLS?

Buy-Sell Hubs, Pooled Inventory Could be the Future, Researchers Say

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

Innovation in Supply Chain
Execution Series

Part 4: Taking the Food & Beverage Supply Chain to the Next Level

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

UPCOMING VIDEOCAST
May 19, 2009

The Next Generation
Supply Chain: Integrated
Planning & Execution

Part 2: Achieving the Vision

Featured Story

What's Going to Happen to "The China Price?"

After Years of Upward Pressure, Now a Retreat, as Buyers Gain Upper Hand; How Long will it Last?

Related Content

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

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV

ON-DEMAND

The Power of Global
Order Management
in the Service Parts
Supply Chain

Featured Story

The Supplier Conundrum in Tough Times – Reducing Buyer Risk can out Troubled Supplier over the Edge

“Unvirtuous Cycle” needs to be Monitored Closely

Related Content

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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