SCDigest On-Target, June 16, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

June 16, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: Survey of US Public on Manufacturing Sector Shows Dichotomy
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: China Increasingly Pursues an "Industrial Cluster" Strategy
	Distribution and Material Handling: Time is Right for Labor Management in Distribution
	Transportation: FedEx and UPS Battle Heats Up over Provision that would make it Easier for FedEx to be Unionized
	Supply Chain Trends: Coping with Supply Chain Uncertainty
	Procurement and Sourcing: What Makes Procurement Leaders Different?
	RFID and Auto ID: New Serge Blanco RFID Deployment Shows Two Key Trends in RFID for Distribution - Apparel and Europe

Transportation Management Focus

Category Sponsor: OceanSchedules.com

Featured Story

FedEx and UPS Battle Heats Up over Provision that would make it Easier for FedEx to be Unionized

Now, YouTube is Involved; What would be the Impact on Shippers? FedEx Rates up 20%?

Vote Pulled this week in Senate, in favor of More Comprehensive Bill Later; "Bad Bill" Needs to be Defeated, Norfolk Southern CEO Says

	Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus
Category Sponsor: CSCMP

Featured Story

Coping with Supply Chain Uncertainty

What Techniques are Companies Using to Deal with Supply and Demand Volatility in Today's Markets? Recommendations from the Supply Chain Executive Forum

Adding a little Flexibility Delivers Most of the Potential Benefits, with much Lower Investment Upfront

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Category Sponsor:
CDC Supply Chain

Featured Story

Time is Right for Labor Management in Distribution

Cost Pressures, DC Consolidation, Potential Card Check all Issues that May be Helped by LMS

Related Content

Labor Management Systems: Considering the Options for Engineered Standards Development

Most LMS Software Companies have their Own Engineering; Are You Better off with that Approach, or Splitting the Software and Engineering Work?

RFID and Auto ID Focus

ON-DEMAND VIDEOCAST

Featured Story

New Serge Blanco RFID Deployment Shows Two Key Trends in RFID for Distribution - Apparel and Europe

Retailer to Speed Receipt Processing by a Factor of 10 through New RFID-based System; 18,000 Items an Hour Processed in RFID “Tunnel”

96 Percent Faster Cycle Count in Store? Thawing Out "Frozen" SKUs

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

	Manufacturing Focus
		UPCOMING VIDEOCAST

Featured Story

Survey of US Public on Manufacturing Sector Shows Dichotomy

Vast Majority of Public Believes Manufacturing Key to Economic Health - But Most Don't Want to Work There

An Excerpt from our Recent Supply Chain Digest Letter on Lean Manufacturing

Tax-Efficient Supply Chains

July 14, 2009

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

ON-DEMAND VIDEOCAST

The Next Generation
Supply Chain: Integrated Planning & Execution

Part 1: Reviewing the Data

Part 2: Achieving the Vision

Featured Story

China Increasingly Pursues an "Industrial Cluster" Strategy

Industrial Policy Nationally and Regionally Pushes Industry Sector Development in Specific Metro Areas; Should Western Companies Jump In?

Related Content

Solving the Ocean Booking Problem

One of the Last Areas of Logistics to be Automated Seeing Increasing Interest; INTTRA Portal among Solutions Seeing Strong Interest by Shippers/Importers

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

ON-DEMAND VIDEOCAST

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

Featured Story

What Makes Procurement Leaders Different?

First, they Simply Manage more Spend, ATKearney Study Says; Collaboration and Advanced Measurement also Key

Related Content

Sourcing and Procurement Managers Seeing Compensation Still Rising

Annual ISM Study Says Overall Salaries Rose 6.8 Percent in 2008; Is there a Real Gender Gap?

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