SCDigest On-Target, August 25, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

August 26, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: More Evidence the Tide is Turning a Bit in the Offshoring Tsunami
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: A New Framework for Supply Chain Security
	Distribution and Material Handling: What are the Sweet Spots for Different Order Picking Technologies?
	Transportation: The Impact of Packaging Optimization on Transportation Management
	Supply Chain Trends: A Deeper Look at 2008 Inventory Numbers
	Procurement and Sourcing: Sourcing Optimization Technology, Part 2
	RFID and Auto ID: Second Item-Level Retail Apparel Tagging Study Again Finds Substantial Improvements in Inventory Accuracy
	Green and Supply Chain Network Design: This Week's Green Supply Chain by the Numbers - Green HIring, Cap-Trade and Chemicals, Impact of Packaging, Balloon Payment?

Featured Sponsor: Kinaxis

Distribution and Material Handling Focus
	Category Sponsor: Infor

Featured Story

What are the Sweet Spots for Different Order Picking Technologies?

We Summarize What Works Best Where, from A-Frames to Wearables

Staple of Labor Management Systems Demos is Less Often Used, but Trends are Moving That Way

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Green Supply Chain Focus - from TheGreenSupplyChain.com (an SCDigest Web Site)

Category Sponsor:
IBM

Network Design &
Planning for End-to-End
Supply Chain Optimization

ILOG LogicNet Plus XE Incorporates Carbon Emissions into Supply Chain Network Design

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Featured Story

This Week’s Green Supply Chain by the Numbers – Green Hiring, Cap-Trade and Chemicals, Impact of Packaging, Balloon Payment?

Green Supply Chain Hiring Plans Grow; One Manufacturer More than Doubles Cartons per Pallet; 2025 is when CO2 Hammer Would Hit; Chemical Industry and Cap-Trade Impact on Bottom Line

Green Supply Chain Strategies Require Tools to Manage and Measure Supplier Performance; Results in 120 Days

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

ON-DEMAND VIDEOCAST

Tax-Efficient
Supply Chains

Featured Story

A New Framework for Supply Chain Security

Need for Improvement is Well Understood, but How Can Companies Develop an Integrated Approach?

Related Content

Keys to Succeeding in China

Need for Relationships is Different in China; Avoiding Joint Ventures

	Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus
ON-DEMAND VIDEOCAST

How Multi-Modal WirelessTechnology is
Driving New Productivity
Gains in Distribution

Featured Story

A Deeper Look at 2008 Inventory Numbers

Over Past Two Years, Life Science Areas Show Major Improvements; Progress in Consumer Goods-to-Retail Mostly Stalled

Corporate Profitability Down as Competitive Intensity Doubles; Knowledge Flows, Not Knowledge Stocks

Transportation Management Focus

Featured Story The Impact of Packaging Optimization on Transportation Management From 120 Units per Pallet to 300; Suddenly, a Hot Area Related Content As Truckload Rates Continue Freefall, Middlemen Actually See Margins Grow A Freight Recession like No Others, as One-Third of Freight Out Volume Leaves the System; Can Rates Go Any Lower?	ON-DEMAND VIDEOCAST
	Transportation Management Rightsizing: The New World of On-Demand TMS

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story

Second Item-Level Retail Apparel Tagging Study Again Finds Substantial Improvements in Inventory Accuracy

Will Item-Level Tagging in this Space be the Catalyst for Case and Pallet RFID?

Improving Asset Utilization 100%; Lower Labor and Transport Costs Too

ON-DEMAND VIDEOCAST

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

Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story

More Evidence the Tide is Turning a Bit in the Offshoring Tsunami

First, it was Logistics Costs; Now, Other Factors; Overcoming a $2.50 Increase per Unit for a Hair Iron

First Real Monthly Increase Since December 2007; Factory Utilization Also Ticks Up

New Supply Chain Video

Supply Chain Planning Insights Thought Leadership Video

Edition 2: Inventory, Free Cash Flow, and Shareholder Value

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

ON-DEMAND VIDEOCAST	Featured Story Sourcing Optimization Technology, Part 2 Optimization Can Deliver Big Benefits, but with Much Change in Process Required; Finding the Sweet Spot Related Content The Increasing Role of Optimization in Sourcing Decisions Once Limited to Transportation Buys, Technology Now being Used in Many Other Commodity Categories, New Report from CAPS Research Says
Labor Management Strategies for Emerging Economic and Political Realities

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