SCDigest On-Target, September 1, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

September 2, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: Recession Close to Over, Manufacturers Alliance Forecasters Say
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Will Ocean Carriers be able to Make Aggressive Rate Hikes Stick?
	Distribution and Material Handling: Interest in Automatic Case Picking is High among Large Volume DCs, SCDigest Survey Shows
	Transportation: The Impact of Packaging Optimization on Transportation Management
	Supply Chain Trends: New Thinking in Supply Chain for Tough Times - and Beyond
	Procurement and Sourcing: Sourcing Optimization Technology, Part 2
	RFID and Auto ID: Printing RFID Labels with a Laser Printer
	Green and Supply Chain Network Design: CO2 Emissions Tracking and Monitoring Will be Key to Green Supply Chain Progress

Featured Sponsor: Kinaxis

Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus

Category Sponsor: Logility

Featured Story

New Thinking in Supply Chain for Tough Times - and Beyond

Real Results Magazine Interviews SCDigest's Dan Gilmore on S&OP, Collaboration, Supply Chain Strategy and More

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

	Transportation Management Focus
		Category Sponsor: Lean Logistics

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?	SAAS Matters: Leveraging a vast network to source smarter and faster
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Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Category Sponsor: CDC Software

Featured Story

Interest in Automatic Case Picking is High among Large Volume DCs, SCDigest Survey Shows

In-depth Report on New Automatic Case Picking Technologies to be Released Soon

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

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 ore	Featured Story CO2 Emissions Tracking and Monitoring Will be Key to Green Supply Chain Progress Very Limited Deployment of Tracking Tools So Far, Gartner Finds Related Content Cap and Trade Future in Senate Still Uncertain, as Key Senators Announce Plans for Delay Eventual Senate Bill Likely to be Much Different than Waxman-Markey, Most Say

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

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Featured Story

Will Ocean Carriers be able to Make Aggressive Rate Hikes Stick?

Maersk, Others, Set Fall Rate Hikes, but Can Carriers Hold Rank? Avoiding the Appearance of Price Collusion

Related Content

A New Framework for Supply Chain Security

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

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story

Printing RFID Labels with a Laser Printer

Lexmark Keeps Adding Capabilities, which May Open Up Additional RFID Applications

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

ON-DEMAND VIDEOCAST

How Multi-Modal Wireless Technology is Driving New Productivity Gains in Distribution

Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story

Recession Close to Over, Manufacturers Alliance Forecasters Say

11.9% Decline in Production Output this Year, but Most of that has Already Occurred; Big Growth Manufacturing Technology Investments Expected for 2010

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

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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