SCDigest On-Target, October 14, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

October 14, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: Manufacturing Sector Stronger than Most Think, New MAPI Report Says, but Challenges Remain
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Think Best in Market, Not World Class, in Developing Markets, Walmart's Gary Maxwell Says
	Distribution and Material Handling: More of the Same from Annual 3PL Study - but Will the Recession Serve as an Inflection Point?
	Transportation: Clorox Finds Savings through Transportation Analytics that Reduce "Leakage" from Carrier Contracts to Execution
	Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain "Game Changers"
	Procurement and Sourcing: Will Industry Now See "Collaborative Purchasing?"
	RFID and Auto ID: RFID - Six Years Later
	Green and Supply Chain Network Design: Technology Keeps Unlocking More Natural Gas, Dramatically Increasing Reserves - and Affecting the Geo-Political Environment AND Will Walmart Green Product Labeling Create New Scarlett Letter?

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Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus

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Featured Story

Supply Chain "Game Changers"

New Report from University of Tennessee Details 10 Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Thinking as Companies Revamp Strategies

Supply Chain as the New Source of Capital? Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Need to Pay More Attention to Supply Chain

Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story

US Manufacturing Sector Stronger than Most Think, New MAPI Report Says, but Challenges Remain

Rise of China Felt more by Others, though US Share of Exports has Dramatically Dropped; Are US Companies Burdened by Regulatory, Taxes and Other External Costs?

Number of Strategic Suppliers to be Cut in Half - to 35,000!

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Transportation Management Focus

Featured Story

Clorox Finds Savings through Transportation Analytics that Reduce "Leakage" from Carrier Contracts to Execution

43% of Lanes in Bid Optimization Programs Exceed Expected Costs, Research Says; Post-Bid Audits Shrink that Number Dramatically

New Understanding of the Benefits of Velocity; More Variable Cost Structures

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Breakthrough Logistics Strategies Series

A Four-Part Series

Part 3: Supply Chain in the
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November 10, 2009

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story

More of the Same from Annual 3PL Study - but Will the Recession Serve as an Inflection Point?

Relationships Still Largely Transactional, but Desire for Agility and Lower Fixed Costs May Finally Change Status Quo

Food Company Changes Dock Door Arrangement to Results from Linking Tasks; How Many Task Types Should You Include in the Pool?

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RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story

RFID - Six Years Later

It is the six-year anniversary of the launch of EPCglobal and tremendous excitement about the use of RFID. Since then, some disappointment - but is a brighter future around the corner?

Related Content

Understanding UHF Tag Performance

Read Range Requirements, Application Scenario, Regulatory Requirements and Surfaces to be Tagged are Key, European Test Center Says;"On-Metal" Performance has Increased Rapidly

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Next Generation Supply Chains: Eliminate Operator Scanning to Optimize Manufacturing and Warehouse Operations

November 5, 2009

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV

Featured Story

Think Best in Market, Not World Class, in Developing Markets, Walmart's Gary Maxwell Says

Culture, Talent, Infrastructure and more Should All Impact Supply Chain Design; Some Competitors Over-Automating?

Related Content

Furor over Decision to Hit China Hard on Tire Tariffs, as Fears of Renewed Protectionism Rise

Now Looking at Paper, Glass, Steel, Cement, Union President Says after Tire Success

UPCOMING VIDEOCAST

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October 21, 2009

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

Category Sponsor: IBM	Featured Story Technology Keeps Unlocking More Natural Gas, Dramatically Increasing Reserves – and Affecting the Geo-Political Environment Natural Gas has a Bright Future – but will Environmentalists Fight It? Related Content Will Walmart Green Product Labeling Create New Scarlet Letter? Consumers will Generally Buy the Cheapest Product, but will Peer Pressure at Check-Out Force Green Habits?
Network Design & Planning for End-to-End Supply Chain Optimization

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV	Featured Story Will Industry Now See "Collaborative Purchasing?" Pepsi and Anheuser-Busch Sign Deal to Purchasing Many MRO Items - and Even Technology and Logistics Services; Can it Work? Related Content Investment in Procurement Technology Continues, Recession or Not, Forrester Report Finds The Nine Categories of E-Purchasing Tools; Supplier Web Portals becoming Obsolete?
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