SCDigest On-Target, October 28, 2009

Weekly On-Target Newsletter

October 28, 2009

This Week

	Manufacturing: Weekly Manufacturing News Round-Up
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: The Opportunities - and Risks - of Moving Production to China
	Distribution and Material Handling: Will Psychology be a Large a Barrier to Case Picking Automation as ROI?
	Transportation: CONTECH Construction Products Finds Big Value, Fast Deployment from On-Demand TMS
	Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain Technology Insights: Distributed Order Management
	Procurement and Sourcing: Will Industry Now See "Collaborative Purchasing?"
	RFID and Auto ID: Will Combining Tracking and Theft Protection in One Tag Drive RFID More Aggressively into the Consumer Goods-to-Retail Value Chain?
	Green Supply Chain: Understanding the Green House Gas Protocol for Calculating Carbon Emissions

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Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story

Will Psychology be as Large a Barrier to Case Picking Automation as ROI?

New ACP Technologies May Require New Ways of Thinking about Distribution Center Management and Processes

First Comprehensive Categorization of new ACP Technology Landscape; A Major Inflection Point in Distribution Center Automation is Coming

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Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story

Weekly Manufacturing News Round-Up

Goodyear Profits from "Advantaged Supply Chain;" Manufacturing Indicators Mixed; Hanesbrands Closing Legendary Factory in North Carolina; High Loonie Hurting Canadian Manufacturers

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?

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Supply Chain Trends and Issues Focus

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Featured Story

Supply Chain Technology Insights: Distributed Order Management

DAL Tile Keeps Inventory Low and Customer Satisfaction High with Distributed Order Management System

Latest Trends in Logistics Study Says Companies Need to Build Supply Chains for the Long Term

Transportation Management Focus

Featured Story

CONTECH Construction Products Finds Big Value, Fast Deployment from On-Demand TMS

Time to Value, Support for Hybrid Centralized/De-Centralized Model were Key, VP of Logistics Rick Gaynor Says

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

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November 10, 2009

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story

Will Combining Tracking and Theft Protection in One Tag Drive RFID More Aggressively into the Consumer Goods-to-Retail Value Chain?

Metro Group to Pilot Concept with Checkpoint Systems; Could Make Incremental Cost of Item-Level RFID Modest

Related Content

Visualizing RFID Read Fields

The Magic and the Challenge of RFID is that You Can't See it; LED Wand Tied to Tag Reads Solves that Problem

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November 5, 2009

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Category Sponsor: SCTV

Featured Story

The Opportunities - and Risks - of Moving Production to China

Samsung Latest to Announce Plans for LCD Panel Display Plant in China; Forgetting its Own History?

Related Content

Bob Moffat of IBM, Head of Supply Chain and Rising Star, Arrested for Insider Trading

Moffat Gained Fame for Leading 10-Year Charge to Integrate Vast IBM Global Supply Chain, was Potential Future CEO of the Company

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

Category Sponsor: IBM	Featured Story Understanding the Green House Gas Protocol for Calculating Carbon Emissions Organization Provides Excellent Free Guidelines and Tools, but Hard Work Remains to Calculate Carbon Emissions Related Content Tesco Says Suppliers Must Reduce Carbon Footprint 30% by 2020 Goal is to be Carbon Neutral by 2050; A Host of Green Initiatives Released this Year
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?
UPCOMING VIDEOCAST Order Capture and Fulfillment Best Practices - Setting the Stage for Growth November 12, 2009

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