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January 03, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

Achieving Exceptional B2B Integration

Creating Business Advantage Through Smart IT

Manufacturing: Designing a Lean Transformation Program

Supply Chain Trends: Integrating Supply Chain Network Design Tools into Sales and Operations Planning

Distribution and Material Handling: Task Management versus Task Interleaving in Warehouse Management Systems

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Strike at East and Gulf Coast Ports Averted Again, After Container Royalty Fee Issue Resolved

RFID and Auto ID: Co-Inventor of Bar Code Concept Dies

Sourcing and Procurement: Global Industrial Giant Siemens Says Procurement Improvements Driving Billions (with a B) to the Bottom Line

Transportation: Does Alleged FedEx Overbilling Reinforce Need for Parcel Freight Bill Auditing?

Green Supply Chain: UN Climate Change Talks in Doha Continue Downward Trend

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

Last Chance! Christmas Cartoon Caption Contest for Dec. 3, 2012

Every other week, we'll post a cartoon and ask for witty/humorous captions from our readers. The winning entry will be published the following week. The newest cartoon will be posted on the SCDigest home page every other Monday and in that week's newsletter (usually emailed on Thursdays)

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Deadline is 8:00 pm ET
Jan. 3, 2013.

Winner announced in Jan. 4 SCDigest Newsletter
May the funniest man or woman win!
Have an idea for a cartoon? We would love that too, and will give you the credit.

Featured Story: Supply Chain Comment: Designing a Lean Transformation Program

What Separates Lean Leaders and Laggards?

Only Three Sectors in Our Pool Are Currently Above Pre-Recession Levels of Output; Data Shows how Apparel, Furniture Production Has been Devastated

Featured Story: Supply Chain Network Design: Integrating Supply Chain Network Design Tools into Sales and Operations Planning

More and More Companies See the Value; New Product Helps Determine what Marketing Campaigns Deliver Bottom Line Results

New York Times Details Bribery Strategy in Mexico, as Walmart Said to be Finding Problems Across the Globe

Featured Story: Logistics News: Task Management versus Task Interleaving in Warehouse Management Systems

Task Engine is at the Core of WMS Capabilities; Interleaving Is not for Everyone, but Can Drive Large Productivity Gains

Understanding How Batch Picking Delivers ROI from Sortation System Investment; Throughput Increases Can be Just as Important as Operational Savings

Featured Story: Global Supply Chain News: Strike at East and Gulf Coast Ports Averted Again, After Container Royalty Fee Issue Resolved

Details Unclear, but Royalty Payments to Stay, ILA Says; Contract Extended Another 30 Days to Work Out Other Details

Talks at Standstill for East and Gulf Coast Port Workers; Dated Royalty Payment Program Still at Heart of Impasse; Will Obama Intervene?

Featured Story: RFID and Auto ID News: Co-Inventor of Bar Code Concept Dies

Pioneering Work by Joseph Woodland Directly Connected to Inventory of UPC Code; Lines in the Sand Lead to Big Idea

After Texas Schools Controversy, Vatican Says it Is Deploying RFID-based Tracking System for Staff after Embarrassing Document Theft

Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Global Industrial Giant Siemens Says Procurement Improvements Driving Billions (with a B) to the Bottom Line

Supply Chain Chief Barbara Kux Making Good on her 60-25-20 Plan

Green Makes the Headlines, but Alternative Sources Could Also Reduce Business Risk; KC Looks to Grow Bamboo?

Featured Story: Logistics News: Does Alleged FedEx Overbilling Reinforce Need for Parcel Freight Bill Auditing?

Case Important One for the Parcel Industry to Watch, Says Jerry Hempstead; Cannott Believe FedEx Would Risk Reputation Over Nickle and Dime Issues, As Suit Alleges

Yes, Says Mike Regan, Though there is a Short Lull Right Now; Carriers Also Focused on Getting More Revenue Per Shipment, Increasingly Through Fees

Featured Story: Green Supply Chain News: UN Climate Change Talks in Doha Continue Downward Trend

Just 37 Countries Extend Kyoto Agreement; Is it About C02 Emissions – or the Money?

Major Accord Seems Unlikely at 2012 UN Climate Meetings, as Some Say Rising CO2 Levels May Make Soon Make it Too Late to Keep Temperatures Manageable

Featured Story: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

Analysis of where and how customers of vendor compliance optimization/management solutions find value from the software.

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.