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MANUFACTURING
Supply Chain News: Mixed Data on US Manufacturing Performance in 2017
Though It Is Clear There Were Gains, the Question is Just How Much
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
With Growth of eCommerce, It's Many Unhappy Returns in Supply Chain
Customers Demand Easy Returns, but Costs are High and Growing
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DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
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Sorting It Out: DC Storage Systems Must Support Sales Objectives
Great Customer Service Depends on Quick and Easy Access to Products
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Will Shippers and Ocean Carriers Soon be Scrambling to Find Ocean Containers?
Some Say Yes, but Drewry Predicts Tightness will Not Lead to Crisis
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
More Insight into RFly Technology from MIT for Taking DC or Store Inventories with RFID, Drones
Key is Use of a Relay on Drone to Repeat Signal to Reader, Expanding Reach Range 10-Fold versus Current Technology
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Identifying Your Procurement Personality Type
Any of Four Common Types Can Succeed, UK Procurement Exec Says, by Understanding Strengths and Weaknesses
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
USA Today Story Again Goes After Port Drayage Practices, Alleging Many Drivers Overworked, Leading to Accidents
Data Analysis, Driver Stories Show Dark Side of Drayage Business, but ELD Requirement Likely to End Practices
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Green Supply Chain News: CEOs of DowDupont, Unilever and Walmart Talk to the Harvard Business Review about Sustainability
Totally New Business Models Needed, Unilever CEO Polman Says
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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