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Deadline is 8:00 pm ET February 22, 2017

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

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MANUFACTURING
SCDigest's Cool New Product of the Month for January, 2017
New ACTYLUS Smart Bin System from Apex Supply Chain Technologies Automates Replenishment for Direct and MRO Materials On the Line
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Annual Kantar Ranking of the Top Retail Supply Chains for 2016
Little Change in Top 10, as Walmart Still Dominates, Followed by Kroger, Costco
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
NRF 2017 Day 2 Video Review and Comment
IBM and Watson May be Game Changing for Supply Chains; Zebra Takes Wide Area RFID Readers to New Level; Cool System for Managing Mobile Devices in the DC; Tool to Turbocharge Bar Code Scanning on Smart Phones; Softeon Uses DOM for Inbound as Well As Fulfillment; More
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
2016 a Year of Tumult in the Ocean Container Sector, but will Changes at Last Drives Rates Higher for Shippers in 2017?
Consolidation and Capacity Reduction in Motion, but Probably Unlikely to Have Big Impact on Rates in 2017, as Concerns about Service through the Alliances Grows
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
UK RFID Deployment Highlights How Technology Far Superior to Bar Coding in Some Applications
UK's Berendsen Tracks Millions of Linens a Day to and from Customers, and Through the Tough Laundry Cycle
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Annual Return on Supply Management Assets Again Finds Huge Differences in Procurement Value Creation
Leaders Get 12 Dollars Back for Every One Dollar Spent on Procurement, Laggards Break Even
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
After Some Tough Battles Against Each Other in Recent Years, Truck and Rail Carriers, Shippers Uniting to Change Regulatory Environment in Washington
Carriers See Chance to Roll Back Some Rules, Require More Evidence to Push New Regulations Through
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Those Raising Questions about Global Warming Hope New Administration will Support Other Viewpoints
Skeptic Hope for Piece of the $2.5 Billion Research Pie, As Colorado Academic Describes Forces Unleashed Against Him for Questioning Increase in Natural Disasters
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Last Chance! 10th Annual Gartner-SCDigest Supply Chain Study
As Always, Survey Respondents Receive Complimentary Gartner Research - a $300-500 Value
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