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January 19, 2017 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST For JAN. 19, 2017

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

Winner announced in Feb. 23rd 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.

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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

Last Chance! 10th Annual Gartner-SCDigest Supply Chain Study

As Always, Survey Respondents Receive Complimentary Gartner Research - a $300-500 Value