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January 30, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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CSCO View of Resilient Supply Chains

Manufacturing: What are the Barriers to Lean Success?

Supply Chain Trends: Highlights of NRF 2013 - Individual Video Clips

Distribution and Material Handling: Highlights from ProMat 2013 - Individual Video Clips

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: 2013 Apple Supplier Progress Report Does Indeed Show Improved Compliance to Its Standards

RFID and Auto ID: JC Penney Backs Off RFID Rollout Pace, as Getting All the Parts Together Proves a Little More Complicated than First Thought

Sourcing and Procurement: First Shoe Drops After Bangladesh Fire, as Walmart Tightens Rules for Suppliers

Transportation: The 12 Transportation and Logistics ''Game Changers'' for 2013

Green Supply Chain: Leak of UN Climate Report Causes Stir, Saying Previous Assessments of Impact of Carbon Emissions have been Overstated

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

Last Chance! Cartoon Caption Contest for Jan. 8, 2013

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 EST
Jan. 31, 2013.

Winner announced in Feb. 1st 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: What are the Barriers to Lean Success?

Most Companies are Using Lean, but Not Always So Well

Research from US Business and Industry Council Finds Imports in 106 Advanced Sectors Rose 1.33% in 2011, Leading to US Output Loss of $89 Billion

Featured Story: Highlights of NRF 2013 - Individual Video Clips

We Break Down Day 1 and Day 2 Video Reviews into Individual Solutions and Interviews That Caught Our Eye

What were the Key Themes and Cool New Products from the Show Floor in New York City?

Important Research

The State of Global Transportation Management

Please Help. Take the Brief Survey Now on this Important Topic

Featured Story: Highlights from ProMat 2013 - Individual Video Clips

We Break Down Day 1 and Day 2 Video Reviews into Individual Solutions and Interviews That Caught Our Eye

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore and Materials Handling Editor Cliff Holste from the Conference Floor at McCormick Place in Chicago

Featured Story: 2013 Apple Supplier Progress Report Does Indeed Show Improved Compliance to Its Standards

Headlines over Child Labor Overblown; Suppliers Putting Systems in Place to Gain Control; What is the Cost?

Industry Will See a 9% Increase in TEU Capacity in 2013, Exceeding Record Levels of 2008

Featured Story: JC Penney Backs Off RFID Rollout Pace, as Getting All the Parts Together Proves a Little More Complicated than First Thought

Letter to Vendors Tells them to Back Off Broad Tagging Requirements, Focus on Products in Footwear, Bras, Denim

After Spate of Acquisitions, Honeywell and Motorola Solutions the Two Giants Left Standing; What is the Impact on End Users?

Featured Story: First Shoe Drops After Bangladesh Fire, as Walmart Tightens Rules for Suppliers

From Three Strikes and You are Out to Zero Tolerance; What Will be Impact on Sourcing Effectiveness?

Can Procurement Managers Control Risks Associated with Sub-Contracting? Ethical Sourcing - or the Low Price?

Featured Story: The 12 Transportation and Logistics ''Game Changers'' for 2013

From the Impact of the Natural Gas Wave to the Panama Canal Expansion, Stifel Nicolaus Offers Thought Provoking Observations

But How Much Benefit is Worth How Much Cost? ASCE Says Cost is In Trillions – Is it?

Featured Story: Leak of UN Climate Report Causes Stir, Saying Previous Assessments of Impact of Carbon Emissions have been Overstated

Temperature Increases in Early 1990s Led to Inaccurate Models, Researchers Say, as Temps Have Been Basically Flat Since

Related Content: Green Supply Chain Year in Review 2012

A Look Back at the Top Green Supply Chain Stories of the Past Year

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.