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February 06, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Manufacturing: What are the Barriers to Lean Success?
Supply Chain Trends: Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2013 - Full Text Version
Distribution and Material Handling: When Automating a DC, be Sure to Stay on Top of the WMS-WCS Discussions
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: East and Gulf Coast Longshoremen Reach Deal with Ports, Finally Ending Container Cliff Threat
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: Interesting Look at Procurement Benchmarks in the Industrial Sector from Latest CAPS Research Report
Transportation: Does Growth in Logistics Outsourcing Mean Companies Need Different Manager Skill Sets?
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

Cartoon Contest
New Cartoon Cartoon Caption Contest for Feb. 4, 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)

Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
Feb. 27, 2013.
Winner announced in Feb. 28th, 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.

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: What are the Barriers to Lean Success?
Most Companies are Using Lean, but Not Always So Well
Related Content: Despite Optimism Around Manufacturing Rebound, US Still Losing Share to Imports Even in Advanced Manufacturing Industries
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

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2013 - Full Text Version
Complete Predictions from Cecere, Gartner, IDC Manufacturing Insights and More
Related Content: 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

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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: When Automating a DC, be Sure to Stay on Top of the WMS-WCS Discussions
Key Decisions on Where the Intelligence Rests, How Integration Is Done Often Made by Vendors and Consultants, Leading to Issues Down the Road; Customer Involvement Needs to be Planned for from the Start
Related Content: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

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: East and Gulf Coast Longshoremen Reach Deal with Ports, Finally Ending Container Cliff Threat
Deal Still has to be Ratified by Rank and File, but that is Near Certain; Does Anyone Care about Costs to Shippers?
Related Content:  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?

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Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: Honeywell's Plan to Acquire Intermec Largely Brings Wireless/RF Terminal Market to Duopoly Status
After Spate of Acquisitions, Honeywell and Motorola Solutions the Two Giants Left Standing; What is the Impact on End Users?

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Interesting Look at Procurement Benchmarks in the Industrial Sector from Latest CAPS Research Report
Percent of Total Spend Managed by Procurement Continues to Grow, While Only 50% are Currently Using E-Auctions
Related Content: 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?
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Does Growth in Logistics Outsourcing Mean Companies Need Different Manager Skill Sets?
Is it Time to More Explicitly Create an Internal ''4PL?'' Greg Aimi of Gartner on What the Continued Growth in Outsourcing Means for Logistics Talent Management
Related Content: 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

Manufacturing Focus
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

Manufacturing Focus
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.
Related Content: Supply Chain Executive Brief: Five Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Network Inventories
How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.
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