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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

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.

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: Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2013 - Full Text Version

Complete Predictions from Cecere, Gartner, IDC Manufacturing Insights and More

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

Important Research

The State of Global Transportation Management

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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

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

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?

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

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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: 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

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

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

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

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.