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February 09, 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

This Week
	Manufacturing: Supply Chain News: Great Recession of 2009 will Leave Permanent Mark on US Production Capacity	New Report - Freight Operations: Seven Paths to a Working Capital Goldmine
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Logistics News: World Bank Releases Latest Ranking of Logistics Performance by Country
	Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics News: Taking a Look Back at Gene Gagnon's "Supervising on the Line"
	Transportation: Logistics News: Cargo Thefts up Substantially in 2009
	Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain News: Top Consumer Goods and Retail Supply Chains for 2009
	Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: Another New Take on Supplier Positioning
	RFID and Auto ID: RFID News: New Study from EPCGlobal Says Consumer Goods Companies Bullish on RFID - but Questions Remain
	Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: SEC says Companies Should Disclose Climate Change "Risks" to Investors, in move that Could have Large Impact on Business

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Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Great Recession of 2009 will Leave Permanent Mark on US Production Capacity

Now Even Chemical Industry going Offshore; Shedding Capacity in Industries that Benefitting from Credit Boom but are now Dealing with the Hangover

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Supply Chain News: Minnesota Tries Buy American Policy, but Finds Making it Work Tougher than Expected

Cities Order to Buy American-made Safety Gear and Unforms, but Balk at Price Differences in Period of Shrinking Budgets; Many Items Have No Domestic Sources

Supply Chain Trends and Issues

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Top Consumer Goods and Retail Supply Chains for 2009

Annual Cannondale Associates List Again Shows Procter & Gamble and Walmart on Top, while Nestle, Costo, and Kroger Make Major Moves

Related Content
Supply Chain Guru Predictions for 2010: Full Comments

Our Guru Panel Offers a Wide Range of Views about Where Supply Chain and Logistics are Heading this Year and Beyond

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story
Logistics News: Taking a Look Back at Gene Gagnon's Supervising on the Line

20 Years Later, Advice from Labor Management Pioneer Still Ring True

Related Content
Logistics News: Selection Criteria for Automated Case Picking Systems in Distribution

Many New Emerging Options for ACP Mean Companies Need to Consider Many Factors

Green Supply Chain Focus
from - [TheGreenSupplyChain.com] (an SCDIGEST Website)

Featured Story
Green Supply Chain News: SEC says Companies Should Disclose Climate Change "Risks" to Investors, in move that Could have Large Impact on Business

In 3-2 Vote, SEC says Companies Must Disclose Physical, Financial and other Risks from Actual Climate Change to Cap and Trade Legislation

Related Content
Green Supply Chain News: Review of the New Supply Chain Report from the Carbon Disclosure Project and ATKearney

Second Annual CDP Supply Chain Report Details what Suppliers of Member Companies are Doing; A Little too Much Self-CDP Promotion Gets in Way of the Data, We Find

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Featured Story
Global Logistics News: World Bank Releases Latest Ranking of Logistics Performance by Country

Germany Moves to Number 1, Slightly Ahead of Singapore; US Comes in at Number 15, as Euro Countries Dominate

Related Content
Global Supply Chain: Charity Needs Help Getting Containers to Africa

Supplies for Schools, Orphanages and Hospitals Headed to Ghana and Uganda; Looking for Individual or Corporate Assistance

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story
RFID News: New Study from EPCGlobal Says Consumer Goods Companies Bullish on RFID - but Questions Remain

Most Respondents Say they Have ''Production'' Systems, but Retail Compliance (What is Left of it) Seen as the Driver

Related Content
Auto ID and RFID News: Americal Apparel to Test Combined EAS and RFID Tracking Tag

Retail Chain Joins Germany''s Metro Stores in Piloting the Approach; Can this be a Real Catylyst for Adoption?

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Another New Take on Supplier Positioning

Original Kraljic Model does not well Consider Buyer's Importance to Supplier, and Strategic Relationship Potential, Says One Procurement Expert

Related Content
Supply Chain News: Tips for Quantifying Savings from Supply Management

Focus on TCO, Categorize by Savings Types, and Tie Expected Savings to Budgets, Say Two Academics

Transportation Management Focus

Featured Story
Logistics News: Cargo Thefts up Substantially in 2009

72 Incidents in US per Month, FreightWatch Says; Increasing Number of Thefts from Supposedly Secured Lots

Related Content
Logistics News: Time to Start Looking at Regional Parcel Carriers?

Saving and Service Improvements often Possible, Experts Says, but Opportunities Often Depend on Your Network; Lack of Awareness Perhaps Biggest Barrier

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