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February 09, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Manufacturing: Groundbreaking Moves by Apple to Audit its Extended Supply Chain for Compliance to its Supplier Code of Conduct
Supply Chain Trends : Dr. Elli Goldratt's ''Unplugged'' Interview with SCDigest Part 2
Distribution and Material Handling: MODEX 2012 Video Review Individual Clips
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Under a Microscope, Apple Supply Chain Shows both Progress and Problems with Regard to Working Conditions in Asia - and the Challenges for Western Manufacturing
RFID and Auto ID: Is the Tipping Point Really, Truly Here for Item Level RFID Tracking in Apparel Retail?
Sourcing and Procurement: What will Happen to Commodity and Input Prices in 2012?
Transportation: Legislation to Allow Heavier Trucks Dismissed from Highway Bill, in Blow to Shippers
Green Supply Chain: Understanding Infrastructure Requirements for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Fork Trucks
Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization
Cartoon Contest
New Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest for Jan. 31, 2012

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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Feb. 15, 2012.
Winner announced in Feb. 16th SCDigest Newsletter
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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Groundbreaking Moves by Apple to Audit its Extended Supply Chain for Compliance to its Supplier Code of Conduct
Apple takes its Practices to Next Level, becomes First to Open Supplier Factories to Fair Labor Association
Related Content: US Manufacturers Must Make Progress in Six Key Areas to Regain Competitiveness
Survey Finds Execution Gap Between Awareness of What Needs to be Done and What is Happening; Few Have Both Lean Talent and Programs
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Dr. Elli Goldratt's ''Unplugged'' Interview with SCDigest Part 2
One of Our Most Popular Articles of All-Time
Related Content: The 'Unplugged'' Dr. Eli Goldratt Interview with SCDigest
One of our most popular articles ever.



Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: MODEX 2012 Video Review Individual Clips
Watch the Full Videos, or Select the Clips that Meet Your Interests
Related Content: MODEX 2012 Day 2 Video Review and Comment
SCDigest was there of course, and Dan Gilmore an Cliff Holste review interesting new technologies from the show floor at the World Congress Center
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Under a Microscope, Apple Supply Chain Shows both Progress and Problems with Regard to Working Conditions in Asia - and the Challenges for Western Manufacturing
230,000 Workers at Foxconn City; 8700 Industrial Engineers in 15 Days
Related Content: Did Major Supply Chain Disruptions from Natural Disasters in 2011 Really Change Approach to Supply Chain Risk Management?
More Talk than Action, by some Accounts, as Most Risk Reduction Strategies Add Cost; Pushing on Suppliers to Take Action - that is a Different Story



Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Is the Tipping Point Really, Truly Here for Item Level RFID Tracking in Apparel Retail?
New Report from Accenture and VICS Says Yes; A Simpler Approach to Thinking about ROI
Related Content: Wincor Nixdorf has New Take on Bar Code Scan Tunnel for Grocery
New 360 Scan Portal Picks Up on Concept Kroger Pioneered in 2011, Makes Some Improvements with Technology that Could Bring Dramatic Change to Retail Checkout
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: What will Happen to Commodity and Input Prices in 2012?
Morgan Stanley Predicts Price Declines in Almost All Categories, as Global Demand Expected to Slow; For Materials, it All Depends on China
Related Content: Still Stinging from 787 Supply Chain Disaster, Boeing Now Putting Suppliers to the Test
Daily Visits to Suppliers Now Not Uncommon; One Vendor Says Scrutiny Caused it to Replace its Scheduling Software



Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Legislation to Allow Heavier Trucks Dismissed from Highway Bill, in Blow to Shippers
Coalition for Transportation Productivity Vows to Fight On; Legislators Cite Safety, Infrastructure Damage and Job Concerns
Related Content: Carrier CEOs Says Driver Pay Must Rise to over $60,000 - but will Shippers Come Along?
Would Represent about a 30% Increase over Current Pay, and Likely Raise Rates by 11%
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Understanding Infrastructure Requirements for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Fork Trucks
Most Focus has been On the Fuel Cell Trucks Themselves- not the Process for Getting Hydrogen from Refinery to the Facility
Related Content: Global Warming, Global Cooling - Same Data, Different Conclusions
Temperatures Have not Risen in 15 Years; Is Solar Activity or CO2 the Real Driver of Global Temperatures? Forestalling the Next Ice Age - Thousands of Years from Now
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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