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February 24, 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: For Shipping Giant Maersk, Speed Does Not Pay, as World's Fastest Ocean Ships Are Put to Dock
	Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics News: Materials Handling Equipment OEM as Systems Integrator - What your Need to Know
	Transportation: Transportation News of the Week: Refrigerated Rail, YRC, MIT, More
	Supply Chain Trends: Breaking Supply Chain News: Leading Supply Chain Software Provider RedPrairie Sold to New Private Equity Owner
	Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: Building a More Competitive Supply Base
	RFID and Auto ID: How well do You Know RFID?
	Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: Kraft Continues Green Push, Reaching Goals for Packaging Materials Reduction Two Years Early

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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

Related Content
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
Breaking Supply Chain News: Leading Supply Chain Software Provider RedPrairie Sold to New Private Equity Owner

Sale Ends IPO Move Started in November; RedPrairie has Prospered even in Economic Downturn

Related Content
Supply Chain News: IDC's Manufacturing Insights Supply Chain Predictions for 2010

Focus on ''Dynamic Optimization'' Tops the List

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story
Logistics News: Materials Handling Equipment OEM as Systems Integrator - What your Need to Know

Manufacturers Increasingly want to Position themselves as Systems Integrators; New Materials Handling Tech Note Dissects the Trend and What it Means to Users

Related Content
Logistics Comment: Alternative Forklift Power Sources

There Are Several Options, But Right Now ROI For Fuel Cell Equipment Is A Challenge

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

Featured Story
Green Supply Chain News: Kraft Continues Green Push, Reaching Goals for Packaging Materials Reduction Two Years Early

Packaging Results follow Similar Progress in Transportation, Water Usage

Related Content
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

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Featured Story
Global Logistics News: For Shipping Giant Maersk, Speed Does Not Pay, as World's Fastest Ocean Ships Are Put to Dock

Ships Capable of 30 Knots Lost Market in Face of Rising Bunker Fuel, Focus on Cost over Speed

Related Content
Global Supply Chain News: How Much Do Country or Regional Perceptions Impact Global Sourcing Decisions?

Research Finds Often Buyer Perceptions not Equal to Reality

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story
How well do You Know RFID?

Take Our Short Quiz to Test Your RFID Prowess

Related Content
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

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Building a More Competitive Supply Base

There is a Big Difference Between Competitive Bidding Process and a Competitive Supply Management Program, Two Experts Say; Can Anyone Today Pass Up Short-Term Savings for the Long-Term?

Related Content
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

Transportation Management Focus

Featured Story
Transportation News of the Week: Refrigerated Rail, YRC, MIT, More

New Refrigerated Rail Service from Northwest to Chicago; YRC Buys More Time - Will Competitors Stop Deep Discounting? New MIT Green Logistics Consortium; TL Spot Market Freight Up 54% in January

Related Content
Logistics News: Cargo Thefts up Substantially in 2009

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

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