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March 09, 2016 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR FEB. 15, 2016

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET March 16, 2016

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

Winner announced in March 17th SCDigest Newsletter
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MANUFACTURING

US Manufacturing Recovery by Key Sectors

A Few Sectors at All-Time Production Highs in January, but 21 of 30 Sectors Saw Peaks in 2008 or Earlier

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain by Design: Six Organizational Issues in Tactical Inventory Planning

This Week's Article is Co-written With Paul Brown and Discusses the Organizational Issues to Consider When Rolling out a Tactical Planning Solution

New White Paper

The Seven Benefits of Distributed Order Management
in Retail (and Consumer Goods)

From Omnichannel Enablement to Optimal Sourcing
to Inbound Inventory Flow Optimization and More,

this Report Details Why Now is the Time to Consider DOM

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Product Sequencing Technology Enables DCs to Build Customer Specific Pallet Loads

Sophisticated Software Key to Mixed SKU, Aisle Specific, Store Ready Palletizing

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Will Plummeting Bunker Fuel Prices Lead to End of Slow Streaming by Container Ships?

Likely not, Drewry Says, Though We Might See a Few Expedited Service; New Ships Actually being Designed for Slow Steaming

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Is Digimarc Stock a Great Buy - or Way Over-Hyped and Over-Valued?

Oblique Walmart CEO Reference Sent Stock Soaring Last Year, but SeekingAlpha Analysts not Impressed

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Getting Accurate Offshore Supplier Audits is Not Easy

From Fudged Payroll Data to Hiding Subcontractors, Many Ways to Get Through the Process; Are Collaborative Audits the Key?

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

No Silver Bullet for Solving the Driver Shortage Issue, Experts Say

If Pay Had Kept Up with Inflation Since 1980, Wages Would be $111,000 Per Year, Double Current Rates

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Lots of Plastic Packaging can Go Green, ex-Manufacturing Engineer Says, Plus Other Green Supply Chain News

A Look this Week at some of the Top Stories in the Green Supply Chain

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

Global Sourcing & Trade Management 2016 Benchmark Report

Analysis of where and how customers of vendor compliance optimization/management solutions find value from the software.