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March 11, 2015 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Dr. David Simchi-Levi's Supply Chain Risk Exposure Index 3.0

How Ford has Leverages the REI from Strategy through Execution

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MANUFACTURING

Ashley Furniture Keeps Making Many Products in US, with Push to Succeed in China

Striking the Right Balance between Imports and Domestic Production

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain Newsmakers Video: Geoge Stalk of BCG on Key Supply Chain Issues for Next Several Years

Stalk Cites for Two-Speed Global Supply Chains, and Growing Impact of Congestion and Volatility

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

When Attending ProMat 2015, Consider Exec-Manager Dynamics with Regard to Automation

Automation Projects Require Executive Level Leadership, but Cultures Differ

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Global Supply Chain News: Big Ship Orders Keep Coming, but 25,000 TEU Ships Possible but Unlikely

Big Ship Orders Changing the Industry, Drewry Says, While Maersk CEO Says 18,000 TEU is the Sweetspot

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

RFID and AIDC News: The Five Types of Data in the Internet of Things

Industrial Applications for IOT Leading the Way, though Information Logistics will be Key to Success

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Supply Chain News Makers Video: MIT's Dr. David Simchi-Levi on Risk Exposure Index Progress

Simchi-Levi overviews the REI in a discussion with SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore and then discusses recent REI progress and the success at Ford

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Is Higher Pay Really the Key to Solving Driver Shortage?

Wages are Headed Up, but Impact as Yet Unclear; Maybe Carriers Should Increase the Respect Quotient Too

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Walmart Web Site to Name Environmental Leaders in Different Product Categories

Will Consumers Choose the Green Products? That is the Huge Question

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

New SDigest Research Underway on Supply Chain Analytics and Big Data

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