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March 14, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

Analyst Case Study: Manufacturer RedBuilt Saves $700,000 by Moving to the Cloud

Learn how RedBuilt’s Experience Can Help You Have a Successful 2012

Manufacturing: Molycorp Rare Earth Metals Deal Causes more Concern of China Dominance

Supply Chain Trends : Top Retail Supply Chains 2011

Distribution and Material Handling: State of the Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Market 2012, According to Gartner

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Toyota Taking Massive Effort to Reduce Its Supply Chain Risk in Japan

RFID and Auto ID: New System Uses RFID Fobs to Warn Lift Truck Drivers in the DC When Pedestrians are Close

Sourcing and Procurement: New Procurement Report from KPMG Finds - as Usual - Profession Needs to Expand Scope, Move Up the Food Chain

Transportation: Latest State of the Freight Report Finds Rate Expectation Rising Again Across Most Modes

Green Supply Chain: Henkel Commits to Reducing its Environmental Impact per Unit by One-Third by 2030

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

New Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest for March 12, 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)

See Full Size Cartoon
and Send Caption

Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
March 28, 2012.

Winner announced in March 29th SCDigest Newsletter
May the funniest man or woman win!
Have an idea for a cartoon? We would love that too, and will give you the credit.

Featured Story: Molycorp Rare Earth Metals Deal Causes more Concern of China Dominance

Acquisition of Metals Processor Draws Questions because its Facilities are in China; US Metal Production will be Sent There?

Cooper Workers In Findlay Finally Reach Deal after Three-Month Lockout; Cat Workers in London See Factory Closed after Refusal to Agree to Major Concessions

Featured Story: Top Retail Supply Chains 2011

Walmart Dominates the Rankings, more than 60 Percentage Points Ahead of Number 2 Kroger

Annual Kantar Retail List Again Shows Procter & Gamble on Top, but Kraft is Closing, as Heinz makes Further Progress

Green is Smart Business – Get Suppliers on Board and more...

Featured Story: State of the Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Market 2012, According to Gartner

Behind a Veneer of Similarity, Many Important Differences Exist; Sometimes Hard to Cost Justify, WMS Still Selling Well in Support of Other Supply Chain Goals

Food Industry Practice for Manual Picking May Just Solve Issues Associated with Pick Errors Associates with more Automated Systems

Featured Story: Toyota Taking Massive Effort to Reduce Its Supply Chain Risk in Japan

Says it will Reduce Its Time to Recovery from Major Disruption from Six Months to Two Weeks; Exec Says Company's Grip on Its Supply Chain was ''Illusion''

Post Big Loss for Year, Cancels Option for Next 10 Triple E Megaships; Loss on Each Container, but Making it Up on Volume?

The Vendor Compliance Federation Presents:

VCF Retail Only Conference and VCF Collaborative East Coast Conference and more...

Featured Story: New System Uses RFID Fobs to Warn Lift Truck Drivers in the DC When Pedestrians are Close

Solution from UK's Transmon Engineering Can Offer Visual/Audio Signals and/or Reduce Vehicle Speed

Increased Use of 2D Bar Codes, Improved Read Range of Imagers, May Change the Selection Dynamics

Featured Story: New Procurement Report from KPMG Finds - as Usual - Profession Needs to Expand Scope, Move Up the Food Chain

Survey Also Finds a Lot of Room for Process Maturity Growth in Most Industries

International Monetary Fund Builds Database and Analytic Tools to Identify Potential Worrisome Patterns Sooner

A No-Cost Opportunity Assessment from Experienced Supply Chain Practitioners and more...

Featured Story: Latest State of the Freight Report Finds Rate Expectation Rising Again Across Most Modes

Wolfe Trahan says Rail, Truckload Rates will Rise 4-6% Again this Year, above Shipper Predictions

Rail Carriers Once Again Show Strong Profit Growth with Modest Volume Gains; a Little More Black Showing Up in LTL Segment, Our Exclusive Analysis Shows

Featured Story: Henkel Commits to Reducing its Environmental Impact per Unit by One-Third by 2030

Factor 3 Program Sets Ambitious Goals, Says it Plans to Decouple Quality of Life from Resource Consumption

Impacts will be Many; Opportunity for 3PLs

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.

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.