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March 20, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Manufacturing: Another US Company Brings Manufacturing Back Home - and this Time It Is Surprisingly a Toy Maker

Supply Chain Trends: Which Retailers had the Best Supply Chains for 2012?

Distribution and Material Handling: Distribution Thought Leader Marc Wulfraat Joins Supply Chain Digest as New Expert Columnist

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Is Your Container Coming? Only if the Sailing Is Not Cancelled by the Carrier

RFID and Auto ID: Is Imaging Technology Inevitably Going to Dominate Bar Code Scanning Applications?

Sourcing and Procurement: Recent Scandals Show Abdicating Sourcing to Tier 1 Suppliers Can Drive Huge Supply Chain Risk

Transportation: A Lot at Stake for Shippers, as Federal Appeals Court Hears ATA Suit on Hours of Service

Green Supply Chain: Is it Time for Natural Gas-Powered Trains Too?

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

New Cartoon Caption Contest for March 5, 2013

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)

Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
March 28th 2013

Winner announced in the 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: Another US Company Brings Manufacturing Back Home - and this Time It Is Surprisingly a Toy Maker

KNex Sees Opportunity for Faster Responsiveness, but there are Challenges; Finding Suppliers is Hard

Gains in Performance Only Possible from 3D Techniques, Nike Says; Getting ''Complexity'' for Free

Featured Story: Which Retailers had the Best Supply Chains for 2012?

Walmart Dominates as Usual, While Cosco Makes a Big Push; What One Retailer Fell off the Top 10 List?

P&G Once Again Holds on to Top Spot, Even as Score Sees Sharp Drop, in Annual Kantar Survey; Who Got in Top 10, and Which Companies Fell Off?

Featured Story: Distribution Thought Leader Marc Wulfraat Joins Supply Chain Digest as New Expert Columnist

Wulfraat Will Focus on Distribution, Material Handling Automation, Supply Chain and Logistics Trends

End-to-End Automated DCs becoming Commonplace in Europe, Marc Wulfraat Says; A More Strategic View

Featured Story: Is Your Container Coming? Only if the Sailing Is Not Cancelled by the Carrier

Ocean Carriers Really Ramp Up the Cancellations this Winter Instead of Adjusting Published Schedules; Goal of Capacity Reduction in Slow Period is the Same, but Impact on Shippers/Importers is Much Different

Filling Role Between Freight Forwarders and Ocean Container Lines, Volumes Rose 3.2% in 2012, New Analysis Finds; Expeditors Sees Volumes Drop 4.9%

Featured Story: Is Imaging Technology Inevitably Going to Dominate Bar Code Scanning Applications?

Laser Still Has a Place, but Move Towards Imagers Across Applications is Very Powerful , as Price Differentials Shrink, and Need for 2D Bar Code Reads and Image Capture Rises

While Voice Deployments Keep Getting Easier, Some are More Successful than Others; We Explain Why

Featured Story: Recent Scandals Show Abdicating Sourcing to Tier 1 Suppliers Can Drive Huge Supply Chain Risk

Deadly Apparel Fire, Horse Meat Scandal in Europe Show Dangers; Tesco CEO Calls Out Supply Chain Complexity as Root Cause

With Good Preparation, Return from Time and Travel Should be High; Getting ''Unfiltered'' Information; Use of Checklists is Key

Featured Story: A Lot at Stake for Shippers, as Federal Appeals Court Hears ATA Suit on Hours of Service

FMSCA Bended Evidence to Fit Agenda, ATA Says; Agency Says Court Should Not Decide Issue that is Just a Scientific Dispute

Shippers Expecting 3.1% Increase in Rail Rates in 2013, Just 1.4% for Truckload; Conversion to Rail and Intermodal Continues

Featured Story: Is it Time for Natural Gas-Powered Trains Too?

BNSF to Launch Pilot by the Fall, as Most Other Rail Carriers Also Evaluating the Technology

Maersk Line Reduces CO2 Emissions per Container by 25%, but Slow Steaming is Key Driver =

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.