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April 04, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Three Ways You`re Throwing Away Money in Your Global Supply Chain

Manufacturing: Headlines Said Fair Labor Association Found Numerous Violations at Apple/Foxconn Facilities, but Issues were Actually Quite Modest

Supply Chain Trends : Building the Supply Chain from the Shelf Back Research

Distribution and Material Handling: Holste on Sortation Systems in Distribution

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: China Effect has Wages Rising Across Much of the Rest of Asia

RFID and Auto ID: Dr. Bill Hardgrave on Keys to Item-Level RFID Pilot Success

Sourcing and Procurement: What is the Future for Outsourced Procurement?

Transportation: ATA Says FMCSA Continues Unfair ''Blame Truck Drivers First'' Policy

Green Supply Chain: More Controversy Over Global Temperatures, as No Warming for a Decade

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

New Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest for April 3, 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 Sized Cartoon
and Submit Caption

Deadline is 8:00 pm

April 18th, 2012.

Winner announced in April 19th 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: Headlines Said Fair Labor Association Found Numerous Violations at Apple/Foxconn Facilities, but Issues were Actually Quite Modest

Firm Cited for Too Much Overtime - but More Workers Want More Hours than Think They Log too Much Time on the Job

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

Featured Story: Building the Supply Chain from the Shelf Back Research

How Widespread is Practice of Pursuing the Shelf-Connected Supply Chain? What are the Barriers?

Just 10% of Retailers Say they Have a High Level of Integration Between Stores and Web; Transportation a Concern for 2012

Featured Story: Holste on Sortation Systems in Distribution

When Sortation Systems Go Wrong, Usually Due to Insufficient Upfront Planning, Holste Says, Though Outright Disasters Very Rare Today

Oriental Trading Company CEO Finds DC Work Hot, Hard - and that What He Thought Employees Valued Is Wrong

Featured Story: China Effect has Wages Rising Across Much of the Rest of Asia

Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, more Raising Wages to Avoid Social Unrest from Growing Income Inequality; Jos. A. Bank Looks to Haiti, Middle East

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''

Featured Story: Dr. Bill Hardgrave on Keys to Item-Level RFID Pilot Success

Stores Almost Always Overestimate their Current Levels of Inventory Accuracy, He Says; Getting to 70% Takes ''Extraordinary Effort'' without RFID

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

Featured Story: What is the Future for Outsourced Procurement?

Hackett Group Survey Shows Modest Increase Expected for Outsoucing - but More Aggressive Plans for Offshoring

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

Featured Story: ATA Says FMCSA Continues Unfair ''Blame Truck Drivers First'' Policy

Agency Reverses Earlier Decision, Will Add Accidents Not Caused by Driver to Record of Carrier

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

Featured Story: More Controversy Over Global Temperatures, as No Warming for a Decade

If Global Warming is Real, Why are not Temperatures Rising? Difference Between What Computer Models Say and Actual Temperatures

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

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.