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April 11, 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 : Supply Chain Visibility Thought Leaders Discussion

Distribution and Material Handling: As 3PLs and Clients Hope to get More Strategic, is an ''Embedded'' Strategy the Way to Make it Happen?

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties

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: Truck Driver Turnover Dropped Slightly in Q4, ATA Says

Green Supply Chain: Continued Progress in Natural Gas Powered Trucks, Clean Energy Fuels Exec Says

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 EST
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: Supply Chain News: 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: Supply Chain Visibility Thought Leaders Discussion

The PO Lifecycle and ASNs in the Consumer Goods to Retail Supply Chain

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

Featured Story: Logistics News: As 3PLs and Clients Hope to get More Strategic, is an ''Embedded'' Strategy the Way to Make it Happen?

Adding 3PL Manager to Shipper Strategic Team will Pay Big Dividends, Kane is Able Exec Says

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

Featured Story: Supply Chain Comment: Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties

The Importance of These Duties to Supply Chain Managers

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

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: Supply Chain News: 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: Logistics News: Truck Driver Turnover Dropped Slightly in Q4, ATA Says

One Point Improvement over Q3 at Least Stops Rising Levels Since Start of 2010

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

Featured Story: Green Supply Chain News: Continued Progress in Natural Gas Powered Trucks, Clean Energy Fuels Exec Says

Natural Gas Highway Coming by End of 2014; Engine Makers Actively Jumping on Board

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

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.