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April 16, 2014 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

Care, Custody, and Control of Your Cool Cargo Nationwide

Manufacturing: In Surprising News, Toyota is Replacing Robots with Humans

Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain Thought Leadership: Joe Andraski and His Incredible Supply Chain Journey

Distribution and Material Handling: The Barriers to Warehouse Management in the Cloud are Falling

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Cargo Theft is Back on the Rise in Europe, Freightwatch Says

RFID and Auto ID: The Internet of Things - the Movie

Sourcing and Procurement: Tesla Commits to Sourcing Materials Only from North America for New Battery Factory

Transportation: NASSTRAC 2014 Day 2 Video Review and Comment

Green Supply Chain: Walmart CEO on its Sustainability Progress

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

Last Chance! Cartoon Caption Contest for March 20, 2014

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 10:00 AMET
April 17, 2014

Winner announced in tomorrow's 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: In Surprising News, Toyota is Replacing Robots with Humans

Concern about Losing Craftsmanship Causes Change of Direction; Can Robotics be an Inhibitor of Continuous Improvement?

Situation getting More Complicated, but Order for New Vote, if it Comes, Likely Months Off

Featured Story: Supply Chain Thought Leadership: Joe Andraski and His Incredible Supply Chain Journey

Andraski Connects his Past Leading Supply Chain at Nabisco with Challenges of Today

May be First to Connect an Entire Sector; Success Could Show Path for Other Industries

Featured Story: The Barriers to Warehouse Management in the Cloud are Falling

WMS has been Slow to the Cloud, but the Dynamic has Changed

Amazon Dash Enables Customers to Order by Scanning, Voice Recognition

Featured Story: Cargo Theft is Back on the Rise in Europe, Freightwatch Says

Organized Crime a Growing Factor, Ron Greene Says

In Relatively Good Year, Only Six of Top 19 Carriers Make Operating Profit, while New Carrier Alliances to Dominate Major Shipping Lanes

Featured Story: The Internet of Things - the Movie

Video Interview with Michael Burkett of Gartner on the Internet of Things and the Supply Chain

26 Billion Connected Devices by 2020, Gartner Predicts, Saying the Time to Start Planning is Now

Featured Story: Tesla Commits to Sourcing Materials Only from North America for New Battery Factory

Current Continental Suppliers of Graphite, Cobalt and More not Nearly Enough to Meet Giant Needs of New Plant, Experts Say; Tesla Targeting ''Logistics Waste''

New Report Looks at How Many Tiers Down Companies Plan, Triggers for Refreshing Risk Plans

Featured Story: NASSTRAC 2014 Day 2 Video Review and Comment

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore from the Conference Floor in Orlando

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore from the Conference Floor in Orlando.

Featured Story: Walmart CEO on its Sustainability Progress

The Challenge: Much Progress has been Made, but Overall Carbon Emissions Continue to Grow

IPCC Expects Significant Impacts from Warming, but Admits Difficulty of Accurate Predictions

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.