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Manufacturing: How is US Manufacturing Doing Five Years after the Great Recession? (Part 2)

Supply Chain Trends: Cool New Supply Chain Product of the Month for April, 2013

Distribution and Material Handling: What are the Best US Distribution Network Designs Based on the Number of Distribution Centers in the Network?

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Rise in China Wages Now Means Labor Costs about 20% Lower in Mexico, New Study Finds

RFID and Auto ID: Could Visual Identification Technologies Revolutionize Logistics Operations?

Sourcing and Procurement: Input and Commodity Costs Mostly Flat in Q1, Lowest Rise Since 2010

Transportation: More than a Century Later, Rail Carriers Once Again in Logistics Sweet Spot

Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: March by Unilever towards Zero Waste to Landfills in Manufacturing Continues On

Research and Insight: Global Transportation Benchmark Report 2013

New Cartoon Caption Contest for April 3, 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 26th, 2013

Winner announced in the March 27th 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: How is US Manufacturing Doing Five Years after the Great Recession? (Part 2)

Despite Slow but Steady Growth from the Bottom, Manufacturing Overall, Many Sectors Below 2007 Levels

Featured Story: Cool New Supply Chain Product of the Month for April, 2013

The new JDA eight platform delivers a bold vision for a truly integrated software suite, the scale of which we have just not seen before in the supply chain.

Expert Panel Details What Has and Has Not Happened, What Leaders are Already Doing

Featured Story: What are the Best US Distribution Network Designs Based on the Number of Distribution Centers in the Network?

Annual List from Chicago Consulting is Interesting as Always, Shows Rather Modest Changes from 2006 Data

Says It May Use Customers for Delivery, Will Pilot New Locker Program, is Expanding Test for Stores as Fulfillment Points

Featured Story: Rise in China Wages Now Means Labor Costs about 20% Lower in Mexico, New Study Finds

Wages have Stagnated in Mexico for a Decade, While Rising Sharply in China, New Bank of America Study Says, as Country Becomes Increasingly Favored Sourcing Point

Just Four Providers Make the ''Leadership'' Quadrant - We Tell You Which are In and Which Are Out

Featured Story: Could Visual Identification Technologies Revolutionize Logistics Operations?

Maybe DC Workers Could Simpl yLook at an Item they are Picking Instead of Scanning It

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

Featured Story: Input and Commodity Costs Mostly Flat in Q1, Lowest Rise Since 2010

Demand is Soft and Supplies Plentiful in Most Categories; US Dollar Strength Also Helps

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

Featured Story: More than a Century Later, Rail Carriers Once Again in Logistics Sweet Spot

Rails Investing Billions to Improve Service, Handle More Types of Freight; Share Seems to be Growing, but ATA Says Trucks will Increase Percent of Freight Moved over Next 10 Years

Cummins, Peterbilt, Says Initial Tests Show Mileage Climbs to 9.9 Miles Per Gallon, Freight Efficiency by 61%

Featured Story: March by Unilever towards Zero Waste to Landfills in Manufacturing Continues On

ll Factories in the US and Canada Added to Growing List; Company Also Says it has Reduced CO2 Emissions by 1 Million Metric Tons Since 2008

Recent Halt in Global Warming has Some Researchers Redoing Climate Models, Though IPCC said to be Increasing Upper Limits of Impact to Cataclysmic 6-7 Degrees C

Featured Story: Global Transportation Benchmark Report 2013

Results and Insights from a Major Benchmark Study on Global Transportation Management. First of Its Kind. Excellent Data from SDigest and IBM

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