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April 18, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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

Manufacturing: A Rare Peak Inside Apple Contract Manufacturer

Supply Chain Trends : Five Points for Getting Value from Visibility Solutions

Distribution and Material Handling: Applying B2C Technology Trends to Voice Picking

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

RFID and Auto ID: The Supply Chain Visibility Tool Kit

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

Transportation: Truck Driver Turnover Dropped Slightly in Q4, ATA Says

Green Supply Chain: Vast Efforts and Progress by Walmart in Sustainability

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

Last Chance! 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 19th, 2011.

Winner announced in the April 20th 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: A Rare Peak Inside Apple Contract Manufacturer

Foxconn Opens Door to NPR; Conditions Much Better than Most Reports Would Have You Believe, but Still Some Issues; Thousands of Young Workers Head Back Home

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

Featured Story: Five Points for Getting Value from Visibility Solutions

Results from Visibility Investments have been Hit or Miss - Tips to Ensure Success

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

Featured Story: Applying B2C Technology Trends to Voice Picking

Innovation and Identifying Trends in Voice Picking is Paramount

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

Featured Story: 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: The Supply Chain Visibility Tool Kit

From RFID to the Cloud, Technology Support for Turbo Supply Chain Visibility is Here; Now it’s a Matter of Resolve to get There

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

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: 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: Vast Efforts and Progress by Walmart in Sustainability

New Sustainability Reports Details What Retail Giant is Doing in Dozens of Areas Worldwide; A Caring Program for Logistics

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

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.