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



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

Cartoon Contest
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.

Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: 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

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Five Points for Getting Value from Visibility Solutions
Results from Visibility Investments have been Hit or Miss - Tips to Ensure Success
Related Content: Supply Chain Visibility Thought Leaders Discussion
The PO Lifecycle and ASNs in the Consumer Goods to Retail Supply Chain



Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Applying B2C Technology Trends to Voice Picking
Innovation and Identifying Trends in Voice Picking is Paramount
Related Content: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

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties
The Importance of These Duties to Supply Chain Managers
Related Content: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



Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: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

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: What is the Future for Outsourced Procurement?
Hackett Group Survey Shows Modest Increase Expected for Outsoucing - but More Aggressive Plans for Offshoring
Related Content: New Procurement Report from KPMG Finds - as Usual - Profession Needs to Expand Scope, Move Up the Food Chain
Survey Also Finds a Lot of Room for Process Maturity Growth in Most Industries



Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: 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

Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: 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

Manufacturing Focus
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.
Related Content: Supply Chain Executive Brief: Five Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Network Inventories
How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.
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