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April 20, 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
This Week
bullet Manufacturing: Supply Chain News: Manufacturing Sector Looks Bright across the Globe, but can Everyone Bank on Exports? Technology Spending Up 22% so far in 2010

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bullet Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Supply Chain News: Will a Foldable Box Now Re-Change the World?
bullet Distribution and Material Handling: Supply Chain News: How Many Companies would Benefit from Going ''Undercover'' in their Supply Chains?
bullet Transportation: Logistics News: US Truckload Industry Struggles Likely to Continue, as Market and Carrier Strategy Changes Mean Shippers will Face New Landscape
bullet Supply Chain Trends: Breaking Supply Chain News: Reed Publishing Shutters its Supply Chain Group, Ending - for now - Some of the Biggest Names in the Industry
bullet Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: Re-Looking at Total Best Value Sourcing
bullet RFID and Auto ID: RFID and Auto Id News: IDC on RFID Journal Live Event Takeaways
bullet Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: IBM Latest to Join Push for Green Suppliers, with new Requirements for Green Strategy and Reporting - but Avoids Blanket Mandate
 
Last Chance! April 12 Cartoon Caption Contest:

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

April 21, 2010.

Winner announced in April 22 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 Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Manufacturing Sector Looks Bright across the Globe, but can Everyone Bank on Exports? Technology Spending Up 22% so far in 2010

An Outbreak of Positive PMIs; China Experiences Trade Deficit for First Time in Six Years – even as Exports Grow 22%

Related Content
Supply Chain News: BMW Uses Creative Thinking -- and Employee Input -- to Reduce Productivity Impact of Aging Workforce in Manufacturing

Workers Spawn 70 Ideas that Cost Just $40,000 Euros to Implement, and Increase Productivity by 7% While Improving Ergonomics; fro Orthopedic Footwear to Changing the Angle on Computer Monitors

Supply Chain Video:

The Overlooked Role of Manufacturing Labor in Supply Chain Performance

 

 

 
supply Supply Chain Trends and Issues
Featured Story
Breaking Supply Chain News: Reed Publishing Shutters its Supply Chain Group, Ending - for now - Some of the Biggest Names in the Industry

Supply Chain Management Review, Modern Materials Handling, Logistics Management, Purchasing All Bite the Dust; Possible Comeback from Management and Editorial Team?

Related Content
Supply Chain Comment: Cloud and the Collaborative Supply Chain

Is Cloud Making The Single Version of Supply Chain Truth Possible?

Attend the 2010 Executive
Transportation Summit

June 28-30, Charleston, SC

 
distribution Distribution and Material Handling Focus
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: How Many Companies would Benefit from Going ''Undercover'' in their Supply Chains?

Undercover Boss Has CEO of GSI Commerce Working the Distribution Center and Call Center -- with Interesting Results

Related Content
Logistics News: Wearable RF Devices Gaining interest as Hands-Free Option; OHL Finds 10% Gain even over Voice

Significant Improvements in Durability over Older Units; Often Plug and Play in Replacing Handheld Terminals

Industrial Mobile Robots for Distribution

Seeing is Believing!

 
global Green Supply Chain Focus
from - [TheGreenSupplyChain.com] (an SCDIGEST Website)
Featured Story
Green Supply Chain News: IBM Latest to Join Push for Green Suppliers, with new Requirements for Green Strategy and Reporting - but Avoids Blanket Mandate

Big Blue becomes Big Green; Carrot more than Stick, Tech Giant Says

Related Content
Green Supply Chain News: Pickens Plan, House and Senate Bills, May Soon Set US Trucking on a Dramatically Different Course Through Use of Natural Gas

Bills May be Passed by Memorial Days, Pickens Says; Impact on Carriers and Shippers; Tied to Cap and Trade?

Compliance Optimization and
Strategic Supplier Management

Includes "Green Supplier" Scorecards

 

 
global Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus
Featured Story
Global Supply Chain News: Will a Foldable Box Now Re-Change the World?

Collapsible Containers Long a Goal, but Solutions have been Elusive; We Profile Four New Promising Products

Related Content
Global Supply Chain News: Conviction of Rio Tinto Employees Shows Risks of Doing Business in China

Four Employees may have been Taking Bribes, but Timing is Suspicious; 18 Other Australians Now Being Investigated for Economic Crimes; Staying Squeaky Clean

Featured Video

It Will Leave You Laughing!

 
RFID RFID and Auto ID Focus
Featured Story
RFID and Auto Id News: IDC on RFID Journal Live Event Takeaways

Users looking for Turnkey Solutions, Says IDC Analyst - and not many Providers can yet Deliver Them; ''Science Projects'' No Longer Acceptable

Related Content
Interesting Week of News in RFID

Impinj Claims Breakthrough in Portal Readers; Ranking RFID Handheld Reader Vendors; Savi and ODIN Plan to Partner for Logistics Tracking; New Zealand RFID Provider Outsmarts Security Guards

 
sourcing Sourcing and Procurement Focus
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Re-Looking at Total Best Value Sourcing

Concept has been Strained by the Recession, and becoming Something of a Lost Art; Three Keys to Success

Related Content
Supply Chain News: Rising Commodity Prices Again Pinches Bottom Lines, as Manufacturers Have Hard Time Passing on Price Increases

Input Costs Rising Unusually Fast versus Previous Recoveries; Low Factory Utilization Levels Limit Pricing Power

On-Demand Videocast:

Consumer-Driven Category Management, Featuring Dave Boissevain of Frito-Lay


 

 
transportation Transportation Management Focus
Featured Story
Logistics News: US Truckload Industry Struggles Likely to Continue, as Market and Carrier Strategy Changes Mean Shippers will Face New Landscape

As Hunt, Schneider Continue to Emphasize Intermodal, Long-Haul Truckload Market Will Shift; Role of Bid Optimization in Commoditizing Freight

Related Content
Logistics News: Here We Go - Oil Reaches $87, amidst Predictions for another Race to $150.00

Up 70% in 12 Months; Diesel Prices Reach more than $3.00 for First Since 2008; Will New Supply Keep Lid on Costs?

Upcoming Videocast Series:

Making Retail Smarter - with IBM

Part 1 – Achieving Shelf
Space Optimization

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