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April 25, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Manufacturing: How is US Manufacturing Doing Five Years after the Great Recession? (Part 2)
Supply Chain Trends: Risk Exposure Index Starting to Gain Traction, Change Supply Chain Thinking, David Simchi-Levi Says
Distribution and Material Handling: Is Cloud-Based WMS Ready for Prime Time?
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: In the US and Mexico, Cargo Thieves Prefer to Eat and Drink
RFID and Auto ID: Could Visual Identification Technologies Revolutionize Logistics Operations?
Sourcing and Procurement: Ford Details Approach to Supplier Engagement and Sustainability
Transportation: Have a Corporate Fuel Account with Pilot Flying J? Might Want to Check the Math
Green Supply Chain: March by Unilever towards Zero Waste to Landfills in Manufacturing Continues On
Research and Insight: Global Transportation Benchmark Report 2013
Cartoon Contest
Last Chance! 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)

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April 25, 2013
Winner announced in April 26th SCDigest Newsletter
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Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: How is US Manufacturing Doing Five Years after the Great Recession?
Despite Slow but Steady Growth from the Bottom, Manufacturing Overall, Many Sectors Below 2007 Levels
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Risk Exposure Index Starting to Gain Traction, Change Supply Chain Thinking, David Simchi-Levi Says
Concepts being Adopted by Companies Across the Globe; Focus is Often on Reducing Time to Recovery
Related Content: 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.



Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Is Cloud-Based WMS Ready for Prime Time?
WMS was Late to the Cloud Game, but that is Changing; Key Considerations for Making the Decision on Cloud or On-Premise
Related Content: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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: In the US and Mexico, Cargo Thieves Prefer to Eat and Drink
Incidents in Mexico Decline in Q1, but Probably Due Only to Effort to Reduce Reporting of Bad Conditions, Says FreightWatch; Official Warns Truckers to Stay Off Some Mexican Highways
Related Content: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



Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: Is Imaging Technology Inevitably Going to Dominate Bar Code Scanning Applications?
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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Ford Details Approach to Supplier Engagement and Sustainability
''Aligned Business Framework'' Pushes Tier 1 Suppliers to Own Sustainability and Ethical Sourcing Back Through Supply Chain
Related Content: 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



Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Have a Corporate Fuel Account with Pilot Flying J? Might Want to Check the Math
Carriers and Private Fleets: Might be Time to Lawyer Up
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: The New Key Question - What is the Real Level of ''Carbon Sensitivity?''
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
Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: 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.
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