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Deadline is 8:00 pm ET May 10, 2017

Every month, well 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

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MANUFACTURING
Key to Germany's Continued Manufacturing Success is Low Profile, Mid-Sized ''Hidden Champions''
Amazingly, 48% of Global Mid-Sized Manufacturing Call Germany Home; What are the Key Factors?
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
The Nuances of Getting the Customer Service Metric Right
Michael Watson says he is seeing clients with many questions about how to best measure customer service

New White Paper

Innovation in Shipper-3PL Relationships Benchmark Study




Some of the Best Data We've Had from Any Study!

The Confluence of Two Important Trends

 

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DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Warehouse Education & Research Council (WERC) 2017 Video Review and Comment
SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore on Two Days at the Excelent Conference in Ft. Worth
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Spot Rates for Asia to US Containers All over the Map, but In General the Trend Remains Down, in Good News for Shippers
2017 Better than 2016 for Carriers, but ShipperS Likely to Retain the Upper Hand, Drewry Says
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
RFID and IoT News Round Up for Week of May 6, 2017
Retail Item-Level RFID Deployments Exaggerated, Expert Says; RFID to Eliminate Checkout Clerks at Japanese C-Stores; New Ceramic RFID Tag for Industrial Applications from Kyocera
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Walmart to Pressure Suppliers to Reduce CO2 Emissions by a Gigaton by 2030
Latest Move in Effort that Started with Sustainability Index for Suppliers in 2009
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Author Steve Viscelli on the Life of a US Truck Driver
Author of New Book on US Truck Dtiving Discusses his Research with Dan Gilmore
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
US Natural Gas Trucks Sales Continue to be Low, but Many Say the Future is Still Bright
Variety of Factors Keeping Sales Slow in Freight Sector, but Price Stability, GHG Emissions Rules May Push Carriers to More Nat Gas Soon
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
manufacturing pic
Innovation in Shipper-3PL Relationships Benchmark Report
Some of the Best Data We've Had from Any Study! The Confluence of Two Important Trends
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