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May 10, 2017 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target 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

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Gerry Hempstead on Dynamics in Parcel Shipping Market

UPS Says it will Get Tough with Retailers on 2017 Peak Season Forecasts

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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Download the Full Survey Data Set Here

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Theft in Distribution Centers Growing Threat, Security Expert Says

Internet Opens Up Huge Market for Stolen Goods, While Video Cameras Hardly Help, Barry Brandman Says

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

When In Doubt, Beat Up on Suppliers, as Walmart, Sainsbury's Both Demand Big Savings from Vendors

Walmart Asks Vendors to Reduce Pricing to Establish Price Leadership, While Sainsbury's Attacking Rising Costs

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Yet Another Software Quarter for US Truckload Carriers in Q1, as Volumes, Rates Remain Weak

Profits for Our Group of Six Carriers Down 18.6%, as Swift Says Industry ''Continues to be Plagued with Excess Capacity''

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Forget Global Warming, Big Freeze is Starting Very Soon, Some Scientists Say

New 230 Year Cooling Cycle Underway, David Dilley Says, while Valentina Zharkova Continues to Predict a Looming Maunder Minimum

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

Innovation in Shipper-3PL Relationships Benchmark Report

Some of the Best Data We've Had from Any Study! The Confluence of Two Important Trends