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MANUFACTURING
New SCDigest Benchmark Study on Supplier Integration
We are in an Increasingly Outsourced World - How Do Companies Maintain Visibility and Control? Please Take Brief New Survey
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
A Look at Amazon's Q1 Financial and Supply Chain Results
On-line Giant Continues to Defy Law of Large Numbers, While Logistics Costs Again Impact Bottom Line
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Locus Robotics – An Independent Consultant's Review Part 1
The Kiva Robots were a Major Breakthrough for Eaches Picking, but Using them in Operations at Quiet Logistics Led to Ideas for Improvement
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Better Times Ahead for Container Shipping Industry, Says Maersk Line CEO, and This Time He Means It
Heady Era of Strong Container Volume Growth is Simply Gone, Soren Skou Says, While Arguing Consolidation is Necessary
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Potential Breakthrough in Passive RFID Tag Design and Other Important RFID, AIDC and IoT News
Tags 25% Smaller; Delta Launching RFID Bag Tags at Last; Johnson Controls get Logistics Containers and Racks Under Control
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Retail Giant Ikea Builds Sophisticated Global Supplier Capacity Measurement System
From Local to Global Supplier Capacity Monitoring; Buyers Now Need to Understand Manufacturing
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
US Truckload Carriers Have Soft Q1, as Freight Volumes, Rates Mostly Down
Profits Down 7.4% Year Over Year, as Average Operating Ratio Rises 2.1 Percentage Points; More Rate Softness Coming, Stifel Says
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Review of Walmart's 2016 Global Responsibility Report
Walmart Says it Reached its 2005 Goal of Doubling Fleet Efficiency by 2015; Company's Social Focus Continues to Expand
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Supply Chain Software Trends and Opportunities Benchmark 2016
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