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MANUFACTURING
Supply Chain News: New SCDigest Benchmark Study on Supplier Integration
We are in an Increasingly Outsourced World - How Do Companies Maintain Visibility and Control?
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2016 Day 1 Video Review and Comment
Developing ''Bi-Modal'' Supply Chain Capabilities; Nestle's Smart Crowdsourcing Program for Supply Chain Ideas; Why Sales Should Not Own Demand Planning; Guidelines on Outsourcing Logistics
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Quick & Easy Stand-Alone Improvement Ideas for Your DCs
Increasing Productivity & Shipping Capacity on the Cheap
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
That Didn’t Take Long - Third Major Container Shipping Alliance Formed that May Ultimately Include All the Orphans
In Something of a Shotgun Wedding, Hapag-Lloyd Leads New Vessel Sharing Agreement; Hints at End of Slow Steaming?
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
Rail Carriers See Soft Volumes in Q1, but Rates, Efficiency Gains Protect Profits
Why are Rates Up when Volumes are Down? Big News in Quarter is Canadian Pacific Giving Up on Norfolk Southern Acquisition
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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