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May 23, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Managing the Flow of Goods to Your Customer has never been More Complex

Manufacturing: Two Steps to Revive US Manufacturing

Supply Chain Trends: VICS Organization Announces Major New Guideline on on ''The Ultimate Retail Supply Chain Machine: Connecting the Consumer to the Factory''

Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics Savvy May Determine Multi-Channel Success, as Macy's Revamps Fulfillment Network by Empowering Stores

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Pacific Maritime Association Says that West Coast Port Automation is Coming, but is Still in Early Stages

RFID and Auto ID: MIT Researchers have Plan to Monitor, Reduce Fresh Food Spoilage in Retail

Sourcing and Procurement: In Surprise Move, SAP to Acquire Procurement Software Vendor Ariba for $4.3 Billion

Transportation: Q1 Again a Strong One for Truckload Carriers, as Asset Discipline Continues to Pay Off

Green Supply Chain: Annual Study on Green Supply Chain Practices on Logistics Finds Some Progress, but Increasing Focus on ROI

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

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Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Two Steps to Revive US Manufacturing

It is a Mercantilist World, Not a Free Trade One, Former IBM Exec Says; Tax Incentives and Smart Tariff Policies Could Work

Variable Pay, New Approach to Layoffs in Return for Commitments to Keep Jobs in USA; Typical Win-Lose Nature of Contract Negotiations had to Change, CEO Jeff Turner Says

Featured Story: Supply Chain News: VICS Organization Announces Major New Guideline on on ''The Ultimate Retail Supply Chain Machine: Connecting the Consumer to the Factory''

VICS OrganizationNew Report Could Usher Groundbreaking Model for Consumer Goods to Retail Supply Chain

SCDigest with his review and comment on the RedPrairie User Conference from Hollywood, FL

Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Logistics Savvy May Determine Multi-Channel Success, as Macy's Revamps Fulfillment Network by Empowering Stores

Move Can Lower Inventories, but are Labor Inefficiencies Worth It?

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore was in Atlanta, GA last week for the 2012 Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC) annual conference.

Featured Story: Global Logistics News: Pacific Maritime Association Says that West Coast Port Automation is Coming, but is Still in Early Stages

Longshoremen Union has Signed Off on Need to Move to Future, Eliminating a Major Obstacle to Automation

Containers will be Stuck in Ports for Extra Days Unless Productivity Significant Improves

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Featured Story: RFID and Auto ID News: MIT Researchers have Plan to Monitor, Reduce Fresh Food Spoilage in Retail

Innovative Sensor Tied to RFID Could Lead to Much Improved Produce Inventory Management, but will Farmers or Retailers Bear the Cost?

From RFID to the Cloud, Technology Support for Turbo Supply Chain Visibility is Here; Now it’s a Matter of Resolve to get There

Featured Story: Supply Chain News: In Surprise Move, SAP to Acquire Procurement Software Vendor Ariba for $4.3 Billion

Some Expect Another Firm to Make a Higher Bid; How Solutions will be Rationalized not Clear

Academic Has Had Great Influence on Procurement Through Teaching, Thought Leadership, Connecting Supply Management to Finance and More

Featured Story: Logistics News: Q1 Again a Strong One for Truckload Carriers, as Asset Discipline Continues to Pay Off

Revenues and Especially Profits Surge, though Growth Outside of Straight Truckload Carriage is Leading the Way for Many

A Three-Level Analysis of Transportation Performance Could Help Measure Effectiveness and Reduce Cost Leakage, but Cost Allocation is a Challenge

Featured Story: Annual Study on Green Supply Chain Practices on Logistics Finds Some Progress, but Increasing Focus on ROI

Companies are Very Interested in Green Logistics, but ROI is Increasingly Required for Project Approval

New Sustainability Reports Details What Retail Giant is Doing in Dozens of Areas Worldwide; A Caring Program for Logistics

Featured Story: 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.

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.