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May 29, 2014 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

White Paper Provides Insights Into Genpact’s Inventory Optimizer Solution and How it Can Help in Solving Your Inventory Issues

Manufacturing: When it Comes to Reshoring, Detailed Planning and Expectation Setting is Key, Otis Elevators Learns the Hard Way

Supply Chain Trends: Gartner Releases Top 25 Supply Chain List for 2014

Distribution and Material Handling: Wrong Units of Measure on Cases Played Key Role in Disastrous Launch of Target Canada Last Year

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Bi-Annual World Bank Logistics Performance Index Places Germany on Top, US at Number 9 Position

RFID and Auto ID: Perhaps the Internet of Thing Should be a Little Less Chatty

Sourcing and Procurement: Measuring Your Purchasing and Supply Chain Integration

Transportation: Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Q1 2014 US Carrier Operating Performance by Mode

Green Supply Chain: With Cap and Trade Possibly Coming Soon, a Quick Refresher Course

Research and Insight: A User's Perspective on Distribution Technologies

New Cartoon Caption Contest for May 27, 2014!

Every other week, we'll 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 (usually emailed on Thursdays)

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET

June 25th, 2014.

Winner announced in Nov. 11th SCDigest Newsletter
May the funniest man or woman win!
Have an idea for a cartoon? We would love that too, and will give you the credit.

Featured Story: When it Comes to Reshoring, Detailed Planning and Expectation Setting is Key, Otis Elevators Learns the Hard Way

Ballyhood Move Back to US from Mexico Ran into Very Bumpy Road; Need to Ensure the Skilled Labor Needed is Present in New Factory Area

New Voting Changes Certain to Pass (Again), but Court Challenge Likely; Was UAW Afraid of a Second Loss?

Featured Story: Gartner Releases Top 25 Supply Chain List for 2014

Apple Comes in a Number 1 for Fourth Year in a Row, as Top 4 Remain the Same as 2014; Fordand Dell Out, Kimberly-Clark and Seagate In

Move comes Just Two Weeks after Successful User Conference, as Private Equity Owners Want to Accelerate Pace of Change

Featured Story: Wrong Units of Measure on Cases Played Key Role in Disastrous Launch of Target Canada Last Year

Target had more Goods Coming in then It Did Going Out, Snafu Brings Back Memories for SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore

Voice Solutions Viewed Vary Favorably, Survey Results Find, but are Companies Finally Starting to Look at RFID in the DC?

Featured Story: Bi-Annual World Bank Logistics Performance Index Places Germany on Top, US at Number 9 Position

Euro Countries Dominate the Top 10; Relative Difficulty Processing International Shipments Keeps US from Moving Up Near Top of Rankings

Handling Health Care Costs Looms Large; A $150 Million Cadillac Plan Tax

Featured Story: Perhaps the Internet of Thing Should be a Little Less Chatty

Do We Really Want All that Data Pushed Into the Cloud? Cisco Pushes a Fog Alterative; How Often Should Pallets Really Communicate?

Zebra in the End Hopes to Profit from Internet of Things Strategy

Featured Story: Measuring Your Purchasing and Supply Chain Integration

Often more Opportunity from Collaborating Internally than Externally, University of Tennessee Report Says; Introduces New Purchasing-Logistics Integration Index

Plans to Offer 100 or More Organic SKUs at Same Price as Regular Items; What Do Walmart Buyers Need to Know?

Featured Story: Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Q1 2014 US Carrier Operating Performance by Mode

Rail Carriers as Usual Simply Far more Profitable than Truckload and LTL, as Old Dominion and Union Pacific Continue to Impress

Related Content: Q1 2014 LTL Carrier Review

Old Dominion Continues to Shine, While Rates Seen Up Just 1-2% but Firming as Q1 Ended

Featured Story: With Cap and Trade Possibly Coming Soon, a Quick Refresher Course

Looming EPA Regulations on Power Plants Could Drive Many States to Implement Cap and Trade Programs

Analysis Finds Transportation Practices are Well Behind versus Other Areas; Should Sustainability Reports be Audited?

Featured Story: A User's Perspective on Distribution Technologies

A New SCDigest Report that Looks at How Distribution Managers View a Variety of DC Technologies, with an Emphasis on the Fast-Growing Voice Area

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