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MANUFACTURING
Is Lean Just A Scam To Squeeze Manufacturing Teams For More Production?
Lean Works, but Some Managers May in Fact Use it as a Ploy
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Greg Holder on Vendor Compliance and eCommerce
EDI Transactions Monitoring is Critical to Maintaining Visibilty and Control
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Sorting It Out: What Is The Correct Level Of DC Automation?
Shippers Want to Know if the “New Wave” of Automation Technologies is Right for Them
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Which if Any Ocean Container Carriers are Making Money in Continued Tough Environment?
Q1 Again Saw Mostly Losses, but Rates Really, Really are Headed Up this Time, Drewry Says
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
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RFID and IoT News Round Up for Week of May 31, 2017
Different New Studies on RFID Market Growth; New RFID Tag with Multiple Sensors, Longer Read Range; Apple Receives Patent for RFID and Mobile Nutrition App
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
Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Carrier Operating Performance by Mode for Q1 2017
Rail Carriers Continue to be Far More Profitable than Truckload or LTL Sectors, as Truckload and LTL Profits Decrease
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
How Soon will Peak Oil Demand Arrive?
Predictions Vary by Decades, but Most Agree it is Coming, with Major Implications
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Innovation in Shipper-3PL Relationships Benchmark Report
Some of the Best Data We've Had from Any Study! The Confluence of Two Important Trends
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