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June 02, 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
This Week
bullet Manufacturing: Supply Chain News: Most Recent MESA Study Finds Progress but Still Lots of Room to Go in Manufacturing Metrics and Shop Floor Data Collection

bullet Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Supply Chain News: Is the Cheap Chinese Labor Party Quickly Coming to an End?
bullet Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics News: GNC Uses In-House Developed Pick Carts to Turbocharge Piece Picking
bullet Transportation: Logistics News: WalMart takes Control of Inbound Transportation - and its Vendors are Wary; Really a Preemptive Move over Fuel Surcharges?
bullet Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain Digest Releases New Tool for Comparing Total Cost of Ownership between On-Demand and Traditionally Deployed Supply Chain Software
bullet Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: In times of Reduce Staff in Procurement, New Tool to Help Prioritize the Work
bullet RFID and Auto ID: RFID and Auto ID News: Are RFID Tagged Humans Closer than we Think?
bullet Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: World Peak Oil to Hit in 5-10 Years, Industry Analyst Says
 
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manufacturing Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Most Recent MESA Study Finds Progress but Still Lots of Room to Go in Manufacturing Metrics and Shop Floor Data Collection

Yet Another Survey Shows Growing Gap between Leaders and the Rest in Terms of Performance; Keys to Selecting the Right Metrics for Manufacturing

Related Content
Supply Chain News: Time for Labor Optimization for the Factory Floor?

Labor too often taken as a Given; Challenge of Keeping up with Today's Dynamic Schedules; Difference between Staying Viable or Moving Plant to Mexico?

 
supply Supply Chain Trends and Issues
Featured Story
Supply Chain Digest Releases New Tool for Comparing Total Cost of Ownership between On-Demand and Traditionally Deployed Supply Chain Software

Doing a Quality TCO is Hard Work, but Key to Understanding True Costs; Be Careful about Assumptions Underlying Cost Estimates

Related Content
Supply Chain News: Keep an Eye on IBM in Supply Chain Software Market, as Big Blue Acquires Sterling Commerce in Another Deal that Adds to Its Capabilities

Acquisition further Expands its B2B Integration Capabilities and Presence, but also Adds TMS and Distributed Order Management to Growing Portfolio of Supply Chain Solutions

 
distribution Distribution and Material Handling Focus
Featured Story
Logistics News: GNC Uses In-House Developed Pick Carts to Turbocharge Piece Picking

After Considering Voice and Pick to Light, Retailer goes with Unique Solution that Produces High Throughput and almost Perfect Accuracy

Related Content
Logistics News: Results from Latest WERC DC Measures Study 2010

Annual Report says Companies Focused inward last Year in Measuring Performance; What are the 10 most Commonly Used Metrics in 2009?

 
global Green Supply Chain Focus
from - [TheGreenSupplyChain.com] (an SCDIGEST Website)
Featured Story
Green Supply Chain News: World Peak Oil to Hit in 5-10 Years, Industry Analyst Says

Oil Prices to Reach $150 by 2015, $300 by End of Decade; Global Demand to Keep Growing Even as it Shrinks some in Developed Markets

Related Content
Green Supply Chain News: As Nestle Finds, Sustainability Cuts Many Ways

Bottled Water, Long a Source of Growth, Now Environmental Pinata; Replacing a Spring with Municipal Water Under Lock and Key

 
global Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus
Featured Story
Global Supply Chain News: Is the Cheap Chinese Labor Party Quickly Coming to an End?

Strike at Honda Plant in China - though Technically Illegal - Shows Changing Wage and Social Policy Dynamics; How Big will Wages have to Rise for Companies to Source Elsewhere?

Related Content
Global Supply Chain News: Will Chinese Currency Revaluation have Any Impact on US Imports?

Despite Many Calls for Yuan Appreciation, Changes Unlikely to Really Impact Import Volumes or US Manufacturing Levels; New Bill Plans Chinese Tariffs Nonetheless

 
RFID RFID and Auto ID Focus
Featured Story
RFID and Auto ID News: Are RFID Tagged Humans Closer than we Think?

Are Technologist's Experiments Idle Fun, or Leading Indicator of Coming Big Brother Era?

Related Content
RFID and Auto ID News: How Close -- or Far Away -- is RFID from Commoditization?

Hardware now Increasingly Available through Hands-Off Third-Party Channels, but Can Users Make it Work? Someday, Just another Tool in the Bag

 
sourcing Sourcing and Procurement Focus
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: In times of Reduce Staff in Procurement, New Tool to Help Prioritize the Work

Product Impact Matrix can help Produrement Focus on Most Important Tasks - but can Internal Customers Pick up the Remaining Work Load?

Related Content
Supply Chain News: How Medical Equipment Manufacturer Hologic Measures Suppliers

Organizing the Right Measures and Reviews Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Annually Key to Success

 
transportation Transportation Management Focus
Featured Story
Logistics News: WalMart takes Control of Inbound Transportation - and its Vendors are Wary; Really a Preemptive Move over Fuel Surcharges?

Beyond Dynamic Inbound Routing, WalMart will bring its Trucks to Vendor Docks; How much Leverage will be Lost?

Related Content
Logistics News: US Trucking Rates may Rise Faster than Many Expect, Industry Analyst Says

Is Supply-Demand Situation 'Changing Quickly?'; 7.5% Tonnage Increase In March

 
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