Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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June 04, 2014

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MANUFACTURING

SCDigest, MIT Supply Chain Forum Again Partner on Study to Gauge Extent of US Reshoring Trend

2012 Study Showed Reasonably Strong Plans to Keep or Return Production Work to US - How Has Dynamic Changed Over the Past Two Years?

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain News: Amid Sales Slump, New Walmart CEO says it Has to Go More Digital, will Push 3D Printing

McMillon Says Walmart Needs to Change Quickly, is Likely to Do More Acquisitions in US

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DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Supply Chain News: Jeff Bezos Puts Hard Numbers Behind Plans for Kiva Systems Robots at Amazon

10,000 or More to be in Its Fulfillment Centers by End of Year, Up Strongly from 1300 or So Currently

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Global Supply Chain News: P3 Network Almost Home on Regulatory Approvals, though will Now not Launch Operations Until Fall at Earliest

Europe Approval Came this Week, after OK from US in March, with only Asia Remaining; What will be Impact on Market and Shippers?

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RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

RFID and AIDC News: 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?

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Supply Chain News: 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

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TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Supply Chain News: Senate Committee Votes to Suspend Key Hours of Service Provision, but will Walmart Accident Thwart Reform?

34-Hour Restart Rules would have to be Studied before It Could be Enforced Under Proposed Bill; Development Comes as Walmart Driver in Fatal Crash Said to have not Slept in 24 Hours

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Green Supply Chain News: Carbon Emissions Get Even More Political, as Australia Prime Minister Tries to Build Coalition to Counter US CO2 Emissions Actions

Political Machinations All Part of a Build Up to Potential Climactic UN Conference in 2015

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

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.