Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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June 11, 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

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Keep It Moving: A Tale of Two Retailers - Amazon and Target

Despite the Differences in Business Models, there is Relevance of Comparing These Two Retailers

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Global Supply Chain News: Little News on How West Coast Port Negotiations are Going, but Serious Issues are on the Table

Wages, Potentially Soaring Healthcare Costs, Automation - and "Jurisdiction?"

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Reader Supply Chain Question: On How to Handle Receipts from Vendors with No Bar Code Labels and Lot Tracking Required?

Tough Question - SCDigest is Looking for Insight from Readers Too

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

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

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