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June 12, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Three Common Global Supply Chain Issues that Affect Your Bottom Line

Manufacturing: Will Manufacturers Shift Focus from Capacity to Capability?
Supply Chain Trends: If You are in Supply Chain, You Made a Smart Career Choice
Distribution and Material Handling: Are Warehouse Management System Modifications Going Away? Should They?
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: No Fast End in Sight for Slow Steaming
RFID and Auto ID: Local TV News Report Shows Just How Easy it Is to Capture RFID Credit Card Data
Sourcing and Procurement: Supply Chain News: Procter & Gamble Announcement on Longer Payment Terms Brings New Round of Extensions in Consumer Goods Industry
Transportation: A New Alternative Truck Fuel Enters the Playing Field
Green Supply Chain: Against Mandates for Renewable Energy, Europeans Turn to US Forests
Research and Insight: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

Cartoon Contest
New Cartoon Caption Contest for May 29, 2013

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)

Send Cartoon Entry

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET
June 19, 2013
Winner announced in June 20th 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.

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Will Manufacturers Shift Focus from Capacity to Capability?
Focus on Flexibility will Start to Compete with Cost, Yield, IDC Manufacturing Insights Says; Make-to-Stock Models will Continue to Decline
Related Content: Yet Another Study Shows US Gaining Manufacturing Advantage
AlixPartners Research Finds US will Reach Cost Parity with China by 2015, Is Tied with Mexico as Location for Nearshoring, but Neither Trend Ensures Major Reshoring Move in the End

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: If You are in Supply Chain, You Made a Smart Career Choice
Demand Continues to Exceed Supply, as Salaries for Graduates Continue to Rise; Is Supply Chain the New MBA?
Related Content: Cool New Supply Chain Product of the Month for May, 2013
The New DSX Workflow Platform Supporting the Planning Tools from Demand Solutions Takes Supply Chain Workflow Management and Visual Process Mapping to New Levels
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Are Warehouse Management System Modifications Going Away? Should They?
Trend is Towards Much Fewer Mods, but They Have Not Disappeared; Stifling Innovation?
Related Content:Amazon to Make Major Push Into Grocery Business
Test in Los Angeles Coming Soon; 20 Markets Opened in 2014? Should Brick and Mortar Grocers be Scared?

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: No Fast End in Sight for Slow Steaming
Rates have Sunk Again even as Bunker Fuel Stays High; Record Number of TEU to be Scrapped, but the Megaships Keep Coming
Related Content: Amid Offshore Working Conditions Turmoil, New Services Try to Connect Directly with Employees
LaborVoices and Labor Link Offer Direct Worker Outreach; May be More Effective and Less Expensive than Third-Party Audits
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Local TV News Report Shows Just How Easy it Is to Capture RFID Credit Card Data
Simply Bring a Reader Near a Credit Card, Grab Holder Name, Card Number, Expiration Date and More; Are Banks Not Being Straight with Consumers?
Related Content:Interesting New Trends in Voice Technology in Distribution
Now that Voice has gone mainstream, new trends are emerging that are taking the technology and use cases in new directions

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Procter & Gamble Announcement on Longer Payment Terms Brings New Round of Extensions in Consumer Goods Industry
Kraft Spinoff will Now Pay Suppliers….In 120 Days? Where will it End? Could be Real Issue when Interest Rates Eventually Rise
Related Content: Update! Walmart Announces Own Plan; Bangladesh Tragedy Quickly Results in New Sourcing Rules, as Europe Leads Way While US Retailers Pursue Different Path
Agreement Would be Legally Binding, Requiring Investment in Building Improvements; A Game of Hardball for Sure Politically
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: A New Alternative Truck Fuel Enters the Playing Field
DME is Little Known, but Volvo Trucks Announces Aggressive Plans, Pilot with Safeway
Related Content: Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Performance Across Transportation Modes
Rail Carriers are by Far the Most Profitable Overall, While Heartland Express and Old Dominion Achieve Profits Well Above their Competitors in Truckload and LTL, Respectively

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Against Mandates for Renewable Energy, Europeans Turn to US Forests
Wood Pellet Business is Exploding in Southern US; Environmentalists Question the Practice; Energy Credit Gold Mine for Some Euro Utilities
Related Content: Green Supply Chain News: Ford Motor Company Keeps Pushing the Green Envelop, as it Continues to Expand Use of Recycled Materials Inside Its Cars
New Ford Fusion to Make Extensive Use of Fabrics Made from Recycled Materials, as Suppliers Getting the Message

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: 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.
Related Content: Five Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Network Inventories
How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.
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