Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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June 14, 2017 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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New Report

Supply Chain Executive Brief: How Distributed Order Management (DOM)
and WMS Work Together to Power Omnichannel Supply Chains

Satish Kumar from Softeon and Kevin Hume from Tompkins International
Answer Key Questions on DOM and WMS

NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR MAY 15, 2017

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET on June 23, 2017

Every month, we'll post a cartoon and ask for witty/humorous captions from our readers.

Winner announced in the June 18th 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

Growing Shortage Almost Reaching Crisis Levels, as Millennials Shun Factory Jobs - and Many Cannot Pass Drug Tests

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Michael Watson Says A Lesson to Keep in Mind in the age of Artificial Intelligence is That Combining People With Technology can Give Better Results

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Properly Sizing a DC for Future Shipping Capacity can be Problematic

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Era of Fixed Sailings will Give Way to More Flexible Systems that Focus on Time-Definite Deliveries, Driven by New ''Super Shippers''

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Australian Academic Says Beware the Embedded Software - Do You Really Own the Device or Machine?

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Annual ISM Data Finds Procurement Compensation up a Solid 5% in 2016

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Should Driverless Trucks Roll Out be Metered to Reduce Short Term Impact on Unemployment and Society?

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Emissions Levels Far More Determined at State and Local Level than Nationally, Michael Bloomberg Says, as California Signs Climate Deal with China

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

Some of the Best Data We've Had from Any Study! The Confluence of Two Important Trends