Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

Supply Chain Digest:
PO Box 714
Springboro, Ohio 45066

July 06, 2016 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

Can't View in Email?

FEATURED SPONSOR

New On-Demand Videocast

A Benchmark Study on Supplier
Integration in an Outsourced World

Featuring DuPont Case Study in Supplier Integration

LAST CHANCE! CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR MAY 31

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET July 6, 2016

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

Winner announced in July 7th 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.

See Full Size Cartoon
and send caption

MANUFACTURING

New Study from MAPI Says Investments in Automation in US Factories will Remain High, But We are Entering a New, Post-Lean Era

Largest Companies More Likely to Automate, but Not by Much; One Quarter of Companies Upgrading All their Assets

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Profit Maximization Feature in Network Design and Amazon’s Focus on Lead Time to Grow Revenue

A Network Meant to Increase Revenues can be Designed Using the Cost Minimization Feature

On-Demand Videocast!

Supply Chain Design as a Continuous Business Process:
The Whirlpool Story

From Project to Process: Here's How to Get It Done

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Acquisitions Roil Materials Handling Sector, as Dematic, Intelligrated Both Acquired within a Week

Growth Spurred by eCommerce Key to Deals, as Sector Consolidation Continues On

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Rolls-Royce Says Crewless, Remote Controlled Cargo and Container Ships will be Sailing by 2020

Technology Moving Rapidly Ahead, though there are Concerns about Hacking

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Should You Buy Into RFID Solution Leader Impinj’s New Initial Public Offering?

RFID Chip, Reader and Software Provider Seeing Rapid Growth, has Huge Share in Several Markets

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Five Keys to Successful Supplier-Enabled Innovation

SRM is key to a successful SEI, Experts Say

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Key Factors Driving Changes in ''Last Mile'' Deliveries

Industry Veteran and uShip Executive Metzler Shares His Perspective with Stifel's John Larkin

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

BP Releases Its Statistical Review of World Energy for 2016

Global Energy Consumption Falls to Just One-Third of Economic Growth, while Low Prices End String of 15 Straight Years of Decline in Oil's Share

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.