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July 11, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

Learn More About the Visible Supply Chain and Spring 2012 Retail Supply Chain Videocasts

Manufacturing: German Firms Take US Skill Shortage into Own Hands, Launch Manufacturing Training Programs Here

Supply Chain Trends: US, Global Manufacturing Appear to be Softening

Distribution and Material Handling: Undercover DC Worker Says Job Amounts Being a "Warehouse Wage Slave"

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Ocean Container Capacity Grew Faster than Demand Over Past 12 Months - Again

RFID and Auto ID: Fast Growing BlueStar Distribution Uses Wireless Technology Combined with Mobility Software to Power Growth and ROI

Sourcing and Procurement: Purchasing and Procurement Professionals - How Does You Salary Measure Up?

Transportation: Looking at Transportation Trends Through the Eyes of FedEx

Green Supply Chain: Manufacturing Group Study Says California Cap and Trade, Other Rules will Cost State Billions

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

New Cartoon Caption Contest for June 26, 2012

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)

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Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
July 18, 2012

Winner announced in the July 19th 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.

Featured Story: German Firms Take US Skill Shortage into Own Hands, Launch Manufacturing Training Programs Here

Siemens Big Investment in ''Mechatronics'' Trainees; Some US Firms Starting to Come on Board

Wages Being Pounded Down by Supply and Demand, Weaker Unionization, Threat of Offshoring; Good For Jobs, But at What Cost?

Featured Story: US, Global Manufacturing Appear to be Softening (Update)

US Manufacturing Output, Capacity Utilization Fall in May, as PMI Numbers Mostly Stumble Across the Globe

Apple Comes in a Number 1 for Second Year in a Row; Explaining the Methodology

Last Chance! Important Research on US Manufacturing and Reshoring

MIT and SCDigest Need Your Help!

Participants Receive New Report from MIT's Dr. David Simchi-Levi, Copy of Results and More

Featured Story: Undercover DC Worker Says Job Amounts Being a "Warehouse Wage Slave"

Walking 12 Miles a Day, and Getting Bad Shocks in the Book Section, Reporter Says; Probably Could Keep Job if She Could Get Used to Hearing How Bad She Is

Operations Needs to Drive the System; IT Needs to Support and Identify Risks, not Get in the Way

Featured Story: Ocean Container Capacity Grew Faster than Demand Over Past 12 Months - Again

Industry Saw 6.5% Growth in Container Capacity Since Last July, Alphaliner Says, Led by Maersk and MSC

Shipper Interests Fail to Get Congress to Change Mind, Despite Lots of Evidence It Won’t Work; Two Year Delays Could Go On for a Long Time

Featured Story: Fast Growing BlueStar Distribution Uses Wireless Technology Combined with Mobility Software to Power Growth and ROI

A Lot more Volume with the Same Amount of Staff, CFO Says

Super High Levels of Inventory Accuracy become Necessary to Commit and Fulfill Multi-Channel Orders

Featured Story: Purchasing and Procurement Professionals - How Does You Salary Measure Up?

Average Comp was Down in 2011, but Median was Up to $90,000, Annual ISM Survey Finds; Women CPOs Raking it In

Many Prices Down 20% or More in Past Year, with May’s Slide One of Sharpest Ever; CRB Commosity Index Down 17% from 2012 Peak

Featured Story: Looking at Transportation Trends Through the Eyes of FedEx

Many Shippers Moving to Slower, Less Expensive Modes, CEO Fred Smith Says; Company Expects Tepid Economic Growth in US and Globally Through 2013.

Rail Rates Expected to Rise 3.0% in Next Year, Truckload 2.5%; 65% Predict Tighter TL Capacity to Come

Featured Story: Manufacturing Group Study Says California Cap and Trade, Other Rules will Cost State Billions

5.6% Reduction in Economic Growth by 2020, Study Says; Environmentalists Cite Study Flaws, Say Green Rules will Growth the Economy

Once Again, Energy Consumption Falls in Developed Economies, While Rising 5.3% in Rest of World. China Accounts for Amazing 71% of Total Growth in Consumption

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.

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.