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July 26, 2017 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Important New Research

The State of Retail and Vendor
Supply Chain Relations 2017

SCDigest Launches Second Biannnual Benchmark Study

Example Chart from 2015 Report

Are We Getting More Integrated and Collaborative -
Or Heading in the Other Direction? Help Needed from
Retailers and Vendors/Brand Companies.

NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR JUNE 26, 2017

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET on Aug.2, 2017

Every month, we'll post a cartoon and ask for witty/humorous captions from our readers.
Have an idea for a cartoon? We would love that too, and will give you the credit.

Winner announced in August 3rd 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

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and send caption

MANUFACTURING

MAPI Attempts to Bust Four Myths around US Manufacturing

Mixed Data on US Manufacturing Complicates the Picture

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Gartner’s Dwight Klappich on Highlights from the 2017 Supply Chain Study

SCDigest and Gartner have Partnered for 10 Years on the Survey

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

SCDigest's Cool New Product of the Month for Jully 2017

New, Very Different Elastic WMS from Mark Fralick and WhereWerks Takes the Honors

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Progress Continues on Autonomous Cargo Ships, but They Are Unlikely to Cover Long Voyages for Years

Yara Birkeland Expacts to Sail in Late 2018, the "Tesla of the Seas"

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

The Five Essential Ways Every Company Should Use Internet of Things

Author Bernard Marr Offers Useful IoT Framework

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Procurement Organizations Value Supplier Innovation, but Few Structured to Consistently Benefit

Innovation Much Harder to Measure than Cost and Quality

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Do Felons Represent a Mass Labor Market to Address Truck Driver Shortage?

Some Carriers Open to the Idea for Non-Violent Criminals, but There are Barriers

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

BP Releases Its Statistical Review of World Energy for 2017

Global Energy Consumption Again Just One-Third of Economic Growth, while Low Prices Lead to Second Straight Year of Market Share Gains for Oil

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

New! The State of Retail and Vendor Supply Chain Relations 2017 Survey and Study

Are We Getting More Integrated and Collaborative - Or Heading in the Other Direction? Help Needed from Retailers and Vendors/Brand Companies.