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featured Stories
Manufacturing: Hearings on Controversial Proposed Changes by NLRB to Unionization Rules Began Monday with Strong Opinions on All Sides

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: When Shipping in Pakistan, be Ready for an Artsy Experience

Distribution and Material Handling: Building a Performance Culture in Distribution

Transportation: Coalition for Transportation Productivity Says Opponents of Bill to Increase Truck Weight Limits Spreading False Information to Congress

Supply Chain Trends: Inventory Performance by Industry 2005 to 2010

Procurement and Sourcing: Procurement Outsourcing Growth Has Never Really Reached Predicted Levels

RFID and Auto ID: The Seven Reasons RFID will Eventually Win in the Supply Chain

Green Supply Chain: WalMart, Amazon, go Different Ways on Carbon Disclosure Project

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


New AberdeenGroup Benchmark Report on Supply Chain Visibility Excellence


Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest for July 18, 2011
 
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
Aug.3, 2011.
 
Winner announced in Aug. 4th 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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Manufacturing
Featured Story: Hearings on Controversial Proposed Changes by NLRB to Unionization Rules Began Monday with Strong Opinions on All Sides

Changes Would Speed Time from Union Campaign to Vote to as Little as 10 Days, giving Employers too Little Time to React, Business Interest Say

Related Content: SABMiller Finds that Less is Sometimes More When it Comes to Supply Chain Planning System Success

Brewer Takes Time Out in Mid-Project to get its Arms Around Model Complexity, Data Accuracy, and People Skills

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Inventory Performance by Industry 2005 to 2010

Days Inventory Outstanding Numbers not Very Good over Past Six Years; Real Progress Seen in Restaurant Chains, Multi-Line Retail and Chemical Companies

Related Content: Let the Debate Begin Anew! Gartner Ranks Top Supply Chain University Programs

Penn State Heads both Graduate and Undergraduate Program Top 25 Lists; What Should the Criteria Be?


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distribution and material
Featured Story: Building a Performance Culture in Distribution

Beyond Just Labor Management; We Offer a Definition

Related Content: Where Does the Intelligence Belong in Automated Material Handling Systems?

Almost Always Just in the WMS, Fralick Says, not the WCS, but at Least Makes Sure there isn't Some in Both

Global supply chain and logistics

The Decorated Trucks of Pakistan are Like a Moving Art Museum; Truckers may Spend more On Vehicles than their Homes

Related Content: Summary of Activity and Trends at US Ports

Container Volumes Flat Recently, but Big Gains Expected in Q4; Port by Port Summary of Investments and Trends



RFID
Featured Story: The Seven Reasons RFID will Eventually Win in the Supply Chain

Despite Setbacks, RFID will Dominate Supply Chain Auto ID Landscape - the Question is How Soon

Related Content: Will Bar Code Base Self-Scanning Systems Doom Item-Level RFID Tagging in CPG to Retail?

Increasing Number of Retailers Giving Mobile Wireless Devices to Consumers and Telling them to Scan Away; 10% Bump in Sales per Visit

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Procurement Outsourcing Growth Has Never Really Reached Predicted Levels

Procurement Processes Connect to Directly to Bottom Line to be Easily Given Up, AT Kearney Says

Related Content: How can Companies Most Effectively Outsource Innovation to Suppliers?

Like Make or Buy Decision, but Different; A Framework for Analysis of When to Outsource Innovation



transportation
Featured Story: Coalition for Transportation Productivity Says Opponents of Bill to Increase Truck Weight Limits Spreading False Information to Congress

Executive Director of Group says Change Dependent on New Highway Bill Being Passed, Expects Positive Action Soon

Related Content: Shipper Group Proposes New Rules to STB to Regulate Rail Carriage Through ''Reciprocal Switching''

Detailed Proposal for New Rules Likely to Be Successful, Experts Say, Forcing the Hand of the STB; New BNSF Option for Houston Chemical Makers Captive to UP?

transportation

Featured Story: WalMart, Amazon, go Different Ways on Carbon Disclosure Project

WalMart Keeps Pushing CDP for its 100,000 Suppliers and Green SCM Assessment, While Amazon Says No Thanks, Fends of Shareholder Vote from Green Investment Firm

Related Content: As Australia Announces Plan for Carbon Tax, Fallout and Impact on Economy and Business There is Unclear

World will Watch Australian Experiment to Impose $25 per Metric Ton Tax; Carbon Tax to Evolve to Cap and Trade Scheme in 2016

transportation
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: Supply Chain Executive Brief: 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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