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MANUFACTURING
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Supply Chain News: How is US Manufacturing Doing Six Years after the Great Recession? (Part 2)
Wide Disperity in Fortunes of Different Sectors, even as Overall US Output Finally on Cusp of Exceeding 2007 Levels
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: A Triple D Approach to Supply Chain Complexity
Of the Three Main Design Levers to Deal with Supply Chain Complexity, Organizational Design is the Most Overlooked, Ex P&G Executive Says


DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Key To Lowering Cost - Deploy A Combination Of Manual & Automated Picking Methods
Stationary Pick & Pack Methods Outperform Walk and Pick Operation
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Despite P3 Setback, Alliances and Consortia for Container Shipping Lines Likely to Continue On
2M Alliance more Likely to get Past China, while CMA CGM Looks for New Partners


RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Study Says RFID Market to Soar, Led by Retail Apparel
Item-Level Apparel Tagging will Lead Retail to Largest Single Segment by 2014; What about Consumer Goods and General Manufacturing?
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Supply Chain News: Procurement and Sourcing News Round Up for July 29, 2014
Johnson Controls Gets Its First CPO; McDonald's, KFC, Hurt by Meat Sourcing Scandal in China; Is It Time to Look at Myanmar for Sourcing?


TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Supply Chain Thought Leadership Video Series: Responding to Parcel Dimensional Weighting Programs
Parcel Shipping Expert Jerry Hempstead, on what Shippers Can Do about New Parcel Dim Weighting Program
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Green Supply Chain News: New Cummins Engine May Dramatically Reduce CO2 Emissions
New Systems Uses E-85 Fuel, Said to Lower CO2 Emissions by up to 80%; Developed with Funding from the California Energy Commission
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Please Help: MIT-SCDigest US Manufacturing Study
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