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August 14, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

On Demand Webinar:

Transforming Big Blue's Procurement Operations

Manufacturing: New Roles for AGVs in Manufacturing?

Supply Chain Trends: ''Found Money'' in Your Supply Chain Part 1

Distribution and Material Handling: Material Handling Automation Projects - By the Book

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Will New Approaches to Manufacturing and Distribution Change the Current Dominant Global Logistics Model?

RFID and Auto ID: Role of Voice in Reducing e-Fulfillment Costs

Sourcing and Procurement: Overall, Payment Terms to Suppliers Stayed Flat in 2012

Transportation: Dark Days for Less-than-Truckload Carriers Appear to Really Over

Green Supply Chain: Quietly, Sustainable Products Really Starting to Have an Impact in B2B Markets, as PPG Success Shows

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

Last Chance! Cartoon Caption Contest for July 22, 2013

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)

Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
Aug. 14, 2013

Winner announced in Aug. 15th 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: New Roles for AGVs in Manufacturing?

Delivery of Kits from Parts Supermarkets Emerging as Key New Application; Flexibility of New AGV Systems Now Enables Dynamic Delivery Routes

Several Sectors Hit All-Time Highs in Terms of Output; Overall, Still Well Below 2007 Base Year

Featured Story: ''Found Money'' in Your Supply Chain Part 1

Finding Money with Product Flow-Path Optimization. First of a 3-Part Series

SCDigest Provides Expanded Sector List of Inventory Performance Since 2006; List of Outstanding DIO Performers in 2012

Important New Research Project

Supply Chain Planning Process and Technology Benchmark 2013

Please Help SCDigest Complete this Interesting and Important Study

Complimentary Copy of the Results for Comparison and Discussion

Featured Story: Material Handling Automation Projects - By the Book

Detailed Documentation of a Project from Beginning to End Provides Central Record for All Stakeholders - but is Not Commonly Used

Related Content: A Carton Sortation Dictionary 2013

A Refresh of Our Popular Glossary First Published in 2008 to Help Logistics Managers Considering Sortation

Featured Story: Will New Approaches to Manufacturing and Distribution Change the Current Dominant Global Logistics Model?

Chris Caplice of MIT Says Emerging Trends will Disrupt Existing Distribution Paradigms - Question is Not If but When

New Analysis Says Chinese Era Coming to An End, as it Always Does; The Post-China 16

Featured Story: Role of Voice in Reducing e-Fulfillment Costs

Voice Technology in the DC Provides Opportunity for Many e-Tailers to Improve their Bottom Lines; New Calculator to Measure Potential Impact on Fulfillment Costs

Related Content:Will Video Kill the RFID Star?

Facial and Other Visual Identification System Just Might Provide More Value at a Much Lower Cost; If Faces, Why Not Boxes?

Featured Story: Overall, Payment Terms to Suppliers Stayed Flat in 2012

Despite Some Signs Companies are Extending Payment Terms to Suppliers, No Rise in DPO in 2012, and Metric is Surprisingly Down over Last 10 Years

Annual Pay Study from ISM Shows Modest Growth in Pay, while Gender Gap Remains Strong

Featured Story: Dark Days for Less-than-Truckload Carriers Appear to Really Over

Profitability Continues to Grow, as Operating Ratios Fall; Old Dominion Continues to Impress

Federal Appeals Court Upholds All but One Small Provision Relative to Short Haul Drivers; Impact of New Rules Still Unclear

Featured Story: Quietly, Sustainable Products Really Starting to Have an Impact in B2B Markets, as PPG Success Shows

Glass and Paint Giant Well on Its Way to Goal of 30% of Its Sales from Green Products by 2020

Wind and Solar Share of Energy have Soared in Germany and Denmark; US Should Use that Experience to Improve Policies Here, Experts Say

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.