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August 22, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Supply Chain Optimization Technology Breakthrough Videocast
Featuring Dr. Michael Watson of IBM

Manufacturing: Bitter Strike at Caterpillar in Joliet Finally Ends

Supply Chain Trends: Detailed Inventory Performance Numbers for 2011 by Company and Sector

Distribution and Material Handling: Key Trends in WMS and Supply Chain Execution Technology (Part 2)

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Labor Issues Cause Some Growing Concern for US Importers and Exporters

RFID and Auto ID: The Unusual Catalyst for New Aggressive RFID Push by JC Penney

Sourcing and Procurement: Unilever Says Its Supplier Partnership Program is Paying Big Dividends

Transportation: Beleaguered LTL Carriers Finally Getting Healthy, as Q2 Rates Continue Recent Increases

Green Supply Chain: Move to Ban Plastic Bags Continues Apace in Many Cities, While New Study Says Bans Drive Shoppers Elsewhere

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

New Cartoon Caption Contest for Aug. 13, 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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and Send Entry

Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
Aug. 29, 2012

Winner announced in Aug. 30th 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: Bitter Strike at Caterpillar in Joliet Finally Ends

Company Gets Most of What it Wanted in ''Last Stand for Labor'', as Unions Wonder Where Do they Go from Here?

Companies Need to Think Outside the Four Walls of the Factory to Really Make Improvements; Adapting Lean to Energy and Materials Consumption

Featured Story: Detailed Inventory Performance Numbers for 2011 by Company and Sector

SCDigest Augments REL Data to Deliver Detail Insight on DIO Performance in 2011, While We Call Out Companies with Notable Improvements

Improving Forecast Accuracy Viewed as Critical, but Is that a False Opportunity?

Featured Story: Key Trends in WMS and Supply Chain Execution Technology (Part 2)

Where are SCE Vendors Investing in Innovation? Platform Concept Really is Starting to Take Hold

E-Commerce, Complex Networks, Changing Requirements Having an Impact, Leading Vendors and Consultants Say; WMS Category is Mature, but Always Evolving

Featured Story: Labor Issues Cause Some Growing Concern for US Importers and Exporters

Progress Said to be Made in East and Gulf Coast Port Contracts, but Expiration Looms Soon; Clerical Workers Could Shut Down LA-Long Beach

European Countries Dominate the Top 20; Growing Recognition of Tie Between Logistics Competence and Economic Growth

Featured Story: The Unusual Catalyst for New Aggressive RFID Push by JC Penney

Move is about Customer Experience, not Inventory, but Back Story is New Pricing Strategy Fail

Strategy is More Customer Experienced Focused than Inventory; Buy Anywhere in Store, as Cash is Gone

Featured Story: Unilever Says Its Supplier Partnership Program is Paying Big Dividends

Half of Innovations in Progress Now Come from Suppliers; Moving Away from ''Procurement of the Past''

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

Featured Story: Beleaguered LTL Carriers Finally Getting Healthy, as Q2 Rates Continue Recent Increases

All Five Carriers We Track Have Operating Ratios Under 100% for First Time in Many Quarters; Old Dominion Continues to Expand, Take Share

Modest Total Volume Growth Offset for Most By Strong Core Pricing Gains, Improved Productivity

Featured Story: Move to Ban Plastic Bags Continues Apace in Many Cities, While New Study Says Bans Drive Shoppers Elsewhere

As Cities Continue to Adopt or Consider Bans, It us Really More about the Symbolism than Reality, It Appears

''Circular Economy'' Thinking is Gaining Momentum; Consumers could Save Big if Washers were Leased, not Sold, Study Says

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.