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August 28, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Manufacturing: Growing US Manufacturing Competitiveness to Lead to Export Surge, Job Growth
Supply Chain Trends : Cool New Supply Chain Product of the Month for August, 2013
Distribution and Material Handling: Where are Warehouses and Distribution Centers Headed? Warehousing 2018 Predictions
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Efforts Continue to Unionize Drayage Drivers - Would DCs best Next?
RFID and Auto ID: Role of Voice in Reducing e-Fulfillment Costs
Sourcing and Procurement: What Walmart Execs Wished their Suppliers Knew
Transportation: Interesting Predictions on How US Freight Market Will Play Out over Next 12 Years
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

Cartoon Contest
New Cartoon Caption Contest for Aug. 20, 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)

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Deadline is 8:00 pm ET
Sept. 4th, 2013
Winner announced in Nov. 11th 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.

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Growing US Manufacturing Competitiveness to Lead to Export Surge, Job Growth
New Report from Boston Consulting Group Says US to have Major Advantages for Next Decade; Reshoring will Accelerate Around 2015
Related Content: 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

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Cool New Supply Chain Product of the Month for August, 2013
New Consumption-Driven Planning Solution from Oracle Leverages Innovative In-Memory Technology, Adds Many Powerful Functional Enhancements
Related Content: What is the State of Supply Chain Planning?
New SCDigest Benchmark Survey on Supply Chain Planning Process and Technology to Provide Real Insights to the Planning Community

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Supply Chain Planning Process and Technology Benchmark 2013



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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Where are Warehouses and Distribution Centers Headed? Warehousing 2018 Predictions
New Report Says DCs to get Larger, Use of Cross Docking and Task Interleaving to Increase
Related Content:New Voice Value Calculator for E-Fulfillment
Enables Potential Voice Users to Gauge Impact from Voice Deployment on E-Commerce Costs and Profitability

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Efforts Continue to Unionize Drayage Drivers - Would DCs best Next?
Small New Effort to Get Drayage Drivers in Teamsters New Tactic in Larger Strategy
Related Content: Automating the Data Collection Process for Global Trade Compliance
Need for Collecting Data from Trading Partners is Growing to Meet Compliance Requirements - It is Time to Automate the Process
Manufacturing Focus
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?

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: What Walmart Execs Wished their Suppliers Knew
Interesting Video Interview with Walmart Buyers Shares Insight Applicable for Procurement Managers in Any Sector
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Interesting Predictions on How US Freight Market Will Play Out over Next 12 Years
Latest ATA Freight Tonnage Forecast Provides Interesting Picture of Current US Transportation Patterns, Predictions for 2024
Related Content: Dark Days for Less-than-Truckload Carriers Appear to Really Over
Profitability Continues to Grow, as Operating Ratios Fall; Old Dominion Continues to Impress

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Green Supply Chain News: 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
Related Content: Green Supply Chain News: Lessons from European Experience with Renewable Energy Sources
Wind and Solar Share of Energy have Soared in Germany and Denmark; US Should Use that Experience to Improve Policies Here, Experts Say

Manufacturing Focus
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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