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MANUFACTURING
A Lot has Changed in a Decade Relative to Global Manufacturing Cost Competitiveness, New BCG Study Finds
US a ''Rising Star'' that Should Gain Share, While China, Brazil Headed in Wrong Direction
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Supply Chain by Design: Just Because People are Talking about Big Data Doesn’t Mean it is Clean Data
When Completing a Supply Chain Study, Plan on Spending a lot of Time Cleaning and Validating Data

Oct. 15th - from the Convenience of Your Office!

Keynote Speaker: Chris Caplice of MIT

 
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
10 Keys to a Smoother, Happier Warehouse Management System Implementation Part 2
WMS Implementation is Hard, but These Uncommon Ideas Can Reduce Pain and Risk
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Update! PMA and ILWU Say they have Reached Deal On Contentious Healthcare Issue
Resolution of this Issue Could Lead to Quick Contract Approval



RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Commercial Drones as Retail RFID Readers?
New System from ADASA Puts Readers and Antennas in Small ''Flying Robots''
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
The Five Characteristics of World-Class Procurement Organizations
Hackett Group Research Says Procurement Leaders Drive More than Twice the Level of Savings as the Average Company




TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Growth of Natural Gas Trucks Not Reaching Levels Many Expected
Current Fuel Surcharge Practices Actually a Barrier to Adoption, Carriers Find, While Lack of Filling Stations Outside Major Highways Remains and Issue
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Obama Administration Said to be Pushing New Ploy for UN Climate Change Agreement that Would Not Require Senate Approval
Accord would be Politically Binding, Not Legally Binding, with Hope of Shaming Nations Into CO2 Reductions; Will China and India Care?
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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