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September 05, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Transforming Big Blue's Procurement Operations
Manufacturing: Growing US Manufacturing Competitiveness to Lead to Export Surge, Job Growth
Supply Chain Trends: 3PLs Often Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Distribution and Material Handling: How Close to Reality is Amazon Same Day Delivery?
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Efforts Continue to Unionize Drayage Drivers - Would DCs best Next?
RFID and Auto ID: RFID News Round-Up for Week of Sept. 2, 2013
Sourcing and Procurement: More Consolidation in the Procurement Software Space, as SciQuest to Acquire CombineNet
Transportation: Interesting Predictions on How US Freight Market Will Play Out over Next 12 Years
Green Supply Chain: Latest Report from UN Global Compact Report Shows Corporate Progress, But Says the Supply Chain Area is the Most Behind
Research and Insight: 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)

Send Cartoon Entry

 Deadline is 8:00 pm ET
Sept. 11th, 2013
Winner announced in Sept. 12th 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: Supply Chain News: 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: Supply Chain News: 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: Supply Chain Thought Leadership: 3PLs Often Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Video Discussion on the Many Challenges 3PLs Face, and Where They are Turnign for Answers
Related Content: 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

New eBook!

 

3PLs: Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place?

 

 

Based in Part on Major Survey of 3PL Providers

Interesting for Shippers and 3PLs

 

 
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: How Close to Reality is Amazon Same Day Delivery?
A Look at How Many Fulfillment Centers are Needed for Amazon to Achieve Same Day Delivery of General Merchandise to the Top 20 Cities
Related Content: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
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: RFID News Round-Up for Week of Sept. 2, 2013
Privacy Advocates Win Some RFID Battles for Now; New Tag has Built-In Sensor; American Apparel to Augment Store Reader Technology
Related Content: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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: More Consolidation in the Procurement Software Space, as SciQuest to Acquire CombineNet
CombineNet Brings Advanced Technology, High Profile Customers and New Sectors to Much Larger SciQuest
Related Content: What Walmart Execs Wished their Suppliers Knew
Interesting Video Interview with Walmart Buyers Shares Insight Applicable for Procurment Managers in Any Sector
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: Latest Report from UN Global Compact Report Shows Corporate Progress, But Says the Supply Chain Area is the Most Behind
Too Much Talk, not Enough Action; Will Business Benefits of Sustainability Drive Others to Find the Religion?
Related Content: 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
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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