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The State of Retail and Vendor 
Supply Chain Relations 2017

SCDigest Launches Second Biannnual Benchmark Study

 

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Are We Getting More Integrated and Collaborative - 
Or Heading in the Other Direction? Help Needed from 
Retailers and Vendors/Brand Companies.


 




NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR AUG. 9, 2017

 

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET Sept, 13, 2017

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

Winner announced in Sept, 14th 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.

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MANUFACTURING
The Opportunities for Using Digital Twins in Manufacturing
Physical Twins Provide Data over Time that Allows Digital Version to Simulate and Optimize Peformance, Among Other Benefits
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Three Things That Supply Chain Managers Should Know about Artificial Intelligence
This Blog Describes how the Term, Artificial Intelligence, is Being Used in Order to Identify Accurate and Inaccurate References
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
MIT Released New Drone and RFID System for Distribution Center Inventories
System Expands RFID Read Range 10-Fold, Can Read Cases not Just Pallets
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Better Times May Indeed be Here for Ocean Container Carriers, as Shippers should be Ready for Higher Rates
Capacity Discipline, Mergers, Rising Volumes Augur Well for Carriers, Not Shippers
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
New System Uses Robots and RFID Readers to Perform Continuous Cycle Counting
Surgere Systems Uses Fetch Robots to Navigate the Aisles, Perform Inventor Reads, Send Data to the Cloud
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Simple Approaches to Assessing Supplier Financial Risk
Procurement Pro Outlines Some Basic Measures Used to Assess a Supplier's Financial Health
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Yes, a Real US Truck Driver Might Really be Looming in a Few years - if Autonomous Trucks Don't Get Here First
Crisis Always Seems to be Around the Corner but Never Gets Here, but That Might Change
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Is "Big Wind" Running Over Local Farmers in Iowa, Other States?
Local Farmers in Hawkeye Stare Saying Life Around Turbine Farms is Not Good
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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New! The State of Retail and Vendor Supply Chain Relations 2017 Survey and Study
Are We Getting More Integrated and Collaborative - Or Heading in the Other Direction? Help Needed from Retailers and Vendors/Brand Companies.
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