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MANUFACTURING
Lack of Manufacturing Labor has Reached Crisis Stage, Manufacturing Institute Chief Says
Shortage of Millions of Workers Expected in Coming Years, 500,000 Now
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Supply Chain Newsmakers Video Series: Conversational Platforms in Supply Chains
Moving Beyond Simple Voice Queries to More Complex Interactions

 

New Report: WMS Cloud is Ready for Prime Time 2018

Lessons Learned from Actual Deployments, as Number
of Cloud WMS Deployments Accelerate
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Amazon Puts Fulfillment Center Workers on Social Media to Counter Critiques of Working Conditions
Daily Mail Finds there are at Least 16 Full-Time Amazon Tweeters
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Maersk Sets TEU Record, Testing Arctic Route, Puts Capacity on New US Exchange
Lots of Interesting News from Maersk Line in Recent Weeks
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
RFID, AIDC and IoT News Round Up for Aug. 28, 2018
Wisconsin Company Sees Expanding RFID Implant Numbers; Invisible Bar Codes could Ensure Meat Integrity; RFID will Power Industrie 4.0
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Understanding Rogue Procurement Spend
Getting Data is not Easy, but Payback from Effort May be High
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Will or Will not Autonomous Trucks Eliminate Huge Numbers of Truck Driver Jobs?
Researcher Steve Viscelli is Back with New Analysis, Predicting a Modest Loss of about 300,000 Jobs
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Low Sun Spot Activity Causing Fears a Big Freeze is Coming
Similar Patterns in 1645 Led to 70 Years of Very Cold Weather
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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SCDigest's Benchmark Study on the State of Retail-Vendor Supply Chain Relationships
Outstanding Insight from Major Survey of Retailers and Manufacturers
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