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September 12, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

A Model for Value Chain Transformation:

Achieving Global Trade Management Maturity with Amber Road

Manufacturing: US Manufacturing May be Coming Back - but not Because of Rising Chinese Labor Costs

Supply Chain Trends: Medtronic Details Benefits and Path to Success with Inventory Optimization Software

Distribution and Material Handling: Gilmore and Holste Tackle Audience Questions on Logistics Technology and Material Handling Systems

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Shipping Industry a Window to Overall Economy, Sourcing Changes, as Major Container Carriers Struggle

RFID and Auto ID: In Major News, Standards Organizations GS1US and VICS to Merge

Sourcing and Procurement: As Procurement Works to Get More Strategic, Surveying Business ''Customer'' is Key Step

Transportation: Nearly All Freight Modes in Balance Right Now, Stifel Nicolas Says, but Future May be Troubling for Shippers

Green Supply Chain: Cornell Professor Robert Frank Suggests Quickly Moving to $300 per Ton Tax on Carbon to Slow Global Warming

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

New Cartoon Caption Contest for Sept. 5, 2012

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 EST
Sept. 26, 2012

Winner announced in Sept. 27th, 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.

Featured Story: US Manufacturing May be Coming Back - but not Because of Rising Chinese Labor Costs

PWC Research Finds Other Factors Making US Increasingly Advantaged Place to Produce - in Some Industries

A Tale of Two Philips Electronics Factories; Start-Up Planning for More People Friendly Robots

Featured Story: Medtronic Details Benefits and Path to Success with Inventory Optimization Software

Inventory Optimization Delivering Strong Results, but Still Not well Understood, While Change Management is Key, Tim Boos of Medtronic Said on Recent Videocast

Few Companies Believe they are Excellent at Managing Inventories Network-Wide; What are the Top Barriers to Improved Performance?

Featured Story: Gilmore and Holste Tackle Audience Questions on Logistics Technology and Material Handling Systems

Gilmore on Key WMS Trends; Holste on Sortation Systems for Distribution

Investment in Logistics Infrastructure Keeps Coming; Competitors for this Type of Service Also Emerging

Featured Story: Global Shipping Industry a Window to Overall Economy, Sourcing Changes, as Major Container Carriers Struggle

Chinese Carriers See Sea of Red Ink, While Maersk Lines Sees Sourcing Moving Away from China

Strike Now Likely, ILA President Says; Contingency Plans for Importers, Ports

Featured Story: In Major News, Standards Organizations GS1US and VICS to Merge

GS1 Dates Back to Early 1970s and the Original UPC Code; Joe Andraski of VICS Says that this Really will Benefit Manufacturers and Retailers

Move is about Customer Experience, not Inventory, but Back Story is New Pricing Strategy Fail

Featured Story: As Procurement Works to Get More Strategic, Surveying Business ''Customer'' is Key Step

Dow Chemical Among Growing Number of Companies to Use the Technique; Feedback Helps Define Action Plans for Improvement

Half of Innovations in Progress Now Come from Suppliers; Moving Away from ''Procurement of the Past''

Featured Story: Nearly All Freight Modes in Balance Right Now, Stifel Nicolaus Says, but Future May be Troubling for Shippers

Logistics as Percent of US GDP could Soar, John Larkin Says; Driver Shortage, Changing Carrier Strategies, New Regulations and More Could Hit Shippers over next 2-3 Years

All Five Carriers We Track Have Operating Ratios Under 100% for First Time in Many Quarters; Old Dominion Continues to Expand, Take Share

Featured Story: Cornell Professor Robert Frank Suggests Quickly Moving to $300 per Ton Tax on Carbon to Slow Global Warming

Tax Would Raise Gas Price $3.00 per Gallon, he Says, but Have Other Benefits

As Cities Continue to Adopt or Consider Bans, It us Really More about the Symbolism than Reality, It Appears

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.

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.