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September 14, 2016 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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New SCDigest Survey

Last Chance! Innovation in 3PL Capabilities:
Perspectives from Shippers and Providers

What Do Shippers Expect from 3PLs in Terms of Innovation?
How Are 3PLs Responding?

Please Help with Brief Survey

NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET Sept. 21, 2016

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. 22nd 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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and send caption

MANUFACTURING

First Half US Trade Deficits in Goods with China, Mexico Remain Large

MAPI's Ernie Preeg, in Final Report on the Deficit, Warns of Coming Time Bomb if Action Not Taken

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain by Design: You Don't Need the Optimization in Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization

The Truth is That Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization is Widely Misunderstood, and Chances are, you Don't Need Optimization

New Videocast

Reducing Order Picking Costs
in the DC without Automation

New Solutions to Generate Significant Reductions in Order Picking Costs Whatever
the Current Environment, With Little or No Disruption to Current Operations

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

DHL Leading the Charge to Bring Smart Glasses to the DC with Expansion of its Pilot Program

Successful Program at Ricoh DC in Europe to be Expanded in Scope, Implemented in Next Phase Pilots Across the Globe

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Using Robots to Attack High Labor Costs – in China!

Chinese Labor Costs Twice that in Mexico and Four Times in India, Chinese Factory Told

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

RFID, IoT and AIDC News Round Up for Sept. 6, 2016

New RFID Thread for Apparel; Delta Making Progress on RFID Luggage Tracking; Business Execs Bullish on IoT

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Can Blockchains bring Transparency and Validation to Complex Extended Supply Chains?

Troubled Tuna Industry Tests the Technology to Track Fish from Sea to Store

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Supply Chain Newsmakers Video Series: Are Shippers Missing Opportunities by not Knowing Carrier Weight Limits?

Very Shippers or Carriers Really Know Weight Limits, Two Experts Say

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Can CO2 Emissions Goals be "Science-Based?"

Relatively New Organization Seeks to Link Company Reduction Levels to Global UN CO2 Targets

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

New SCDigest Study to Focus on Innovation in Shipper-3PL Relationships

What Do Shippers Expect from 3PLs in Terms of Innovation? How Are 3PLs Responding? Please Help with Brief Survey