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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
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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 Newsmakers Video Series: Highlights from SCDigest's New Supply Chain Software Benchmark Report
Short video looks at data points from the study relative to supply chain agility and top perceived benefits of Cloud-based software deployments.

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5 Emerging Technologies that will

Change the Future of Distribution

 

 

 

Learn the latest in each-picking robotics, co-bots,

artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, sensors, drones and droids.

 




DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
How to Avoid Losing 4 Months of Non-Productive DC Labor Per Year
Maintaining Order Picking Productivity with Goods-to-Person Solutions
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Hanjin Collapse Not Likely to Much Impact Containing Shipping Capacity Glut, Rates after Temporary Lift for Other Carriers
But Hanjin Failure May be First Domino to Fall in Financially Troubled Container Shipping Sector
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Does SCDigest’s 2008 RFID Application Framework Still Hold Up?
From Basic Bar Code Replacement to Creating Truly New Supply Chain Processes
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
As more Remote Shoppers Up On-Line Purchases, More Pressure on Transport Costs, Bottom Line
How Can eCommerce Possibly Make Financial Sense when Shipping Staple Items to Non-Urban Areas?
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
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Last Chance! 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
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