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September 26, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
Featured Stories



A Model for Value Chain Transformation:

Achieving Global Trade Management Maturity with Amber Road
Manufacturing: Rethink Robotics Releases First New Product in Much Anticipated Announcement
Supply Chain Trends: Logility Connections 2012 User Conference Video Review and Comment
Distribution and Material Handling: Gilmore and Holste Tackle Audience Questions on Logistics Technology and Material Handling Systems Part 2
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Worker Riot at Another Foxconn Factory for Apple Raises Still More Questions
RFID and Auto ID: Ensuring Success with Voice Projects in Distribution
Sourcing and Procurement: Walmart is Changing its Global Sourcing Strategies to go More Direct -or Maybe It Is Not
Transportation: European Expo Features New Highly Aerodynamic Tractor-Trailer Designs
Green Supply Chain: US Solar Panel Installation Levels Soar, Though Few are Made in US
Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization
Cartoon Contest
Last Chance! 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, 27, 2012.
Winner announced in Sept. 28th 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.
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Rethink Robotics Releases First New Product in Much Anticipated Announcement
Meet Baxter; Company Says Robot will Help Save US Manufacturing, Can be Programmed by Non-Techies in About One Hour
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Logility Connections 2012 User Conference Video Review and Comment
SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore was in New Orleans last week for the 2012 Logility Connections User Conference.
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Gilmore and Holste Tackle Audience Questions on Logistics Technology and Material Handling Systems Part 2
Gilmore on Voices, ''Wearables,'' Labor Management; Holste on AGVs for Distribution
Related Content:Gilmore and Holste Tackle Audience Questions on Logistics Technology and Material Handling Systems
Gilmore on Key WMS Trends; Holste on Sortation Systems for Distribution
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Worker Riot at Another Foxconn Factory for Apple Raises Still More Questions
2000 Workers in Melee, as Foxconn Now Says it Will Pay Overtime Fairly; Beware Company Security Guards
Related Content: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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Ensuring Success with Voice Projects in Distribution
Voice Deployments Keep Getting Easier, but Some Still Have More Success than Others; New SCDigest Report
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Walmart is Changing its Global Sourcing Strategies to go More Direct - or Maybe It Is Not
Conflicting Reports over Changes to Walmart Relationship to Trading Giant Li & Fung
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: European Expo Features New Highly Aerodynamic Tractor-Trailer Designs
MAN in Germany Says New Design will Reduce Fuel and Carbon Emissions by an Average of 25%; Sleek Curves Replace Traditional Boxy Design
Related Content: Truckload Driver Turnover Exceeds 100,000 for First Time in Four Years, Fanning Fears Over Looming Driver Shortage
Is the Big Crunch Really Coming Soon?
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: US Solar Panel Installation Levels Soar, Though Few are Made in US
China Dominates Solar Panel Production, Amid Complaints of Unfair Subsidies and Chinese Manufacturers Losing Money
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
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.
Related Content: Supply Chain Executive Brief: Five Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Network Inventories
How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.
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