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Manufacturing: A Comprehensive View of Opportunities and Risks for US Manufacturing

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Violent Longshoremen Action in Washington Causes Concern, Shows ILWU Determination not to Let Any other Union in West Coast Ports

Distribution and Material Handling: Amazon.com in Hot Corner after Reports of Sweltering DCs,''"Urgently'' Buys $2.4 Millon in Air Conditioners

Transportation: ATA Largely Wins in Federal Appeals Court Ruling on Drayage Truck Rules at Port of LA

Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain Video News: HighJump Software User Conference 2011 Review and Comment

Procurement and Sourcing: Institute for Supply Management Announces New Certification Program for Purchasing Managers that Lack a Four-Year Degree

RFID and Auto ID: New Bar Code Symbology for Double Byte Characters

Green Supply Chain: Are Peak Oil Theories Overblown?

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


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New Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest for Sept. 20, 2011
 
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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Oct. 6, 2011.
 
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Manufacturing
Featured Story: A Comprehensive View of Opportunities and Risks for US Manufacturing

US Manufacturing at Inflection Point, Needs ''Wake-Up'' Call to Head Back in Right Direction, Report from Booz & Company Says

Related Content: Across the Globe, Countries Trying to Rev Up Manufacturing Sector and Related Job Growth

Australia, India, Brazil, even China Look at Plans to Empower Domestic Manufacturing; In US, Sen. Feinstein Proposes $20 Bill in Loans to US Manufacturers Facing Subsidized Foreign Competition

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: HighJump Software User Conference 2011 Review and Comment

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore attended the HighJUmp Software Innovation user conference 2011 in Orlando last week, and provides his video review and comment.

Related Content: Procter & Gamble, others Target Low Income Consumers, not Just in Emerging Markets, but in the US

Middle Market and Products Getting Squeezed; The Gini Index Tells the Tale; P&G Says it needs to Learn how to Make High End Goods in Small Quantities Profitably



distribution and material
Featured Story: Amazon.com in Hot Corner after Reports of Sweltering DCs,''"Urgently'' Buys $2.4 Millon in Air Conditioners

Local Newspaper Story in Allentown Says DC Workers Encountered Health Issues in 100-Degree Temperaturesm Creates Internet Furor; Amazon Says Employee Health Top Concern

Related Content: Gilmore, Banker, Forger offer Insights into Logistics and Warehouse Management Trends

AGVs, Multi-Modal Data Collection Making Strong Moves in the DC, Panel Says; Don't be the Last to Implement Labor Management; More Automation Cometh

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Violent Longshoremen Action in Washington Causes Concern, Shows ILWU Determination not to Let Any other Union in West Coast Ports

Months of Tension at New Grain Terminal Explode into Violence Last Week; Are Members of One Union ''Scabs'' if they Replace Another Union Unable to Reach an Agreement?

Related Content: China Continues to Flex Rare Earth Metals Muscle, as Companies Moving Factories there to Avoid Shortages and Brutal Prices Increases in Global Markets

Lighting Maker Intematix Would Have Preferred New Factory in California, but Heading to China Instead; Costs up Astronomically in Past Few Years



RFID
Featured Story: New Bar Code Symbology for Double Byte Characters

Standard for Han Xin Code, Named for Ancient Military Leader, Released this Week, Developed by AIM China

Related Content: New Life for the Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) in the End?

Somewhat Forgotten as RFID in Consumer Goods to Retail Floundered, the Standards for RFID Data Management Seeing a Comeback, Especially Overseas; US Retailers Just Starting to Get Interested

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Institute for Supply Management Announces New Certification Program for Purchasing Managers that Lack a Four-Year Degree

New Program Offers Opportunity for Credentials for Many Procurement Managers Out There without Full Degrees; What wil it Cost You? We Summarize

Related Content: Can Commodity Prices Continue to Soar Amidst Weak Economic News?

Some Predict Prices for Metals, Agricultural Goods Headed for Big Fall, but Others Note China Keeps Buying, Food Demand Outstrips Supply



transportation
Featured Story: ATA Largely Wins in Federal Appeals Court Ruling on Drayage Truck Rules at Port of LA

Key Provision Shot Down that Would have Ultimately led to Complete Unionization of Port Drivers, with National Implications; Some Emissions Rules Upheld

Related Content: Time for Shippers to get Involved to Battle War on Trucking, Mike Regan Says

Become Knowledgeable, Share the Information Internally, and Develop a Legislative Outreach Program, Regan Says; NASSTRAC and other Organizations Need more Shipper Support

transportation
Featured Story: Are Peak Oil Theories Overblown?

Noted Expert Daniel Yergin Says Oil Output May Plateau, not Peak, by Mid-Century, and that Peal Oil Theorists Underestimate what Technology Innovation will Do

Related Content: All-Electric Trucks Making Progress, but Subsidies Seem a Key Part of the Economics at Present

UPS Order for 100 All-Electrics for California Market Comes after 90-Day Test; 90-Mile Range, Speeds up to 65 Miles Per Hour

transportation
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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