Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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October 03, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

On Demand Webinar:

Transforming Big Blue's Procurement Operations

Manufacturing: Packaging Megatrends

Supply Chain Trends: Finding Money in Your Supply Chain with Demand Segmentation and Inventory Right Sizing

Distribution and Material Handling: Research on Automated Case Picking in Distribution

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Getting It Right: Key Pieces to Successful Global Trade Management

RFID and Auto ID: FTC Finally Approves Honeywell Acquisition of Intermec, Leaving Near Duopoly for Wireless Devices in US

Sourcing and Procurement: Still Something Wrong with Procurement ?

Transportation: Focus on Transportation Costs is Increasing at Many Companies

Green Supply Chain: IPCC Report Released, Generates Strident Commentary on Both Sides of the Debate

Research and Insight: Closing the Gaps in S&OP Benchmark Report 2013

New Cartoon Caption Contest for Sept. 16, 2013

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)

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET

Oct. 9, 2013.

Winner announced in Oct. 10th 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.

Vote Now for the 1H 2013 Cartoon Caption Winner! $50 Amex Card on the Line. See Finalists Here.

Featured Story: Packaging Megatrends

Status of Packaging has Risen Rapidly of Late, Driven by Sustainability, but Many Challenges Remain; How Will Packaging Needs Change in High Growth Emerging Markets?

Automation, Greater Responsiveness, Coaxing Some Manufacturers Back to the Apparel Belt; SCDigest Cited in New York Times Article; It will a Long Climb Back

Featured Story: Finding Money in Your Supply Chain with Demand Segmentation and Inventory Right Sizing

Identifying Clusters of Different Buying Behaviors Leads to Tailored Inventory Strategies that Can Unlock $Millions in Savings

Related Content: Three Types of Supply Chain Buffers

Your Supply Chain has Variability and Using Three Ways to Buffer It, You Can Choose How you Will Buffer the Variability

Where is the Consumer Headed?

IBM Knows

Featured Story: Research on Automated Case Picking in Distribution

ACP Interest is Growing in US, Already Well-Established in Europe. New Study for 2013

Obstacles to Interleaving are Many, but Some are Achieving Significant Productivity Gains; 9 to 13 Moves an Hour at One Company

Featured Story: Getting It Right: Key Pieces to Successful Global Trade Management

Survey of the Landscape and Issues Facing Supply Chain Professionals as they Manage Their Global Trade

Drewry Shipping Says 35% Advantage in Bunker Fuel Costs, 30% Lower in Total Operating Costs

New Report:

Capitalizing on the

Smarter Consumer

Featured Story: FTC Finally Approves Honeywell Acquisition of Intermec, Leaving Near Duopoly for Wireless Devices in US

Honeywell and Motorola Solutions Now Dominate the Landscape; Can Datalogic Make it Three Players Again?

Privacy Advocates Win Some RFID Battles for Now; New Tag has Built-In Sensor; American Apparel to Augment Store Reader Technology

Featured Story: Still Something Wrong with Procurement ?

Is the Fact that Salespeople are Trained to Get Past Procurement a Sign Something is Still Wrong?

CombineNet Brings Advanced Technology, High Profile Customers and New Sectors to Much Larger SciQuest

What You'll Learn

Survey of more than 30,000 consumers in

13 countries tell us that consumers

want to be heard, known and empowered.

Featured Story: Focus on Transportation Costs is Increasing at Many Companies

In Period of Shrinking Margins, Transportation Emerges as Most Directly Controllable Supply Chain Expense

Number of Incidents and Average Value Rise in Latest 3 Month Period, FreightWatch Says; Basic Moves Can Greatly Reduce Risk; Big Hauls in Alcohol

Featured Story: IPCC Report Released, Generates Strident Commentary on Both Sides of the Debate

UN More Certain than Ever Temperatures are Rising from Man-Made Causes, but has Scaled Back Carbon Sensitivity a Bit

Small but Meaningful Reductions in Estimates of Climate Sensitivity; Benefits Might Outweigh Costs

Featured Story: Closing the Gaps in S&OP Benchmark Report 2013

Brand New Report Benchmarks S&OP Strategies and Practices; Most Detailed Report in S&OP History

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