Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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October 11, 2017 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Supply Chain Optimization Predictions and Misses: A Look at Back at
Optimization Trends in 2017 - Where We're Headed in 2018

A Look at How Events this Year Impacted Supply Chain Design and
Optimization - and How You can Be Ahead of the Curve in 2018

NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR SEPT 28, 2017

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET Nov. 1, 2017

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 the Nov. 2 SCDigest Newsletter

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MANUFACTURING

Legislation Introduced in Congress to Support Made in USA through Better Labeling, New Official Designation

Bill Might Ease Burden on Manufacturers Uncertain over What can be Call Made in America and what Can't

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

CSCMP Conference 2017 - What Companies Contributed?

Our Annual Review of What Companies Stepped Up for Presentations and Panel Discussions

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Managing Today's DC Requires Comprehensive Problem Solving Skills

The Analogy; "Can't see the Forest for all the Trees”, may be the Crux of the Problem

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

US Importers Benefitting from a "Cold War" in Container Rates Even as Volumes Improve

Carriers Just Can't Achieve Higher Rates Even as Utilization is on the Rise

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Retail Executives with Some Straight Talk on RFID in Store, Upstream in Supply Chains

Benefits are There but Vary by Category, Panelists Say, and Deployment in DCs not in Near Term Future, Target, Levi's and Lululemon Execs Seem to Agree

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Understanding Days Payables Outstanding, and DPO Results for Select Companies

Hackett Data Shows Companies Taking Longer to Pay Suppliers, While Most Summaries are DPO Metric Don't Get it Exactly Right

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Is Long Predicted Acute Driver Shortage Finally Emerging, likely with Soaring Rates?

JB Hunt Tells Customers Driver Issues May Send Near Term Rates Up 10%

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Contest Shows Trucks Exceeding 10 MPG are Possible with Current Technologies, Driver Skill

Run On Less Contest Shows Amazing Results - Why Can't Technologies and Techniques be Disseminated to Broader Market Quickly?

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

Last Chance! The State of Retail and Vendor Supply Chain Relations 2017 Survey and Study

Are We Getting More Integrated and Collaborative - Or Heading in the Other Direction? Help Needed from Retailers and Vendors/Brand Companies.