Weekly On Target Newsletter

Oct. 12 , 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

This Week:
	Manufacturing:James Womack, Founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute, Partially Hangs Up his Cleats
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Will Western and Japanese Car Makers Capitulate to Proposed Chinese Demand to Turn Over Electric Car Technology?
	Distribution and Material Handling: Total Landed Cost Calculation, Key to Supply Chain Optimization, Still Immature Practice, 2010 3PL Study Finds
	Transportation: Concern about Driver Shortages Continues, as Leading Refrigerated Trucking Firm Apologizes for Poor Service, Promises to Hire 800 New Drivers
	Supply Chain Trends: Latest Trends in Logistics Study from Manrodt, Holcomb IDs 5 Undeniable Supply Chain Truths
	Procurement and Sourcing: Little Reported Amid Still Wobbly Economy, Commodity Price Shocks and Supply Concerns Surging Again
	RFID and Auto ID: The "Square" from Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Instantly Brings Credit Card Processing to Mobile Phone Application
	Green Supply Chain: Forget the Pickens Plan - Now we Have the Google Plan for Developing Wind

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Supply Chain Trends and Issues

Featured Story

Supply Chain News: Latest Trends in Logistics Study from Manrodt, Holcomb IDs 5 Undeniable Supply Chain Truths

Annual Survey Finds Big Improvements in Inventory Turns - but Will They Hold? Strategy of being All Things to All People Surges

Supply Chain News: Total Landed Cost Calculation, Key to Supply Chain Optimization, Still Immature Practice, 2010 3PL Study Finds

Only 45% Report Extensive Use; Data Capture Challenges Chief Obstacle

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Review of the 2010 3PL Study

Survey Finds Spend Through 3PLs Declined Substantially in 2009; Change in Strategy, or Result of Efficiency? Gainsharing Appeals to Both Sides

Seegrid Video Case Study
How It Works: G-Series Industrial Mobile Robots

Green Supply Chain Focus
from - [TheGreenSupplyChain.com] (an SCDIGEST Website)

Featured Story

Forget the Pickens Plan - Now we Have the Google Plan for Developing Wind

Web Giant to Invest More than $1 Billion in Transmission Lines from Planned Offshore Wind Farms

Many Points of View on Tag Placement and Data Structure; Need to Address both the Asset and the Load

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Featured Story

Little Reported Amid Still Wobbly Economy, Commodity Price Shocks and Supply Concerns Surging Again

Agriculture, Metals Prices Soaring, Pressuring Bottom Lines; Longer Contracts, Direct Investment, Among the Weapons; Nestle Spending $500 Million to Help Coffee Growers Produce More

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The Category Manager and the New Skill Requirements for Procurement Professionals

Survey Finds Broad Changes in Procurement Skills that will be Needed by 2015; Knowledge Bottlenecks are an Issue

Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story

Supply Chain News: James Womack, Founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute, Partially Hangs Up his Cleats

LEI CEO Role now Goes to John Shook, First US Manager at Toyota in Japan

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Supply Chain News: Bill Targeted to Reduce Offshoring will not Make it Out of US Senate

Strongly Opposed by Chamber of Commerce based on Keeping US Businesses Competitive Globally, Growing Percent of Public Blames Offshoring for Economy, Job Woes

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