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October 17, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Four Pillars of Demand Planning Excellence

How Strong is Your Supply Chain`s Foundation?

Manufacturing: Bold Plan for Virtually Integrated Steel Mill Goes Bust, Could Cost ThyssenKrupp Billions

Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain Network Design: Where the Real Money Is

Distribution and Material Handling: 17th Annual 3rd Party Logistics Study Review and Comment Part 2

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: European Union Says it Is Considering Carbon Tax on Container and Bulk Ships Into and Out of Ports

RFID and Auto ID: Supply Chain Tech Note - New Voice Headset from Vocollect Applies Smart Engineering Effort to Important but Often Overlooked System Component

Sourcing and Procurement: Commodities Largely Up in Q3 but Remain Down for Full Year to Date

Transportation: Here Come the (Same Day) Delivery Wars

Green Supply Chain: Global Temperatures - Up, Down, Who Knows?

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

Cartoon Caption Contest for Oct. 1, 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
Oct. 17, 2012.

Winner announced in Oct. 18th 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.

Featured Story: Bold Plan for Virtually Integrated Steel Mill Goes Bust, Could Cost ThyssenKrupp Billions

How Could Decision Have Gone Wrong So Fast? Candidate for Addition to Greatest Supply Chain Disasters of All-Time

Manufacturers Increasingly Turning to Casual to Reduce Costs, Improve Flexibility; Staying Profitable Even in Recessions?

Featured Story: Supply Chain Network Design: Where the Real Money Is

Too Many Companies Still Stuck in Old Approaches, Expert Says; How to Think About Customer Service in the Context of Supply Chain Costs

SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore from the Conference Floor in Atlanta

Featured Story: Logistics News: 17th Annual 3rd Party Logistics Study Review and Comment Part 2

A Look at Supply Chain Innovation and Risk Management Across Shippers and 3PLs

Those Planning More Outsourcing Almost Triple Percent Favoring Taking More Work Back in House; 3PL IT Gap Continues

Featured Story: European Union Says it Is Considering Carbon Tax on Container and Bulk Ships Into and Out of Ports

Move Would Mirror Controversial Approach for Airlines; Tax Would Likely be On Full Voyage Distance

2000 Workers in Melee, as Foxconn Now Says it Will Pay Overtime Fairly; Beware Company Security Guards

Featured Story: Supply Chain Tech Note - New Voice Headset from Vocollect Applies Smart Engineering Effort to Important but Often Overlooked System Component

Our View: SRX2 Unit Sets New Standard for Voice Market

A Number of Student Tracking Systems are Out There, It Turns Out; Monitoring More than Just Attendance?

Featured Story: Commodities Largely Up in Q3 but Remain Down for Full Year to Date

Commodities Mostly DownSharply from Peak in April 2011

Conflicting Reports over Changes to Walmart Relationship to Trading Giant Li & Fung

Featured Story: Here Come the (Same Day) Delivery Wars

Amazon, Walmart, eBay, USPS all Have Programs Under Way

Legendary energy investor T. Boone Pickens discusses a variety of topics related to his Pickens Plan and natural gas trucks.with Dan Gilmore

Featured Story: Global Temperatures - Up, Down, Who Knows?

UK Data Shows No Global Warming for 16 Years, but Many Scientists Say Data Taken Out of Context

China Dominates Solar Panel Production, Amid Complaints of Unfair Subsidies and Chinese Manufacturers Losing Money

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.

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