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Manufacturing: How Real Is The ''Made-in-America'' Repatriation Of Jobs Back To The U.S.?

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Senate Bill on Yuan Value Said to be Near Passage, Impact Unclear

Distribution and Material Handling: Automation In The Workplace Is Inevitable -- The Question Is: Are We Smart Enough To Plan For It?

Transportation: Walmart Tells CSCMP Audience it is more Flexible on Inbound Transportation Program, but sees Many Advantages for Vendors

Supply Chain Trends: Key Trends and Issues in Sales and Operations Planning

Procurement and Sourcing: Key to Supplier Relationship Management Success

RFID and Auto ID: Key Trends in Wireless and Mobility Systems from VDC Research

Green Supply Chain: Details of California Cap and Trade Plan Released

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


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Key Strategies for Automating the Import Supply Chain

New Cartoon Caption Contest for Oct. 18, 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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Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
Nov. 2, 2011.
 
Winner announced in Nov. 3 SCDigest Newsletter
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Manufacturing
Featured Story: How Real Is The ''Made-in-America'' Repatriation Of Jobs Back To The U.S.?

Is Now The Time To Rethink The 'Invent It Here & Make It There' Strategy?

Related Content: 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

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Key Trends and Issues in Sales and Operations Planning

Transcript of SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore being Interviewed on S&OP Keys to Success, Role of Technology, and More

Related Content: IBM Claims Software Breakthrough with New ''Multi-Objective'' Supply Chain Optimization Technology

Result is a Tradeoff Curve Across Objectives that was Very Difficult to Achieve Previously, Allowing Companies to Get Better Insight for Decision-Making



distribution and material
Featured Story: Automation In The Workplace Is Inevitable -- The Question Is: Are We Smart Enough To Plan For It?

Can We Plan For The Robotic Era, Rather Than Letting It Happen Randomly?

Related Content: Annual Third Party Logistics Study Review and Comment Part 2

Interest in Gainsharing, Collaboration Way Down, but Could be Statistical Anomaly; Broad Agreement that Global/Local Modal for Emerging Market Outsourcing is Best

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Senate Bill on Yuan Value Said to be Near Passage, Impact Unclear

China Says Passage will be beginning of a Trade War; Global Sourcing Organizations Should begin to Play Out Various Scenarios

Related Content: 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?



RFID
Featured Story: Key Trends in Wireless and Mobility Systems from VDC Research

VWhat are some of the key trends and issues in wireless systems and the exploding area of mobility in the supply chain and beyond? David Krebs of VDC Research shares his thoughts.

Related Content: 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

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Key to Supplier Relationship Management Success

The Five Work Streams that Must be Managed; Changing the Culture to Support Supply Collaboration and Respect

Related Content: IBM Details its Total Risk Assessment Tool for Supply Management at CSCMP

New Inhouse Tool Combines Analyzes Multiple Data Sources to Come up with Composite Score, adds more Discipline to the Process



transportation
Featured Story: Walmart Tells CSCMP Audience it is more Flexible on Inbound Transportation Program, but sees Many Advantages for Vendors

Lower Logistics Costs, and Added Freshness? Still Battling Some Service Issues

Related Content: 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

transportation
Featured Story: Details of California Cap and Trade Plan Released

Eyes of the World will be On Program to Judge its Success; Will it Drive Development of a National Program - or Just Jobs out of State?

Related Content: ew Sustainability Plan by Sainsburys is Aggressive, Promises more Involvement with Suppliers

Grocery Chain Says it Will Invest One Billion Pounds in 20 x 20 Program; All Waste wil be Re-Used - and more Sales of Lower Alcohol Wines?

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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