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October 31, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Manufacturing: Could Low Natural Gas Prices Drive Manufacturing Renaissance in Midwest?
Supply Chain Trends: Dr. Michael Watson of Northwestern University Joins SCDigest Team
Distribution and Material Handling: Research Says Better Performing Distribution and Transportation Organizations have Better Software
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: MIT Research Puts Some Real Data Behind Ocean Shipping Variability
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: Deep Vendor Collaboration Pays Big Dividends for Coffee Machine Maker Wilbur Curtis
Transportation: Carrier Bid Optimization Tools Continue to Deliver Significant Savings on Freight Spend
Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: New Report on US Energy Brings Carbon Emissions and Economic Prosperity Questions into Relief
Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: Building the Consumer Goods to Retail Supply Chain from the Shelf Back
Cartoon Contest
New Cartoon Caption Contest for Oct. 30, 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
Nov. 28, 2011.
(One Extra Week Due
to Thanksgiving Week)
Winner announced in Nov. 29th 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.
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Could Low Natural Gas Prices Drive Manufacturing Renaissance in Midwest?
Chemicals, Fertilizers and Other Sectors Finding Midwest will be Low Cost Region; A Virtuous Cycle Developing?
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Dr. Michael Watson of Northwestern University Joins SCDigest Team
Former IBM Expert on Supply Chain Network Design and Advanced Analytics Will Write Expert Insight Columns, Participate in Research Projects
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Research Says Better Performing Distribution and Transportation Organizations have Better Software
Chief Supply Chain Officer Insights Finds Companies Saying they are Functionally Effective are Much More Likely to Rate Their Software Capabilities as High
Related Content: 17th Annual 3rd Party Logistics Study Review and Comment Part 2
A Look at Supply Chain Innovation and Risk Management Across Shippers and 3PLs
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: MIT Research Puts Some Real Data Behind Ocean Shipping Variability
Lots of Complaints, but Little Data to Date; Delays Come at Ports, not Over the Water, Caplice and Kalkanci Says at CSCMP
Related Content: 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
Manufacturing Focus
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
Related Content: Maybe SpyChips Book had a Point, as Students and Parents Protest Personal Tagging at Texas Schools
A Number of Student Tracking Systems are Out There, It Turns Out; Monitoring More than Just Attendance?
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Deep Vendor Collaboration Pays Big Dividends for Coffee Machine Maker Wilbur Curtis
Key Supplier Becomes Extension of Company Engineering Group, Helps Get Products to Market Faster
Related Content: Commodities Largely Up in Q3 but Remain Down for Full Year to Date
Commodities Mostly DownSharply from Peak in April 2011
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Carrier Bid Optimization Tools Continue to Deliver Significant Savings on Freight Spend
Manual Analysis Simply Cannot Compare with Using an Optimization Engine to Identify Best Combination of Carriers and Lanes
Related Content: Dynamics Continue in the Parcel Shipping Market
Domestic and Global Shippers Continue to Move to Slower, Less Expensive Services; Rapid Growth at UPS and FedEx in Services Offered in Partnership with US Post Office
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: New Report on US Energy Brings Carbon Emissions and Economic Prosperity Questions into Relief
IHS Says Unconventional Oil and Gas Production will Revolutionized US Economy - But That Would Seem Hard to Achieve While Reaching CO2 Goals
Related Content: Global Temperatures - Up, Down, Who Knows?
UK Data Shows No Global Warming for 16 Years, but Many Scientists Say Data Taken Out of Context
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: CSCO Insights:Building the Consumer Goods to Retail Supply Chain from the Shelf Back
Features Survey Data from More than 300 Manufacturers and Retailers; Technology and Processes Advances will Create a Key Inflection Point in the Consumer Goods to Retail Supply Chain
Related Content: CSCO Insights: Supply Chain Execution Benchmark Technology Benchmark Report
New Report from Chief Supply Chain Officer Insights Benchmarking Trends and Usage of Supply Chain Execution Technology; Survey Results from 300 Respondents, Plus Key Trends
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