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Manufacturing: Turning the US Manufacturing Inflection Point in the Right Direction

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Good News for Shippers and Importers, as Glut of New Capacity will Keep Ocean Carriage Rates Low for Some Time

Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics Companies Challenge System Automation Providers For More Comprehensive "Plug & Play" Capability?

Transportation: ATA to Seek Supreme Court Review of Areas it Lost in the Port of LA Decision on Drayage Regulation

Supply Chain Trends: Bold Move to Deploy ''Next Generation'' Planning Systems at Start of Recession Pays off for Major Distributor RS Components

Procurement and Sourcing: Keys to Supplier Relationship Management Success Part 2

RFID and Auto ID: Do JCPenney, Macys Announcements Mean RFID to Finally Really Takeoff in Retail?

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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Manufacturing
Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Turning the US Manufacturing Inflection Point in the Right Direction

US Manufacturing at Inflection Point, Needs ''Wake-Up'' Call to Head Back in Right Direction, Report from Booz& Company Says

Related Content: Supply Chain News: 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?

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Bold Move to Deploy ''Next Generation'' Planning Systems at Start of Recession Pays off for Major Distributor RS Components

''Give me Half a Million Pounds Now, I will Give You 2 Million Pounds Back by the end of the Year,'' Head of Global Planning Told his CFO

Related Content: Supply Chain News: 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



distribution and material
Featured Story: Logistics News: Logistics Companies Challenge System Automation Providers For More Comprehensive "Plug & Play" Capability?

Flexibility & Adaptability Are Keys To Adoption Of Automated Material Handling System Technologies

Related Content: Supply Chain News: Innovative App Store Concept for WMS Gaining Early Traction

HighJump Has Delivered 18 Apps, more on the Way; Speeding the Development Cycle; Users Already Contributing Apps

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Global Supply Chain News: Good News for Shippers and Importers, as Glut of New Capacity will Keep Ocean Carriage Rates Low for Some Time

Asia to Euro Rates Down 69% from March 2010, Net Rates Below Zero; Drewry Worries about Ocean Carrier Stability

Related Content: Global Supply Chain News: 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



RFID
Featured Story: Do JCPenney, Macys Announcements Mean RFID to Finally Really Takeoff in Retail?

Penneys Says it has Item-Level RFID Live in all 1100 of its Stores, Surprising Many; Macys has Aggressive Program Moving Forward, Joining Walmart

Related Content: RFID and Data Collection News: 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.

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Keys to Supplier Relationship Management Success Part 2

The Five Work Streams that Must be Managed; What SRM Leaders are Doing

Related Content: Supply Chain News: Keys to Supplier Relationship Management Success

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



transportation
Featured Story: Logistics News: ATA to Seek Supreme Court Review of Areas it Lost in the Port of LA Decision on Drayage Regulation

ATA Executive Committee Gives Unanimous Approval for Continued Legal Action in Potentially Significant Case; Potential Impact on Shippers Still Very Real

Related Content: Logistics News: Is a Transportation Capacity Crisis Looming Big Time in ''Variable'' Infrastructure?

Logistics Economist Noel Perry Says Tough Times May Be Coming Soon for Shippers in Terms of Rates, Capacities - but there Really are Some Magic Bullets

transportation
Featured Story: Green Supply Chain News: 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: Green Supply Chain News: New 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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