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                | NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR OCT. 31, 2018 | 
               
              
                
                  
                     
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                    Deadline is 8:00 pm ET Dec. 7th, 2018 
                      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 
                      Winner announced in Dec. 8th 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.                          | 
                   
                  
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                | SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES | 
               
              
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                New Report: WMS Cloud is Ready for Prime Time 2018 
                   
                  Lessons Learned from Actual Deployments, as Number 
                    of Cloud WMS Implementations Accelerate 
                     
                  
                  
                   
                 
                  
               
               
              
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            |    Important Annual Research Project 
               
              12th Annual Gartner-SCDigest Supply Chain Study! 
             
              One of the Most Popular and Respected 
                 
                Studies in the Industry Each Year 
                 
               
                
                
                 
                   
                    As Always, Survey Respondents Receive 
                  Complimentary Gartner Research - a $300-500 Value 
               
                 
               
                
                
              
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