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November 20, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Supply Chain Visibility: A Critical Strategy to Optimize Cost and Service
Manufacturing: German Workers Throw Weight Behind Unionizing US Auto Factories
Supply Chain Trends: Ford Takes New Approach to Supplier Risk Management
Distribution and Material Handling: Highlights from the 18th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Details of New P3 Network Emerging
RFID and Auto ID: Supply Chain Thought Leaders: The Keys to Voice Deployment Success
Sourcing and Procurement: Procurement and Sourcing News Round Up for Nov. 13, 2013
Transportation: LTL Sector Results Continue to Improve in Q3, even as YRC Goes a Bit Wobbly Again
Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: UN Climate Summit Full of Interesting News, even if Not Many are Paying Attention
Research and Insight: New Research on Automated Case Picking in Distribution
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New Cartoon Caption Contest for Nov. 12, 2013

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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Dec. 4. 2013
Winner announced in Dec. 5th SCDigest Newsletter
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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: German Workers Throw Weight Behind Unionizing US Auto Factories
Lower Cost US Factories Threat to Jobs Back Home; UAW Loves the Idea, but will the Workera Agree?
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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Ford Takes New Approach to Supplier Risk Management
Upcoming Videocast to Detail New Thinking and Approach at the Auto Giant
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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Highlights from the 18th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study
Satisfaction of Shippers Continues to Rise, as Spend with Outsourcers Heads North; IT Gap Still There, but is Slowly Closing
Related Content: e-Fulfillment Drama Continues, as Amazon Tussles with Johnson & Johnson, Partners with USPS for Sunday Deliveries
Johnson & Johnson Pulled Product from Amazon over Third-Party Gray Market Sales, While USPS to Provide Amazon new Sunday Delivery Service
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Details of New P3 Network Emerging
28 Planned Loops Detailed - if Network Wins Regulatory Approval; Port Winners and Losers
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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: The Keys to Voice Deployment Success
Some deployments are clearly more successful, easy, on-time and on-budget than others - and we know why
Related Content:RFID News Round-Up for Week of Oct. 28, 2013
RFID Identity Theft a Growing Issue; RFID Market Keeps Growing Fast but Governments are Big Buyers; Saks Gets Near Perfect Display Compliance
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Procurement and Sourcing News Round Up for Nov. 13, 2013
Philips CPO Cuts Procurement Fat; Characteristics of Successful Procurement Managers; Milliken Adopts Cloud-Based Direct Materials Tool
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New VP of Procurement at Ford Says Some Models at Yellow Level of Supplier Stress; How Many Companies Can Really Track that Today?
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: LTL Sector Results Continue to Improve in Q3, even as YRC Goes a Bit Wobbly Again
Profitability Continues to Grow, as Operating Ratios Fall; Are Looming Debt Payments a Big Problem for YRC Worldwide?
Related Content: Rail Carrier Profit Machines Keep Rolling Along in Q3
In Best Quarter of the Year, Profits Rise Sharply at all but CSX, as Operating Ratios Continue to Fall
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: UN Climate Summit Full of Interesting News, even if Not Many are Paying Attention
Japan, Australia Let Many Attendees Down, While Coal Takes a Pounding; Where will the $100 Billion Annual Climate Fund for Developing Countries Come from?
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Global Temperatures Actually Doing the Stadium Wave?
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: New Research on Automated Case Picking in Distribution
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