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December 08, 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

This Week
	Manufacturing: Supply Chain News: Has US dug its Own Manufacturing Hole with Approach to China?
	Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Supply Chain News: Japan Now Moving Rapidly Down the Low Cost Country Path, as Currency Makes Domestic Production Even More Expensive
	Distribution and Material Handling: Supply Chain News: The Emerging Event-Driven WMS Model
	Transportation: Logistics News: Supply Chain Digest to Hold On-Line Townhall Meeting to Discuss UPS and Fedex Rate
	Supply Chain Trends: Top Retail Supply Chains for 2010
	Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: In Dynamic Economic Times, Do we Need Predictive Tools to Better Highlight Supplier Financial and Operational Risk?
	RFID and Auto ID: RFID and AIDC News: A Retro View - the Ten Commandments of Bar Coding
	Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: Hopes are Modest for Cancun Climate Meeting Results

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Manufacturing Focus

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Has US dug its Own Manufacturing Hole with Approach to China?

Economist Clyde Prestowitz says Yes; US Needs Major Changes, but Demonization of China will not Work; China, Germany Made for Exporting, US to Consume

Related Content
Supply Chain News: Manufacturing Growth Up in US and Globally, but Hole Dug in Recession by Developed Economies was Very Deep

PMI Numbers for October looked Good Across Most of the World, but US, Europe and Japan not Near Back to Pre-Recession Production Levels while China and India Have Soared

Supply Chain Trends and Issues

Featured Story
Top Retail Supply Chains for 2010

Annual Kantar Retail List Again Shows WalMart on Top, but Kroger Continues Upward March

Related Content
Top Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chains for 2010

Annual Kantar Retail List Again Shows Procter & Gamble on Top, but Unilever, Heinz make Big Moves

Distribution and Material Handling Focus

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: The Emerging Event-Driven WMS Model

Service Oriented Architecture can Enable a Warehouse Management System to Act More like a Proxy DC Supervisor

Related Content
Supply Chain News: Getting Cross Dock DC Design Right

I-Shaped is Most Popular for Pure Cross Dock Facilities, but Optimal Design Depends on Many Factors

Green Supply Chain Focus
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Featured Story
Green Supply Chain News: Hopes are Modest for Cancun Climate Meeting Results

China says it will Accept Binding Commitments - Sort Of; The Divide between Developed and Developing Economies is Huge

Related Content
Green Supply Chain News: China's Thinking on Coal Liquefication Remains Cloudy, but Major Plant Gaining Steam

China Scaled Back Projects in 2008, but One New Plant Ups Production; Cost Effective at Oil above $40 per Barrel

Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus

Featured Story
Global Supply Chain News: Japan Now Moving Rapidly Down the Low Cost Country Path, as Currency Makes Domestic Production Even More Expensive

Self-Fulfilling Manufacturing Decline already Experienced in the West; Sony TV Unit makes First Profit in Six Years Due to Offshoring

Related Content
Global Supply Chain News: Donald Trump Says US being Taken to Cleaners in Trade Relationship with China

Calls for Tariff of 25% on Chinese Imports; Stop Buying Chinese-Made Toys for Your Kids, The Donald Says Last Week

RFID and Auto ID Focus

Featured Story
RFID and AIDC News: A Retro View - the Ten Commandments of Bar Coding

There was a Time when Bar Coding was Very Hard; Do we Need a New 10 Commandments for RFID?

Related Content
RFID News of the Week for Nov. 23, 2010

New Passive Tag System for Cold Chain Monitoring; Alien Tries New CEO; ABI Predicts 16% Jump in RFID Spend for 2011

Sourcing and Procurement Focus

Featured Story
Supply Chain News: In Dynamic Economic Times, Do we Need Predictive Tools to Better Highlight Supplier Financial and Operational Risk?

Costs of Supplier Failure or Trouble Higher than Companies Realize, New Report Says; Companies must Become their Own Credit Ratings Agencies, Use Multiple Assessment Factors

Related Content
Supply Chain News: Companies that Do Not Manage Commodity Price Swings Well Leave Lots of Dollars Off the Bottom Line

Cross-Functional Collaboration is Key, McKinsey Consultant Says; Reducing Margin Volatility 20-40%

Transportation Management Focus

Featured Story
Logistics News: Supply Chain Digest to Hold On-Line Townhall Meeting to Discuss UPS and Fedex Rate

Featuring Jerry Hempstead, long-time parcel industry executive and now president of Hempstead Consulting; Not to be missed for parcel shippers!

Related Content
Supply Chain News: With CSA Looming, Trucking Groups Move to Halt Implementation; Should Shippers Care?

Suit Filed One Week before Implementation of Revised Carrier Safety Reporting; Rates Hikes Ultimately in Double Digits, One Freight Broker Says

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