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December 08, 2011 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Manufacturing: NLRB Set to (Maybe) Approve Modestly Watered Down Unionization Measure, While Indiana Legislators Moving to Enact Right-to-Work Law

Supply Chain Trends : A Distributed Order Management Thought Leaders Discussion

Distribution and Material Handling: When it Comes to WMS User Testing, Short Cuts Usually Lead to Implementation Disaster

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

RFID and Auto ID: Dayton RFID Business Incubator Gaining Critical Mass

Sourcing and Procurement: New ISM Supply Management Certification for Non-Degreed Professionals Goes Live

Transportation: Rail Carrier Profit Engines Roll On, While LTL Sector Slowly Crawling Out of Its Hole

Green Supply Chain: 2011 Durban Climate Conference Looks to be a Dud, while "Climategate 2.0" Emails Cast Fresh Doubt on the Science

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

New Christmas Cartoon Caption Contest for Dec, 6, 2011

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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)

Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
Jan. 4th, 2011.

Winner announced in Jan. 5th, SCDigest Newsletter

May the funniest man or woman win!

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Featured Story: NLRB Set to (Maybe) Approve Modestly Watered Down Unionization Measure, While Indiana Legislators Moving to Enact Right-to-Work Law

Labor Issues Continue to Loom Large Nationally and at the State Level; New Hampshire Governor Vetoes Granite State Right to Work Law

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

Featured Story: A Distributed Order Management Thought Leaders Discussion

DOM as a Powerful Driver of Supply Chain and Customer Service Excellence

Please view our videotrip report from the just concluded Fall VCF conference in Scottsdale, AZ.

Featured Story: When it Comes to WMS User Testing, Short Cuts Usually Lead to Implementation Disaster

Mark Fralick says the Most Important Date in a Warehouse Management System Project is not the Go-Live Date - It is the Date when Users Start Test the WMS

New Report from Grubb & Ellis Says Empty Space from Recession Nearly Absorbed; A Return to Spec Building by Developers at Last?

Featured Story: 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

China Says Passage will be beginning of a Trade War; Global Sourcing Organizations Should begin to Play Out Various Scenarios

Featured Story: Dayton RFID Business Incubator Gaining Critical Mass

16 Supported Companies are Developing Breakthrough Technologies, Executive Director Brad Proctor Says; Many Large Companies Actively Involved in the Program

Newer Capabilities Can Provide Substantial New Ways to Provide and Extend Mobility Applications and Value

Featured Story: New ISM Supply Management Certification for Non-Degreed Professionals Goes Live

New Certified in Supply Management Credential First Announced in September Now Available for Training, Testing

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

Featured Story: Rail Carrier Profit Engines Roll On, While LTL Sector Slowly Crawling Out of Its Hole

Public Rail Carriers Show Profit Growth Well Above Changes in Volumes; LTL Carriers are Slowly Turning the Financial Ship Around On Rate Increases, Business Discipline

Asset Disipline Cited as Key to Improved Profitability, as Effective Rates Look to have been Up about 3%; JB Hunt Intermodal Machine Continues On

Featured Story: 2011 Durban Climate Conference Looks to be a Dud, while "Climategate 2.0" Emails Cast Fresh Doubt on the Science

Chances of New Kyoyo Treaty Appear to be Nil; US, Canada Called ''Immoral''; China Might Commit - in 2020

Clean Energy to Build 70 More Highway Stations in 2012; $1.50 Savings per Gallon has Truckers, Shippers, Highly Interested

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.

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.