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NEW SANTA CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR DEC. 8, 2014

 

Deadline is 8:00 pm Jan. 7th, 2014

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 Jan. 8h SCDigest Newsletter
May the funniest man or woman win!
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MANUFACTURING
Doing Lean Versus Becoming Lean
Just ''Doing Lean'' will leave you Frustrated and Lacking Sustainable Change
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Annual Kantar Retail Ranking of the Top Retail Supply Chains for 2014
Walmart Dominates Once Again, with Giant Lead over Number 2 Kroger
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Amazon Keeps Moving, with Bike Delivery Tests, New Private Label Line, Aggressive Robot Rollout and More
Company Putting Heat on FAA to Allow Drone Testing, as Whole Industry is Moving Overseas
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Is It Time to Change Rules for How Port Labor Negotiations are Handled?
As West Coast Ports Talks Drag On and Threat of Strike Grows, Some Call for Putting Port Labor Under Railways Labor Act
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Will Wide Area RFID Readers Change the Game in RFID Systems?
New Reader from Impinj Shows Where this Technology Is Headed; Real Time Locator Systems with Passive Tags
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Plans by Retailers and Apparel Companies to Improve Bangladesh Factory Safety Finally Moving to Action Phase
VF Corp, Walmart Backing Relatively Low Cost Loans to Suppliers
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Controversial 34-Hour Restart Rule Rolled Back for Now, while ATA Says US Truck Driver Pay is On Par with General Household Income
New Law Suspends Rule Until DOT Performs Study on Impact; Driver Shortage and Turnover Show Pay not Nearly High Enough
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
UN Climate Summit in Peru Generates Another Promise to Promise Agreement, as Money to Developing Countries Remains Key Issue
It All Comes Down to Paris Meeting in 2015
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Eighth Annual Gartner-SCDigest Study to Delve Deeper Into Supply Chain Maturity Impacts, Getting Value from SCM Software
Analysis of where and how customers of vendor compliance optimization/management solutions find value from the software.
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