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December 19, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Achieving Exceptional B2B Integration

Creating Business Advantage Through Smart IT


Manufacturing: US Manufacturing Still Has Not Come All the Way Back from Recession, While Fate of Different Sectors Varies Dramatically
Supply Chain Trends: Trouble in Bentonville, as Walmart Bribery Scandal Resurfaces in Big Way
Distribution and Material Handling: Batch Picking and Sortation Systems in Distribution
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Here Comes the ''Container Cliff''
RFID and Auto ID: Co-Inventor of Bar Code Concept Dies
Sourcing and Procurement: Global Industrial Giant Siemens Says Procurement Improvements Driving Billions (with a B) to the Bottom Line
Transportation: Is the War on Trucking Being Waged?
Green Supply Chain: UN Climate Change Talks in Doha Continue Downward Trend
Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

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New Christmas Cartoon Caption Contest for Dec. 3, 2012

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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Jan 3, 2012..
Winner announced in Jan. 4th 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.

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: US Manufacturing Still Has Not Come All the Way Back from Recession, While Fate of Different Sectors Varies Dramatically
Only Three Sectors in Our Pool Are Currently Above Pre-Recession Levels of Output; Data Shows how Apparel, Furniture Production Has been Devastated
Related Content: Will Consumers Pay more for US-Made Goods?
New Boston Consulting Group Research Says Yes, but Will it Hold True at the Moment of Truth at the Store Shelf?

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Trouble in Bentonville, as Walmart Bribery Scandal Resurfaces in Big Way
New York Times Details Bribery Strategy in Mexico, as Walmart Said to be Finding Problems Across the Globe
Related Content: Supply Chain Transformation by the Book
New Book from Rich Sherman Offers Guideline for Transforming Supply Chains, Creating Organizations and Cultures that are Built to Last


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Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Batch Picking and Sortation Systems in Distribution
Understanding How Batch Picking Delivers ROI from Sortation System Investment; Throughput Increases Can be Just as Important as Operational Savings
Related Content: Are there Hard to Find Workflow and Screenflow Inefficiencies in Your DC Operations?
Opportunities can be Difficult to Spot, but Can Deliver Real Productivity Gains; Key Question - How Configurable is Your WMS with Regard to RF Screenflow? 30% Gain in Cart Picking

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Here Comes the ''Container Cliff''
Talks at Standstill for East and Gulf Coast Port Workers; Dated Royalty Payment Program Still at Heart of Impasse; Will Obama Intervene?
Related Content:Update! Strike at Ports of LA and Long Beach Ends, as Office Workers Union Seems to Win the Negotiations; Attention Now Turns to East Coast Port Threat
Ports Agree to End Outsourcing and Provide Lifetime Job Guarantees; Will Total Comp Really go to $195,000 Annually?
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Co-Inventor of Bar Code Concept Dies
Pioneering Work by Joseph Woodland Directly Connected to Inventory of UPC Code; Lines in the Sand Lead to Big Idea
Related Content: First Students, Now the Vatican - Is Use of RFID for Continuous Tracking of Humans an Inevitability?
After Texas Schools Controversy, Vatican Says it Is Deploying RFID-based Tracking System for Staff after Embarrassing Document Theft

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Global Industrial Giant Siemens Says Procurement Improvements Driving Billions (with a B) to the Bottom Line
Supply Chain Chief Barbara Kux Making Good on her 60-25-20 Plan
Related Content: Paper Products Competitors Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark Both Pursuing Aggressive Green Sourcing Initiatives
Green Makes the Headlines, but Alternative Sources Could Also Reduce Business Risk; KC Looks to Grow Bamboo?
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Is the War on Trucking Being Waged?
Yes, Says Mike Regan, Though there is a Short Lull Right Now; Carriers Also Focused on Getting More Revenue Per Shipment, Increasingly Through Fees
Related Content: Summing Up Recent Plans and Announcements Relative to Multi-Channel Delivery and Fulfillment
Hard to Keep Up with All the News; We Provide a Handy Table

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: UN Climate Change Talks in Doha Continue Downward Trend
Just 37 Countries Extend Kyoto Agreement; Is it About C02 Emissions – or the Money?
Related Content: Amid Doha Gloom, News that CO2 Levels Keep Rising
Major Accord Seems Unlikely at 2012 UN Climate Meetings, as Some Say Rising CO2 Levels May Make Soon Make it Too Late to Keep Temperatures Manageable

Manufacturing Focus
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.
Related Content: Supply Chain Executive Brief: Five Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Network Inventories
How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.
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