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MANUFACTURING
Highlights of NAM CEO Jay Timmons' State of Manufacturing Address
Announces Major New Campaign to Attract Manufacturing Workers, Details Policy Objectives
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

 

 

 

Amazon has Blow Out Q4 Despite Soaring Shipping Cost

Amazon Generates Solid Profits, but AWS Web Services Segment Contributes Much of the Operating Income
 


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DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
  Has Polish Startup Solved Piece-Picking Challenge?
  NoMagic Uses Advanced Vision System - and of Course AI
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Here We Go – Maersk Line Announces Big New Surcharges to Compensate for Additional Low Sulfur Fuel Costs
Other Carriers will Surely Follow Suit, but Who will Pay in the End

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Amazon Files for Patent for Wearable Computers Working with Vision Systems
System would Verify Selected Items in Retail and Warehouses through Imaging, but Advantage in FCs versus Current Technology not Clear
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Annual Research from AT Kearney as Usual Finds Outsized Benefits for Procurement Leaders
Leaders Achieve Two to Three Times Return on Procurement Investment
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

 

After Tough Half Year Plus, FedEx Finally Heeds Calls to Merge Some Last Mile Ground and Express Deliveries
Express Driver Says often Saw Ground Deliveries when Dropping Off Express Packages at Same House
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Increased External Focus on Sustainability at Amazon, but will Consumers Live with Slower Deliveries?
Amazon Pledges Coming Carbon Neutrality, but Some Employees and Environmentalists Says Not Fast Enough
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