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April 7 , 2021 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR MARCH 17, 2021

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET April 8, 2021!

Every month, we post a cartoon and ask for witty/humorous captions from our readers. The winning entry(ies) will be published at the end of each month. You can always find the newest cartoon on the SCDigest home page.

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MANUFACTURING

Maersk Line Used Lean Hoshin Kanri to Dramatically Improve Operations

Three Key Lessons from Successful Initiative

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Top 3PL Innovators Part 2

Gartner Cites Interesting Examples of 3PL Innovation from Bolloré Logistics, Maersk Line, and GEODIS

SCDigest's Supply Chain and Logistics Stock Index for Week Ending April 1, 2021

See Who Was Up and Who Was Down

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

	The State of the Big Box Distribution Center Market in North America
	Now More than 11,000 DCs over 200,000 Square Feet in Top 22 Markets

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Has Abysmal Ocean Carrier Schedule Reliability Finally Bottomed?

Average On-Time Rate was Just 35% in February, Flat with January

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

50 Years Ago, Key First Step in Development of UPC Code was Made

First Real Commercial Scan Occurred Just Three Years Later – with Some Twists in Getting There

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Procurement Execs Share Insight on Impact of 2020

Sustainability and Resilience are Common Themes

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Now, Amazon Critiqued for Monitoring of Delivery Drivers

AI Cameras will Track Driver Action and Moves Continuously, even though They do not Usually Work for Amazon

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