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June 17, 2021 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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MANUFACTURING

Go Southwest, Young Man-ufacturer

Sun Belt States Increasingly Destination for US Manufacturers

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Hozelock Group Selects FuturMaster Demand Planning to Improve Service Levels and Support Growth

Better Service with Lower Inventories will Help Company Gain Market Share

SCDigest's Supply Chain and Logistics Stock Index for Week Ending June 11, 2021

See Who Was Up and Who Was Down

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

	What do Warehouse and Factory Workers Value in the Jobs?
	Annual Voice of the Blue Collar Worker Report Finds Wages Key Issue, but Flexibility is Rising in Importance

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Virus Eruptions in Asia Adding more Havoc to already Stressed Global Supply Chains

Major Chinese Port Struggling with New Virus Outbreak, while Chip Factories also Affected

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Zebra Expands into Machine Vision and Industrial Scanning Industries

Moves Zebra more Directly into the Manufacturing Shop Floor Applications

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Hackett Group Analysis Finds Companies Taking Longer to Pay their Vendor Invoices

Tactic in Tough Economic Times Continuing in Strong

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Home Depot Leases own Container Ship to Deal with Ocean Freight Delays

Retail Giant also Expensive Using Air Freight and Spot Market to get Products to Stores

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