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

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NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR MAY 12, 2021!

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET July 225, 2021!

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MANUFACTURING

Custom Manufacturing Marketplace Xometry Goes Public after Rapid Growth

Company is Bullish on 3D Printing, even if It is Slow Go for the Technology Right Now

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Amazon has been Pushing Equity Stakes in Vendors for them to Gain or Keep the Business

Wholesaler SpartanNash Keeps Amazon Business - for Warrants Allowing Amazon to Acqurire 15% of the Company

SCDigest's Supply Chain and Logistics Stock Index for Week Ending July 2, 2021

See Who Was Up and Who Was Down

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

	Zebra Enters Mobile Robot Market with Acquisition of Fetch Robotics
	Some Shippers Paying more than Initial Asking Rates to Secure Space

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Good Times to Continue for Container Carriers, Drewry Predicts, with Rates Headed Still Higher

Carrier Profits in Two Years more than They could have Hoped for in a Decade

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

RFID, AIDC, and IoT News Round-Up for June 29, 2021

IoT Security Flaw for Leading Camera Maker; More Bar Code Retail Thievery; Robomart Offers Mini-Mart Hailing with RFID Self-Service

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Three Keys to Making Procurement more Green

Green Companies have Better Financial Results, but Is It Cause and Effect?

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Regional Parcel Carriers becoming Option for Growing Number of Shippers

With Surge in eCommerce, Some Regional Expanding Service Areas, as Volume Growth makes Strategy Viable for more Shippers

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