22-02-09

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MANUFACTURING

The Impact of Lean on Shareholder Value

Lean can help challenge assumptions and surface opinions that ultimately improve shareholder value

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Global Microchip Crisis Sewing Seeds of Recession, MIT's Yossi Sheffi Says

The Bullwhip Effect in Distorted Market could Once again Wreak Supply Chain Havoc

Supply Chain and Logistics Stock Report for Week Ending Feb. 4, 2022

See Who Was Up and Who Was Down

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

	AT&T Says it has Successful Initial Test of 5G Communication for Warehousing
	Any Lingering Concerns with WMS Cloud Response Times should Go Away when 5G is Ready

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Maersk Launches New Company to Deploy Offshore Charging Stations

Ultimate Plan is for Charging Buoys at 100 Ports, as Shipping Industry Decarbonizes

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Walmart Expands Item-Level RFID Mandate for Home Goods

Move is Driven by Need for Inventory Accuracy for On-Line Orders

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

In a Period of Rising Costs from Suppliers, what is a Procurement Manager to Do?

Interest is High, but Many Barriers to Success Exist, Bearingpoint Study Finds”

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

A Look at Amazon's Interesting Q4 Results

Stock Price Soars on Profit News, but Beyond the Headline there are Issues

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