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Supply Chain Digest:
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Springboro, Ohio 45066

Nov. 1, 2023

Deadline is 8:00 pm Nov. 30, 2023

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Winner(s) announced in the Dec. 1, 2023 SCDigest Newsletter

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MANUFACTURING

US PMI Shows US Manufacturing Declined for the 12th Straight Month in October

Nearly all Measures again Show Contraction

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Amazon Sees Strong Revenue and Profit Numbers in Q3, but ecommerce not the Driver

Fulfillment and Shipping Costs Continue to Rise Faster than On-Line Sales

Supply Chain and Logistics Stock Report for Week Ending Oct.27, 2023

See who was up and who was down

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

	Amazon Blog Announces New Mini-load System for Putaway and Picking, and a Prototype Humanoid Robot it Calls Digit
	Amazon Now has Deployed more than 750,000 Robots of All Types across the Globe

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Market Looks Bleak for Container Carriers in Short and Long Term

Rates Collapse from Europe to US East, while Sea-Intelligence Says Over-Supply to Last 4 to 6 more Years

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Amazon Adds RFID to Go Store “Just Walk Out” Technology, Expanding Products it Can Track, including Apparel

Now more than 150 Amazon and Third Party Retailers have Deployed the System

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Gartner Says Procurement Leaders are Slow to Address Supplier Slavery Risk

Poses Major Challenge, As Gartner Finds Just Half of Companies Even Trying to Address the Issue are Making Progress

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

What Happened to Push Convoy Under

It could not Get Big Enough Fast Enough, and was Losing $10 Million a Month

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