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MANUFACTURING
US Manufacturers Reasonably Bullish on 2016 Despite Recent Slow Down
ISM Panel on Average Expects Top Line Growth of 4.1%, versus Increase of Just 1.4% in 2015
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
A Few Thoughts on the Christmas Supply Chain 2015
Lean Inventory Levels Led to Many Out-of-Stocks, and Why Can't Apparel Companies and Retailers Do Better at Foecasting Size Distribution?

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DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Label Print and Apply Systems in Distribution Center Operations Can Drive Real Value, but It Takes Sophisticated Technology
Labels for Inbound Receiving, Parcel Deliveries and Retail GSI-128 Labels are Common Applications, But Just How Does the Applicator Know What Retail Label to Print?
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
US Gets First Stop Ever from New Generation of Megaships, but Ports are Far from Ready for Regular Service
Giant CMA CGM Ship Visits Port of Los Angeles, Heads to Oakland, but Major Systemic Changes Needed, Drewry Says
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Datalogic Wins 2015 AIM Award for Applying High Speed Grocery Store Bar Code Scanner Portal to Returns Processing
Netherlands 3PL Simon Loos Automates Scanning of Returns from In-Store Displays
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Leaders Get Far More Return from their Investment in Procurement
Latest ROSMA Study Finds Top Companies See Returns 12 Times their Investment in Procurement, versus Just 4 Times for the Average Firm
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
UPS Largely Sails through Christmas Delivery Crunch, While FedEx Hit with Some Modest Issues, Though Nothing Like 2013
UPS Sticks to Its Rules, Hits on Time Deliveries Near 98%, Even as On-Line Sales Continue to Surge
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
The Top Green Supply Chain Stories of 2015
From New SuperTrucks to the UN Climate Agreement, We Have them All
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Global Sourcing & Trade Management 2016 Benchmark Report
SCDigest has issued a major benchmark report on the trends and practices in global sourcing and trade management. Highly graphical, easy to read, great data.
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