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featured Stories
Manufacturing: Popular, Influential John Engler Leaves National Association of Manufacturers for Top Spot at the Business Roundtable

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Federal Maritime Commission to Relook at Slow Steaming, has Concern over Ocean Carrier Alliances

Distribution and Material Handling: Where does Crossdocking have the Best Operational Fit?

Transportation: Supply Chain Digest Announces Availability of Parcel Rate Analysis Tool for 2011

Supply Chain Trends: 2010 Supply Chain Timeline

Procurement and Sourcing: Can Procurement and Finance get on the Same Page in Measuring Savings from Supply Management Improvements?

RFID and Auto ID: Major Deal in Auto ID Industry, as Intermec Announces Plans to Buy Voice Leader Vocollect

Green Supply Chain: Fascinating Look at our Global Energy Future in New Report from BP


 
Complimentary Webcast
Green Products And Supply Chain Disruption
Conflict Metals In The Supply Chain


Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest for Jan. 11, 2011
 
Every other week, we'll post a cartoon and ask for witty/humorous captions from our readers. The winning entry will be published the following week. The newest cartoon will be posted on the SCDigest home page every other Monday and in that week's newsletter (usually emailed on Thursdays)
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Deadline is 8:00 pm EST
Jan. 26, 2011
 
Winner announced in Jan.27th SCDigest Newsletter
May the funniest man or woman win!
Have an idea for a cartoon? We would love that too, and will give you the credit.

Use Button at Right to See FULL SIZE Cartoon and Submit Entry

Manufacturing
Featured Story: Popular, Influential John Engler Leaves National Association of Manufacturers for Top Spot at the Business Roundtable

Insider Jay Timmons Named New President, Says ''Manufacturing Means Jobs''

Related Content: How Well Do You Know US Manufacturing?

10 Questions to Challenge Your Knowledge!

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: 2010 Supply Chain Timeline

Month by Month Chronology of Top Supply Chain Events of 2010

Related Content: Major Macro Trends Impacting the Supply Chain in 2010

Most Indicators were Positive in 2009, but Weaker than Many Past Economic Recoveries; Factory Utilization Still well Below Historic Average, Despite 16 Straight Months of Manufacturing Growth



distribution and material
Featured Story: Where does Crossdocking have the Best Operational Fit?

Crossdocking can Lower Costs, but Fits Especially well with Specific Retail Scenarios; Key Operational Issues

Related Content: Understanding Retail Distribution Models

Use of Crossdocking is Growing, but There are Pros and Cons to Each Approach, Says Kevin Gue of Auburn

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Federal Maritime Commission to Relook at Slow Steaming, has Concern over Ocean Carrier Alliances

FMC wants to look at Impact of Slow Steaming on the Supply Chain, as for More Disclosure from Carrier Alliance Meetings

Related Content: Japan Now Moving Rapidly Down the Low Cost Country Path, as Currency Makes Domestic Production Even More Expensive

Self-Fulfilling Manufacturing Decline already Experienced in the West; Sony TV Unit makes First Profit in Six Years Due to Offshoring


RFID
Featured Story: Major Deal in Auto ID Industry, as Intermec Announces Plans to Buy Voice Leader Vocollect

Deal Shows Rising Place of Voice in Distribution and other Markets, Gives Intermec a Boost in DC Applications

Related Content: New Kroger Bar Code Scan Tunnel Could Revolutionize Retail Checkout

High Speed UPC Scan Tunnel at Heart of New Advantage Checkout System; Reducing Billions of Touches Annually; Bearish Bet on RFID in Grocery; What will Kroger Do?

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Can Procurement and Finance get on the Same Page in Measuring Savings from Supply Management Improvements?

Partial Disconnect between Cash Savings and P&L is Part of the Problem; A Calculation Framework

Related Content: Supply Management Effectiveness can Make or Break Bottom Line Results

Caterpillar Finds Procurement Shortcomings Hurt Profits, brings in Fresh Talent and New Ideas



transportation
Featured Story: Supply Chain Digest Announces Availability of Parcel Rate Analysis Tool for 2011

By Product of Highly Successful Townhall Meeting on UPS and FedEx Rate Hikes, Shippers Can gain Better Understanding of True Impact on their Business

Related Content: Proposed New Hours of Service Rules a Lump of Coal in Trucking Industry Stocking, ATA Says

New Rules Could Reduce Driving Time by an Additional Hour, Other Hits to Productivity; Fixing Something that is not Broken?

transportation
Featured Story: Fascinating Look at our Global Energy Future in New Report from BP

Energy Efficiency Improving Rapidly, but Growth of Developing Economies Means Little Change in the Big Picture by 2030

Related Content: Green Supply Chain Year in Review 2010

Progress Stalls in some Respects, with Cancun Dud Chief Example, but WalMart, P&G, Kraft and others Make Progess

   
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