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March 03, 2010 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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bullet Manufacturing: Supply Chain News: Is Lean to Blame for Toyota's Recall Issues?

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bullet Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Logistics News: For Shipping Giant Maersk, Speed Does Not Pay, as World's Fastest Ocean Ships Are Put to Dock
bullet Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics News: How Complex is Your Distribution Center?
bullet Transportation: Logistics News: The Many Ways Companies are Using TMS
bullet Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain News: Using Structured Analogies to Forecast New Product Introductions
bullet Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: Building a More Competitive Supply Base
bullet RFID and Auto ID: How well do You Know RFID?
bullet Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: Walmart Ups Greenhouse Gas Goals, but Numbers Show Challenge of Making Impact on Total CO2
 
New Cartoon Caption Contest:

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.

Deadline is 5:00 pm EST

March 10 , 2010.

Winner announced March 11 in 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.

 
manufacturing Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Is Lean to Blame for Toyota's Recall Issues?

Most Say Core Lean Principles Played No Role in Quality Problems, but Toyota may Have Lost Lean Way and Talent as it Focused on Growth; Will Lean Strategies Take a Hit in Corporate Boardrooms?

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Supply Chain News: Great Recession of 2009 will Leave Permanent Mark on US Production Capacity

Now Even Chemical Industry going Offshore; Shedding Capacity in Industries that Benefitting from Credit Boom but are now Dealing with the Hangover

 
supply Supply Chain Trends and Issues
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Using Structured Analogies to Forecast New Product Introductions

Demand Planner Judgement will Always Play Role, but Structuring the Process can Focus Reduce the Chance for Bias to Impact Forecast

Related Content
Breaking Supply Chain News: Leading Supply Chain Software Provider RedPrairie Sold to New Private Equity Owner

Sale Ends IPO Move Started in November; RedPrairie has Prospered even in Economic Downturn

 
distribution Distribution and Material Handling Focus
Featured Story
Logistics News: How Complex is Your Distribution Center?

Identifying Key DC Complexity Drivers; Complexity often Key to Best of Breed versus ERP WMS Question

Related Content
Logistics News: Materials Handling Equipment OEM as Systems Integrator - What your Need to Know

Manufacturers Increasingly want to Position themselves as Systems Integrators; New Materials Handling Tech Note Dissects the Trend and What it Means to Users

 
global Green Supply Chain Focus
from - [TheGreenSupplyChain.com] (an SCDIGEST Website)
Featured Story
Green Supply Chain News: Walmart Ups Greenhouse Gas Goals, but Numbers Show Challenge of Making Impact on Total CO2

Program will send Walmart Experts Deep into Vendor Supply Chains; Move will Slow Growth of Total GHG Emissions, but Really Moving the Needle is Very Hard

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Green Supply Chain Comment: Could Walmart's Green Supply Chain Push Lead to Different SKU Bases?

New Walmart Program Can be seen as Successor to Top-Down Cost Reduction of GM's Lopez 20 Years Ago; What Happens when GHG Emissions Reduction and Supply Chain Cost Decreases Diverge?

 
global Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus
Featured Story
Global Logistics News: For Shipping Giant Maersk, Speed Does Not Pay, as World's Fastest Ocean Ships Are Put to Dock

Ships Capable of 30 Knots Lost Market in Face of Rising Bunker Fuel, Focus on Cost over Speed

Related Content
Global Supply Chain News: How Much Do Country or Regional Perceptions Impact Global Sourcing Decisions?

Research Finds Often Buyer Perceptions not Equal to Reality

 

 
RFID RFID and Auto ID Focus
Featured Story
How well do You Know RFID?

Take Our Short Quiz to Test Your RFID Prowess

Related Content
RFID News: New Study from EPCGlobal Says Consumer Goods Companies Bullish on RFID - but Questions Remain

Most Respondents Say they Have ''Production'' Systems, but Retail Compliance (What is Left of it) Seen as the Driver

 
sourcing Sourcing and Procurement Focus
Featured Story
Supply Chain News: Building a More Competitive Supply Base

There is a Big Difference Between Competitive Bidding Process and a Competitive Supply Management Program, Two Experts Say; Can Anyone Today Pass Up Short-Term Savings for the Long-Term?

Related Content
Supply Chain News: Another New Take on Supplier Positioning

Original Kraljic Model does not well Consider Buyer's Importance to Supplier, and Strategic Relationship Potential, Says One Procurement Expert

 
transportation Transportation Management Focus
Featured Story
Logistics News: The Many Ways Companies are Using TMS

The Use Cases for Transportation Management are as Varied as Companies and their Supply Chains; We Provide an Overview of Six Recent Successful TMS Examples

Related Content
Transportation News of the Week: Refrigerated Rail, YRC, MIT, More

New Refrigerated Rail Service from Northwest to Chicago; YRC Buys More Time - Will Competitors Stop Deep Discounting? New MIT Green Logistics Consortium; TL Spot Market Freight Up 54% in January

 
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