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April 02, 2014 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Manufacturing: It's not Over Until It's Over, as NLRB Reviewing Circumstances of Failed Union Vote at Volkswagen Factory in Tennessee
Supply Chain Trends: IBM, Indian Auto Groups Launch Ambitious Connectivity Hub to Integrate OEMs, Parts Suppliers
Distribution and Material Handling: Amazon will not Make Kiva Systems Available to General Market for at Least Two Years
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Consolidation the Name of the Game Now in Ocean Shipping
RFID and Auto ID: As Internet of Things becomes Real, New Opportunities for Supply Chain
Sourcing and Procurement: ISM Studies Corporate Supply Chain Risk Management Practices
Transportation: Truckload Capacity in US Seen by Shippers as Increasingly Tight, Spot Rates Heading Higher
Green Supply Chain: G Latest Addition of IPCC Climate Report Predicts Range of Woes from Global Warming, Changes Focus to Risk Management
Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

Cartoon Contest
New Cartoon Caption Contest for March 20, 2014

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)

Send Cartoon Entry

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET
April 16, 2014
Winner announced in April 17th 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 Focus
Featured Story: It's not Over Until It's Over, as NLRB Reviewing Circumstances of Failed Union Vote at Volkswagen Factory in Tennessee
Situation getting More Complicated, but Order for New Vote, if it Comes, Likely Months Off
Related Content: Manufacturing Recovery Continues On - but Varies Dramatically by Sector
US Likely to Finally Exceed 2007 Production Levels this Year, but Most Industries Still Lag

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: IBM, Indian Auto Groups Launch Ambitious Connectivity Hub to Integrate OEMs, Parts Suppliers
May be First to Connect an Entire Sector; Success Could Show Path for Other Industries
Related Content: Logility User Conference 2014 Video Review and Comment
SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore trip report the Logility software Connections user conference in Atlanta last week.



Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Amazon will not Make Kiva Systems Available to General Market for at Least Two Years
Fulfillment Center Growth Simply Consuming Available Capacity, Senior Manager Says; Decision will be Reviewed Again in Two Years
Related Content:Best of MODEX 2014 Day 1 Individual Videos
New Printer-Applicator, Multi-Carton Palletizing Robot, Blimp-Like Aircraft for Moving Heavy Cargo and More

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Consolidation the Name of the Game Now in Ocean Shipping
Is the End of Smaller Independent Carriers Coming, as US Approved the P3 Network
Related Content: Ambassador John Bolton on Risk to Supply Chains from China Aggression in the Pacific Ocean
SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore in Major Interview wih Former US Ambassador John Bolton on Supply Chain Risks from Increasingly Aggressive Territorial Claims by China


Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: As Internet of Things becomes Real, New Opportunities for Supply Chain
26 Billion Connected Devices by 2020, Gartner Predicts, Saying the Time to Start Planning is Now
Related Content:Ups and Downs of Impinj Trace History of RFID Market
After Blow from Initial Walmart RFID Fail, Item-Level Apparel Fueling Growth, Revenues Up 30% in 2013

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: ISM Studies Corporate Supply Chain Risk Management Practices
New Report Looks at How Many Tiers Down Companies Plan, Triggers for Refreshing Risk Plans
Related Content: Sourcing Practices Continue to Gain Scrutiny from Environmental and Other Consumer Groups
Oxfam Rates Leading Food Companies on a Variety of Sourcing and Sustainability Measure; Should Supply Management Lead Charge for more Formal Strategies


Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Truckload Capacity in US Seen by Shippers as Increasingly Tight, Spot Rates Heading Higher
Wolfe Research Expects Rates to Rise 3.5% in both 2014 and 2015
Related Content: US Truck Driver Turnover Rate Remains High, but for Now Seems to Remain Just Below Crisis Levels
Rate Fell in Q4, ATA Says, but has been Over 90% for Eight Quarters; At Least 30,000 Current Openings, Maybe Much More

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Latest Addition of IPCC Climate Report Predicts Range of Woes from Global Warming, Changes Focus to Risk Management
IPCC Expects Significant Impacts from Warming, but Admits Difficulty of Accurate Predictions
Related Content: Climate Change Impact to Bring War, Dramatic Social Change, New UN Report Says
Violence, Hunger, Coastal Devastation Among Woes Coming, IPCC Predicts

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization
Analysis of where and how customers of vendor compliance optimization/management solutions find value from the software.
Related Content: Supply Chain Executive Brief: Five Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Network Inventories
How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.
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