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Manufacturing: US Manufacturing - is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Will Japan Supply Chain Disruptions Really Cause Changes in Approach to Supply Management?

Distribution and Material Handling: Gene Gagnon Classic ''Supervising on the Line'' Updated and Re-Issued for 2011

Transportation: Can Inland Waterways Really be Key Source for Container Freight Moves?

Supply Chain Trends: Dell Exec Annette Clayton, David Simchi-Levi of MIT Answer Questions on Dell's Supply Chain Transformation

Procurement and Sourcing: Procurement Graphic of the Week: General Mills Continued Progress in Supplier Diversity

RFID and Auto ID: Was Reduction in Invoice Deductions the Magic Bullet for RFID in Consumer Goods to Retail

Green Supply Chain: General Mills Continues to be Out in Front of Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts with 2011 Report

Research and Insight: CSCO Insight: Enterprise Software Applications - Measuring the Value


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Manufacturing
Featured Story: US Manufacturing - is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

US Manufacturing Continues to Grow in Absolute Terms, but Most See Manufacturing Sector in Decline; Productivity Gains or Offshoring?

Related Content: How Much Technology is Needed for Lean Manufacturing?

Purists Say Not Much, but that is not t the Case for Many Manufacturers; Growing Complexity Requires more Support

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Dell Exec Annette Clayton, David Simchi-Levi of MIT Answer Questions on Dell's Supply Chain Transformation

Clayton Discusses Role of Dell Program Management Office, How Company Handled Change Management and More

Related Content: Thought Leaders on the Supply Chain Risk Management Less from Turmoil in Japan

Simchi-Levi of MIT, SCDIgest Editor Gilmore, Michael Burkett from Gartner all Offer Insight on Key Takeaways from the Disaster



distribution and material
Featured Story: Gene Gagnon Classic ''Supervising on the Line'' Updated and Re-Issued for 2011

Focus is on DC Productivity, but with A Compassionate Eye to Supervisors and Associates; Supervisors are Key to DC Success, but Usually Unappreciated and Poorly Trained

Related Content: Our Favorite New Products from ProMat 2011

More Detail on some of the Cool New Solutions We Found at the Show this Year; Robotics No Longer a Science Project?

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Will Japan Supply Chain Disruptions Really Cause Changes in Approach to Supply Management?

Understanding Risks from the Suppliers of Suppliers; Parallel in Japan Disaster and Supply Chain Impact with the 2008 Financial Crisis?

Related Content: Looking Ahead, Drewry Says Large Gap Coming Between Ocean Shipping Demand and Capacity

2013 will See Balance Definitely Swing to Carriers, with Rates Rising 10%; Will Maersk Strategy Pay Off?



RFID
Featured Story: Was Reduction in Invoice Deductions the Magic Bullet for RFID in Consumer Goods to Retail

Could RFID have Offered Major Payback to Manufacturers in Terms of Lower Invoice Deductions? Perhaps that is not the Path Retailers Really Wanted to Go

Related Content: More Thoughts on What Went Wrong with CPG to Retail RFID

Additional Highlights from Our Expert Panel; A Wide Variety of Views - A Boondoggle, or Path to More Value from RFID?

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Procurement Graphic of the Week: General Mills Continued Progress in Supplier Diversity

Sourcing from Minority-Owned Businesses has more than Doubled Since Program Started in 2003

Related Content: Is the Fact that Reducing Costs Seems always the Top Mission of Procurement a Bad Thing?

Cost Cutting Seems Tactical and Buyers want to be Strategic, one CPO says, but Notes Cost Cutting is Often Strategic; Do Annual Reduction Targets Lead to Sandbagging?



transportation
Featured Story: Can Inland Waterways Really be Key Source for Container Freight Moves?

Maritime Administration Delivers a Report to Congress Citing Many Benefits of Increased Share of Freight Moves on the Maritime Highway; Europe Shows it Can Work

Related Content: Latest ''State of the Freight'' Report Finds Shippers Expect Big Rise in Trucking Costs, Shifting more Freight to Rail and Intermodal

Expectations for Truckload Capacity Highest since Mid-2004, which Presaged Rapid Rise in Rates; Linkage between Fuel Prices and Diversion to Rail/Intermodal

transportation
Featured Story: General Mills Continues to be Out in Front of Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts with 2011 Report

Company has Reduced Solid Waste by 33% and Water Usage by 9%; Sets Goal to Reduce Energy Used to Ship Pound of Product by 2015

Related Content: Sometimes, the Greenest Ideas are Just Common Sense - and Obvious Money Savers

SuperValu Grocery Stores Make it Simple: Get more Stuff in Each Bag, Whether Paper or Plastic

transportation
Featured Story: CSCO Insight: Enterprise Software Applications - Measuring the Value

''Earned Quantifiable Benefits'' is a Key Concept, says Barry Wildernan, to Finding Value

Related Content: CSCO Insights: The Stages of Value Delivery for Enterprise Software

Barry Wilderman on why achieving real value from ERP and other enterprise software is hard - and a 5-stage model for making it happen.

   
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