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June 26, 2013 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter
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Three Common Global Supply Chain Issues that Affect Your Bottom Line

Manufacturing: Lack of Clarity on Costs, Benefits Hamper Many MES Deployments
Supply Chain Trends: Walmart Upping its Ante in E-Fulfillment War with Amazon
Distribution and Material Handling: What are the Ramifications of Shippers Asking 3PLs to Take on More Supply Chain Risk?
Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Trade Strategies with Financial Returns for Retailers
RFID and Auto ID: Local TV News Report Shows Just How Easy it Is to Capture RFID Credit Card Data
Sourcing and Procurement: The Three Traits that Define Procurement Leaders
Transportation: Port of LA Drayage Saga Practically Over after Five Years - but Issue is far from Finished
Green Supply Chain: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013
Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

Cartoon Contest
New Cartoon Caption Contest for June 25, 2013

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 EST
July 17, 2013
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Winner announced in July 18th 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: Supply Chain News: Lack of Clarity on Costs, Benefits Hamper Many MES Deployments
Too Many Companies Buy First, Figure Out Details Later, Gartner Research Finds
Related Content: Supply Chain News: Will Manufacturers Shift Focus from Capacity to Capability?
Focus on Flexibility will Start to Compete with Cost, Yield, IDC Manufacturing Insights Says; Make-to-Stock Models will Continue to Decline

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Walmart Upping its Ante in E-Fulfillment War with Amazon
Admitting it is Behind, Walmart Now Building Network of the Future
Related Content: If You are in Supply Chain, You Made a Smart Career Choice
Demand Continues to Exceed Supply, as Salaries for Graduates Continue to Rise; Is Supply Chain the New MBA?
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: What are the Ramifications of Shippers Asking 3PLs to Take on More Supply Chain Risk?
New Set of Skills Required by 3PLs to Assess and Manage New Risk Elements; Shippers Need to Share Detailed Information Early On
Related Content:SCDigest Introduces New Tool to Calculate the Value of Making Warehouse Management System Modifications
In Part 2 of a Series on WMS Modification Trends, New Helpful Spreadsheet Tool Allows Users to Assess the ROI from Customizations

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Global Trade Strategies with Financial Returns for Retailers
Strategies that Retailers Can Use to Maintain their Competitive Edge
Related Content:What Took So Long for Bangladesh and Pakistani Apparel Supply Chain Issues to Rise to the Surface?
Decades after Criticism of Nike and Its Supposed Sweatshops, and No One Knows What is Happening at Offshore Suppliers? Turning a Blind Eye
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Local TV News Report Shows Just How Easy it Is to Capture RFID Credit Card Data
Simply Bring a Reader Near a Credit Card, Grab Holder Name, Card Number, Expiration Date and More; Are Banks Not Being Straight with Consumers?
Related Content: Interesting New Trends in Voice Technology in Distribution
Now that Voice has gone mainstream, new trends are emerging that are taking the technology and use cases in new directions

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: The Three Traits that Define Procurement Leaders
Large IBM Study Identifies Key Characteristics of Best Procurement Organizations
Related Content: Procter & Gamble Announcement on Longer Payment Terms Brings New Round of Extensions in Consumer Goods Industry
Kraft Spinoff will Now Pay Suppliers….In 120 Days? Where will it End? Could be Real Issue when Interest Rates Eventually Rise
Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Port of LA Drayage Saga Practically Over after Five Years - but Issue is far from Finished
Supreme Court Largely Rules in Favor of ATA, but Teamsters Sending Forces to State Legislatures
Related Content: A New Alternative Truck Fuel Enters the Playing Field
DME is Little Known, but Volvo Trucks Announces Aggressive Plans, Pilot with Safeway

Manufacturing Focus
Featured Story: Green Supply Chain News: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013
Global Energy Consumption Slowed in 2012, Up Just 1.8%; Oil Sees Lowest Consumption Share Ever, While Coal Grows; the China Factor
Related Content: Green Supply Chain News: Against Mandates for Renewable Energy, Europeans Turn to US Forests
Wood Pellet Business is Exploding in Southern US; Environmentalists Question the Practice; Energy Credit Gold Mine for Some Euro Utilities

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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