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June 27, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

Learn More About the Visible Supply Chain and Spring 2012 Retail Supply Chain Videocasts

Manufacturing: US Manufacturing Renaissance Being Fueled In Part by Lower Wages

Supply Chain Trends: US, Global Manufacturing Appear to be Softening

Distribution and Material Handling: Warehouse Management - Whose System is it Anyway?

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Congress Leaves in 100% Ocean Container Scanning Requirement, but After Napolitano Authorizes Two Year Delay

RFID and Auto ID: Fast Growing BlueStar Distribution Uses Wireless Technology Combined with Mobility Software to Power Growth and ROI

Sourcing and Procurement: Weak Global Economy, Strong US Dollar, Combined to Give Most Commodity Prices a Pounding

Transportation: Looking at Transportation Trends Through the Eyes of FedEx

Green Supply Chain: Annual BP Review of World Energy Says Center of Gravity for Consumption Moving to Asia

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

New Cartoon Caption Contest for June 26, 2012

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
July 11, 2012

Winner announced in July 12th 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.

Featured Story: US Manufacturing Renaissance Being Fueled In Part by Lower Wages

Wages Being Pounded Down by Supply and Demand, Weaker Unionization, Threat of Offshoring; Good For Jobs, But at What Cost?

MESA Making Big Push to Gain Members and Influence in Manufacturing; WBF Communications Standards a Nice Fit with MESA Focus on ''Plant to Enterprise''

Featured Story: US, Global Manufacturing Appear to be Softening

US Manufacturing Output, Capacity Utilization Fall in May, as PMI Numbers Mostly Stumble Across the Globe

Apple Comes in a Number 1 for Second Year in a Row; Explaining the Methodology

Important Research on US Manufacturing and Reshoring

MIT and SCDigest Need Your Help!

Participants Receive New Report from MIT's Dr. David Simchi-Levi, Copy of Results and More

Featured Story: Warehouse Management - Whose System is it Anyway?

Operations Needs to Drive the System; IT Needs to Support and Identify Risks, not Get in the Way

Key Takeaway: Core Operational and Financial Performance Converging from Top to Bottom Performers

Featured Story: Congress Leaves in 100% Ocean Container Scanning Requirement, but After Napolitano Authorizes Two Year Delay

Shipper Interests Fail to Get Congress to Change Mind, Despite Lots of Evidence It Won’t Work; Two Year Delays Could Go On for a Long Time

Longshoremen Union has Signed Off on Need to Move to Future, Eliminating a Major Obstacle to Automation

Featured Story: Fast Growing BlueStar Distribution Uses Wireless Technology Combined with Mobility Software to Power Growth and ROI

A Lot more Volume with the Same Amount of Staff, CFO Says

Super High Levels of Inventory Accuracy become Necessary to Commit and Fulfill Multi-Channel Orders

Featured Story: Weak Global Economy, Strong US Dollar, Combined to Give Most Commodity Prices a Pounding

Many Prices Down 20% or More in Past Year, with May’s Slide One of Sharpest Ever; CRB Commosity Index Down 17% from 2012 Peak

Some Expect Another Firm to Make a Higher Bid; How Solutions will be Rationalized not Clear

Featured Story: Looking at Transportation Trends Through the Eyes of FedEx

Many Shippers Moving to Slower, Less Expensive Modes, CEO Fred Smith Says; Company Expects Tepid Economic Growth in US and Globally Through 2013.

Rail Rates Expected to Rise 3.0% in Next Year, Truckload 2.5%; 65% Predict Tighter TL Capacity to Come

Featured Story: Annual BP Review of World Energy Says Center of Gravity for Consumption Moving to Asia

Once Again, Energy Consumption Falls in Developed Economies, While Rising 5.3% in Rest of World. China Accounts for Amazing 71% of Total Growth in Consumption

Shell Jumping Into Natural Gas Filling Stations, While Caterpillar Partners to Produce Natural Gas Engines for Its Equipment

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.

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.