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MANUFACTURING
Innovative Labor Pact at Spirit Aerosystems Falling Apart Under Potential Sale of Division, Job Losses
Union Says Contract Bars Selling Off Divisions, New CEO Says Company has to Determine Smart Make or Buy Decisions
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Supply Chain Thought Leadership Video Series: Baselining Supply Chain Costs in Network Design
Dr. Mike Watson of Northwestern University on the Process for Baselining Supply Chain Costs
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Little Change in Second Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global 3PLs
As Shippers Look for Fewer, Larger Providers, 3PLs Continue to Evolve
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Time to Start Minding Your P's (Prices) in China?
China Cracking Down on What It Sees as Higher Prices there than in Other Markets; Daimler Offices Raided Yesterday
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
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RFID and AIDC News: Study Says RFID Market to Soar, Led by Retail Apparel
Item-Level Apparel Tagging will Lead Retail to Largest Single Segment by 2014; What about Consumer Goods and General Manufacturing?
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Payments Times to Vendors Rose Slightly in 2013
Despite Reports that Companies are Extending Payment Terms to Suppliers, Modest Rise in DPO in 2013, and Metric is Surprisingly Down over Last 10 Years
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
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Q2 2014 Truckload Carrier Review and Comment
Results are Lackluster, as Growing Demand Thwarted by Bad Weather; A More Serious Tone to Warnings about the Driver Shortage
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
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As Australia Kills Unpopular Carbon Tax, IMF Says Every Country Needs One
US Needs Increase in Diesel Taxes of $1.60 per a Gallon, New Book Says with Certainty
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Please Help: MIT-SCDigest US Manufacturing Study
Is the Reshoring Trend Real? Please help us by completing the 2014 Survey
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