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August 29, 2012 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Supply Chain Optimization Technology Breakthrough Videocast
Featuring Dr. Michael Watson of IBM

Manufacturing: More of the Same, as US Manufacturing Trade Deficit, especially with China, Continues to Grow

Supply Chain Trends: How Do Companies Perceive Opportunities to Reduce Inventories Across the Supply Chain?

Distribution and Material Handling: Amazon.com Continues to Up the Fulfillment Ante with Nascent Locker Strategy

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Talks Between Longshoremen Union and East-Gulf Cost Ports Collapsed Quickly Last Week, as Potential Strike and Port Disruptions are Just Weeks Away

RFID and Auto ID: The Unusual Catalyst for New Aggressive RFID Push by JC Penney

Sourcing and Procurement: As Procurement Works to Get More Strategic, Surveying Business ''Customer'' is Key Step

Transportation: Beleaguered LTL Carriers Finally Getting Healthy, as Q2 Rates Continue Recent Increases

Green Supply Chain: Move to Ban Plastic Bags Continues Apace in Many Cities, While New Study Says Bans Drive Shoppers Elsewhere

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

Last Chance! Cartoon Caption Contest for Aug. 13, 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)

Deadline is 10:00 am EST
Aug. 30, 2012

Winner announced in the Aug. 30th 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: More of the Same, as US Manufacturing Trade Deficit, especially with China, Continues to Grow

Situation becoming Increasingly Dire, Impacting Jobs, the Economy, Competitiveness, MAPI Expert Says

Company Gets Most of What it Wanted in ''Last Stand for Labor'', as Unions Wonder Where Do they Go from Here?

Featured Story: How Do Companies Perceive Opportunities to Reduce Inventories Across the Supply Chain?

Few Companies Believe they are Excellent at Managing Inventories Network-Wide; What are the Top Barriers to Improved Performance?

SCDigest Augments REL Data to Deliver Detail Insight on DIO Performance in 2011, While We Call Out Companies with Notable Improvements

Featured Story: Amazon.com Continues to Up the Fulfillment Ante with Nascent Locker Strategy

Investment in Logistics Infrastructure Keeps Coming; Competitors for this Type of Service Also Emerging

Where are SCE Vendors Investing in Innovation? Platform Concept Really is Starting to Take Hold

Featured Story: Talks Between Longshoremen Union and East-Gulf Cost Ports Collapsed Quickly Last Week, as Potential Strike and Port Disruptions are Just Weeks Away

Strike Now Likely, ILA President Says; Contingency Plans for Importers, Ports

Progress Said to be Made in East and Gulf Coast Port Contracts, but Expiration Looms Soon; Clerical Workers Could Shut Down LA-Long Beach

Featured Story: The Unusual Catalyst for New Aggressive RFID Push by JC Penney

Move is about Customer Experience, not Inventory, but Back Story is New Pricing Strategy Fail

Strategy is More Customer Experienced Focused than Inventory; Buy Anywhere in Store, as Cash is Gone

Featured Story: As Procurement Works to Get More Strategic, Surveying Business ''Customer'' is Key Step

Dow Chemical Among Growing Number of Companies to Use the Technique; Feedback Helps Define Action Plans for Improvement

Half of Innovations in Progress Now Come from Suppliers; Moving Away from ''Procurement of the Past''

Featured Story: Beleaguered LTL Carriers Finally Getting Healthy, as Q2 Rates Continue Recent Increases

All Five Carriers We Track Have Operating Ratios Under 100% for First Time in Many Quarters; Old Dominion Continues to Expand, Take Share

Modest Total Volume Growth Offset for Most By Strong Core Pricing Gains, Improved Productivity

Featured Story: Move to Ban Plastic Bags Continues Apace in Many Cities, While New Study Says Bans Drive Shoppers Elsewhere

As Cities Continue to Adopt or Consider Bans, It us Really More about the Symbolism than Reality, It Appears

''Circular Economy'' Thinking is Gaining Momentum; Consumers could Save Big if Washers were Leased, not Sold, Study Says

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.