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Reallocating Resources to What Really Matters:

Order Management’s Impact on Supply Chain Excellence

 

 

Using Cloud-Based Technology to Create

Visibility, and Eliminate Inefficiencies and

Errors in the Order-to-Cash Process

 

 


NEW CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST FOR SEPT. 28, 2017

 

Deadline is 8:00 pm ET Nov. 1, 2017

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

Winner announced in the Nov. 2 SCDigest Newsletter

May the funniest man or woman win!
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MANUFACTURING
Whirlpool Wins Major Ruling Against Imports in Rarely Used Filing – will Others Follow Suit?
Solar Panel Makers also Likely to Get Tariffs on Imports, as Protectionism Might get Real
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Mike Watson on Building a Supply Chain Analytics COE
Watson on What Analytics COEs are All about, Required Skill Sets, Balanced Project Portfolios and More

New On-Demand Videocast!

 

Supply Chain Optimization Predictions and Misses: A Look at Back at 
Optimization Trends in 2017 - Where We're Headed in 2018

 

 

A Look at How Events this Year Impacted Supply Chain Design and 
Optimization - and How You can Be Ahead of the Curve in 2018


 

 


DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Blending Automated & Manual Operations for Maximum Benefit
Choosing Processing Methods that Yield Best Results
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
US Importers Benefitting from a "Cold War" in Container Rates Even as Volumes Improve
Carriers Just Can't Achieve Higher Rates Even as Utilization is on the Rise
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Retail Executives with Some Straight Talk on RFID in Store, Upstream in Supply Chains
Benefits are There but Vary by Category, Panelists Say, and Deployment in DCs not in Near Term Future, Target, Levi's and Lululemon Execs Seem to Agree
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Understanding Days Payables Outstanding, and DPO Results for Select Companies
Hackett Data Shows Companies Taking Longer to Pay Suppliers, While Most Summaries are DPO Metric Don't Get it Exactly Right
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Will Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks be the Answer in the End?
Maybe Yes, Maybe No, as Toyota Expands Pilot at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Former CEO of UK's Asda Grocery Chain Tells Retailers, Manufacturers to Get Rid of Plastics Right Now
Are You Ready for the Plastics Free Aisle? Much more Interest in UK than US
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Last Chance! The State of Retail and Vendor Supply Chain Relations 2017 Survey and Study
Are We Getting More Integrated and Collaborative - Or Heading in the Other Direction? Help Needed from Retailers and Vendors/Brand Companies.
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