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November 05, 2014 - Supply Chain Digest On-Target Newsletter

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Deadline is 8:00 pm ET Dec. 3, 2014.

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

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MANUFACTURING

New Study from Boston Consulting Group Show Modest Increase in Reshoring Interest, but Picture Remains Unclear

US Likely to Gain Share as Percent of Total Manufacturing Footprint for Average Company

SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Supply Chain Centers of Excellence Part 2 - Seagate Case Study

Joe DiIorio from Seagate Technology provides a case study on the tech giant's hugely successful effort to build a COE to drive its supply chain transformation.

DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS

Finding the Sortation System that is Right for Your Distribution Center

SCDigest Materials Handling Editor Cliff Holste on Keys to Sortation System Success

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Global Logistics Comment: Mexico Facilitates Trade Across Its U.S. Border Part 2

Inefficient Customs Clearance Monopoly Cost US Shippers Some $2 Billion Annually, but Relief May be in Sight

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS

Cloud Software Offers Tools to Turn Smart Phones into Bar Code Scanning System, Even RFID Readers in Retail and Logistics

Several Firms Proving Tools to Build Scanning Applications on Phones and Tablets; BYOD?

SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS

Procurement, Tax Considerations, and a Procurement Operating Company Part 2

With a Global Procurement Center in Low Tax Location, Companies Need to Optimize Legal Title Flows of Procured Goods and Materials

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Q3 2014 Truckload Carrier Review and Comment

Carriers have Good but Not Great Results in What Should Have Been a Stronger Quarter; Many Slowly at Last Adding Capacity, Though Often in Dedicated

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN

Green Supply Chain News: Solar Costs Increasingly Competitive, Soon to be More So

Solar is a Technology, the Grid is Natural Resources; Big Supply Chain Implications

RESEARCH AND INSIGHT

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.