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MANUFACTURING
US Manufacturers Reasonably Bullish on 2016 Despite Recent Slow Down
ISM Panel on Average Expects Top Line Growth of 4.1%, versus Increase of Just 1.4% in 2015
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Supply Chain by Design: Machine Learning and High Quality Potato Chips
Machine Learning Algorithms are Popping up in all Kinds of Places, Including a Cool Application in the Making of Potato Chips

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DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Supply Chain News: Is Working in a DC like Toiling in the Gulag?
Undercover Report by UK Paper Finds DC Job is Tough, Demeaning - Is that Just the Way it Is?
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Are We Making Progress on Total Landed Cost Calculation?
Fewer than One in Four Complanies Say They aee Very Good in Calculating Total Landed Costs: Our Expert Panel Discusses this Key Issue
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Datalogic Wins 2015 AIM Award for Applying High Speed Grocery Store Bar Code Scanner Portal to Returns Processing
Netherlands 3PL Simon Loos Automates Scanning of Returns from In-Store Displays
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Consultants all Seem to Agree, Top Performing Procurement Organization Deliver a Lot More than the Average One
How Results are Calculated not Clear, but Four Different Studies Show Big Variance on Returns from Procurement Based on Skill Levels
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
The New US Highway Bill - What's in It, What Isn't?
Bill in the End Largely Maintains the Status Quo, with Several Key Changes Sought by Transport Sector Out of Final Legislation
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
UN Climate Summit Delivers Global Agreement, but Reality is Far Different than the Rhetoric
Pledges to Reduce CO2 Emissions Voluntary, No Real Enforcement Mechanism - Will China and India Really Play Ball?
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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New SCDigest Benchmark Study on State of Retailer-Vendor Relationships
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