Supply Chain Digest

12/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/NEWSVIEWS/11-09-12-2_SUPPLY_CHAIN_VIDEO_NEWSA.PHP?cid=4936&ctype=content

Apparel Industry tries to Clean the Dirty Laundry in its Supply Chain; Exec from Electric Vehicles International on the Promise of All-Electric Delivery Trucks; International Paper to get Commanding Share of Packaging Market; Container Pioneer Dead at 92

12/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-09-08-3_LOGISTICS_SORTATION_SYSTEMS.PHP?cid=4927&ctype=content

Poor System Performance Almost Always the Result of Problems in the Concepting and Planning Stages, Holste Says

12/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-09-07-1_NEW_TYPE_SUPPLY_CHAIN_SOFTWARE.PHP?cid=4921&ctype=content

''Response Management'' Can Help Both Top and Bottom Lines, Enabling More Real-Time Demand-Supply Matching; Like a Football Play Where the Coach can Keep Communicating with Each Player as the Action Unfolds

08/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-09-02-1_Supply_Chain_By_Numbers.php?cid=4915

Stratospheric Prices for Rare Earth; Software Maintenance Fees Drive Revenues; Bulk Shipping Rate Collapse; $1.6 Billion in Solar Investment Gone Overnight - Including $500 Million from Taxpayers

08/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-09-01-1_Supply_Chain_Graphic_of_Week.php?cid=4910

Four of Five Districts We Sampled had Weak July Numbers and Look Worrisome; Chicago Comes through with Stronger Data; From Here? Flip a Coin

08/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-09-08-2_SUPPLY_CHAIN_PRICES.PHP?cid=4926&ctype=content

Some Predict Prices for Metals, Agricultural Goods Headed for Big Fall, but Others Note China Keeps Buying, Food Demand Outstrips Supply

08/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-09-08-1.PHP?cid=4923&ctype=content

Somewhat Forgotten as RFID in Consumer Goods to Retail Floundered, the Standards for RFID Data Management Seeing a Comeback, Especially Overseas; US Retailers Just Starting to Get Interested

08/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/NEWSVIEWS/11-09-05-1.PHP?cid=4918&ctype=content

California Law Adds Legal Risk to Apparel Supply Chain; Brand Counterfeiting and IP Theft Moving to Organized Crime; New Supply Chain Chiefs at Boeing, Tria Beauty; 100 New All-Electrics at UPS

08/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-31-2_LOAD_CONTROL_CENTER_EVOLVES.PHP?cid=4902&ctype=content

Opportunity Now for Many Shippers to Advance LCCs to Version 2.0, even as Many have Yet to Centralize

08/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-31-1_CHINA_FLEXES_RARE_EARTH_MUSCLE.PHP?cid=4899&ctype=content

Lighting Maker Intematix Would Have Preferred New Factory in California, but Heading to China Instead; Costs up Astronomically in Past Few Years

01/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-30-1.php?cid=4896

Show us your Supply Chain Wit!

01/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-26-3.php?cid=4888

Catherine Ochse of Graybar and Kevin Zweier of ChainalyticsTake Home the Honors froma bout 200 Entrants

01/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-26-1.php?cid=4886

63.8 Percent of Respondents in CSCO Insights Study Say Their Tools are Average or Worse

01/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-26-2.php?cid=4887

Green Energy Jobs Lacking; China Overtakes US in PCs; Freight Tonnage Slow Growth for a Decade; Goods News for Capital Goods Spending

01/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-30-1.PHP?cid=4897&ctype=content

Australia, India, Brazil, even China Look at Plans to Empower Domestic Manufacturing; In US, Sen. Feinstein Proposes $20 Bill in Loans to US Manufacturers Facing Subsidized Foreign Competition

01/09/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-29-1.PHP?cid=4893&ctype=content

Series of Countries all Propose Plans for Manufacturing Sector Growth Last Week; New Report says Supplier Financial Risk still a ''Ticking Time Bomb''; Green Job Growth Disappoints, New York Times Says

25/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-19-2.php?cid=4867

US Factory Utilization Jumps; American Axle Shutting Two Factories over Failed Union Contracts; FMSCA Says EOBRs will Drive Big Savings for Carriers; Ocean Carriers Costs Rising in 2011

25/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-19-1.php?cid=4866

The Big Ships Keep Coming, with 50% Soon to Exceed 5100 TEU Capacity; Maersk Order 18,000-TEU Mega-Mega Ships and Upgrading S-Class Ships

25/08/2011

http://www.thegreensupplychain.com/NEWS/11-08-24-1.PHP?CID=4879

At Richmond Build, only 35 of 221 graduates of its clean energy program have found jobs in clean energy. Many more have found employment in traditional trades.

25/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-24_2_PROCUREMENT_SHELLEY_STEWART.PHP?cid=4878&ctype=content

Chief Procurement Officer at Tyco International Says Better Managing Risk will be Key Skill Area in Next Few Years

25/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-24-1_HONEYWELL_LXE.PHP?cid=4873&ctype=content

Where did All the Old Wireless Terminal Providers Go? Honeywell Challenge will be Merging Its Go-to-Market Strategies with ''High Touch'' LXE Model

25/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-23-2_TOP_SUPPLY_CHAIN_SCHOOLS.PHP?cid=4872&ctype=content

Gartner Survey of Real Supply Chain Professionals is Key, Klock Argues; Many Difference in the Two Top Tens

25/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-23-1_WEARABLE_TERMINALS_IN_DISTRIBUTION.PHP?cid=4870&ctype=content

Associates from WESCO Distribution and OHL on What is Better About Wearables in DC Environments versus Traditional Handhelds

25/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-22-1_SUPPLY_CHAIN_VIDEO_NEWS.PHP?cid=4869&ctype=content

Consumer-Driven Supply Chains at P&G; The Big Ocean Ships are Getting Bigger; Home Depot Execs Cite Supply Chain Performance in Q2 Earnings Report; Supply Chain Innovation Award Finalists, plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

18/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-18-1.PHP?cid=4862&ctype=content

Data Organization is as Important as the Data Itself; Every Number Should be Relative to Something, Sears Says

18/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-17-3.PHP?cid=4860&ctype=content

Maersk, with 18,000 TEU Mega-Mega Ships on Order, Upgrading Existing S-Class Ships to Hold Even More; Predicted Container Shortage for 2H 2011 not Occurring, Alphaliner Says

18/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-17-2.PHP?cid=4859&ctype=content

First Broadcast Very Well Received; Continuing theTrack Record of Innovationfrom SCDigest while Adding New Service for CSCMP Members

18/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-17-1.PHP?cid=4857&ctype=content

Emerson Electric Comes Out on Top, but Industrial Companies Score Fairly Low Overall; Do Industry Dynamics Mean its Supply Chains aren't as Good?

18/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/11-08-10-2.PHP?cid=4833&ctype=content

Macys Says it will Wait Until More Retailers Agree to Require Tagging; Just a Natural Lull Between Phases of Very Active Program, says one Expert

15/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-15-1.PHP?cid=4850&ctype=content

15/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-11-2.php?cid=4841

LTL Carriers try to Right Pricing Ship; Need a Job? Burlington Northern Hiring; WalMart Sets Next Wave RFID Deadline; CSX Pouring it Back In

15/08/2011

http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/11-08-11-1.php?cid=4836

Excellent Example of How the One-Page Approach can Improve Communication and Understanding, Whether In Lean Projects or Not