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August 23, 2019 - Supply Chain Flagship Newsletter
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SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS BITES
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Gauging Supply Chain Transparency
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New Jersey Targets Independent Drivers
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Target Plans Private Label Foods |
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Mixed Signals on Freight Volumes |
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CEOs Going for Corporate Social Responsibility
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CARTOON CAPTION
CONTEST CONTINUES
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July 23, 2019 Contest
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See The Full Cartoon and Send in Your Entry Today!
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| ON DEMAND VIDEOCAST |
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Highlights from the New "Little Book of Distributed Order Management"
In this outstanding Videocast, we'll discuss DOM, based on the new Little Book of Distributed Order Management, written by our two Videocast presenters.
Featuring Dan Gilmore, Editor along with Satish Kumar, VP Client Services, Softeon.
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Supply Chain Cartoon Summer Fest
Among all the serious materials we have here at SCDigest, I must say the idea to have a supply chain cartoon caption contest to lighten things up a bit was among our better initiatives.
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Except it wasn't really my idea. The illustrator who draws our cartoons actually reached out to me in 2009, seeing if I would be interested in such an idea. He was doing a caption contest for a web site that focused on industrial automation equipment (PLCs and such), and decided to look around for similar opportunities.
He was actually concepting and illustrating each cartoon, but I didn't think that would work for us - you have to have the domain knowledge. So I said "We'll concept, you draw" and that's how we got started.
It has been a big hit. We regularly receive emails from readers saying the cartoon captions bring some laughs that help a bit with the near constant stress that can be part of supply chain.
I must say though that after 10 years, coming up with new ideas is a bit of a challenge - but we still get it done, though keep each new cartoon is open a bit longer these days.
Every couple of years, as we hit the August slow period between vacations and back to school, we run some of our favorite winning entries for select cartoons.
Hope you enjoy.
First, from earlier this year was this winning entry from John Bermudez of Infor - our favorite of 2019: |
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| Next, Brian Spooner of Columbus, OH chipped in with this great caption on the impact of AI on supply chain planning from this past May: |
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| Next up, this winning entry in late 2018 Meredith James of Tampa took home the prize with this great caption on supply chain resolutions for the coming year: |
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| From early 2018, Michael Massetti of Gartner was a co-winner with this great caption: |
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| Finally for this year is the funny caption from Q4 2018 by Sue Grimmler of Troy, MI: |
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Hope those brought at least a few chuckles. Current and soon ending contest can be found here:
Any reaction to these "best of" supply chain cartoon? Let us know your thoughts at the Feedback button below.
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On Demand Videocast: |
Understanding Distributed Order Management |
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Highlights from the New "Little Book of Distributed Order Management"
In this outstanding Videocast, we'll discuss DOM, based on the new Little Book of Distributed Order Management, written by our two Videocast presenters.
Featuring Dan Gilmore, Editor along with Satish Kumar, VP Client Services, Softeon.
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The Grain Drain: Large-Scale Grain Port Terminal Optimization |
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The Constraints and Challenges of Planning and Implementing Port Operations
This videocast will provide a walkthrough of two ways to formulate a MIP, present an example port, and discuss port operations.
Featuring Dan Gilmore, Editor along with Dr. Evan Shellshear, Head of Analytics, Biarri.
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A Blueprint for WMS Implementation Success |
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If You Want a Successful WMS Project, You will Find the Blueprint in this Excellent Broadcast
This videocast lays out the keys to ensuring your WMS implementation goes smoothly, involves minimal pain, and accelerates time to value.
Featuring Dan Gilmore, Editor along with Todd Kovi of Radix Consulting and Dinesh Dongre of Softeon.
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YOUR FEEDBACK
Some of the short feedbacks on our recent columns summarizing the 2019 State of Logistics report from CSCMP. Here are a few. |
Feedback on State of Logistics Report Coverage.
SCDigest does an amazing job with this. You take a very long document and boil it down to its essence in just one or two columns.
This is a great service to the industry - thank you.
Michelle Watson
Ft. Wayne, IN
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I agree with you on the timing. By the time the report shows in late June, my interest in 2018 data has faded. We're already starting to look ahead to the next year.
I don't have a magic wand on how this could be changed to get the report out earlier, but it would make it much more valuable.
Mark Fitz
Stow, OH
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It would be very interesting to know logistics costs as a percent of GDP in other countries. Can this be provided?
Amy Danko
Kansas City
Editor's Note:
We'll see what we can do.
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I really like the way you take a long report and break it down into the key statistic. It's a pleasure to read, and I watched the excellent video summary itself on the Video News.
Brian Toomay
Atlanta
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SUPPLY CHAIN TRIVIA ANSWER
Q: What trade show in Chicago focused on warehouse technology thrived for a number of years in the 1990s before disappearing in the early 2000s?
A: Distribution/Computer (D/C) Expo. |
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