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MANUFACTURING
Parts and Component Shortages Crimping Manufacturing Supply Chains
Heavy Demand, Lean Supply Chain Causing Production Woes, as Some Manufacturers Decide to Bulk Up on Inventories
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Supply Chain Newsmakers Video Series: Conversational Platforms in Supply Chains
Moving Beyond Simple Voice Queries to More Complex Interactions

New Report: WMS Cloud is Ready for Prime Time 2018

Lessons Learned from Actual Deployments, as Number
of Cloud WMS Deployments Accelerate
DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Amazon Puts Fulfillment Center Workers on Social Media to Counter Critiques of Working Conditions
Daily Mail Finds there are at Least 16 Full-Time Amazon Tweeters
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Maersk Sets TEU Record, Testing Arctic Route, Puts Capacity on New US Exchange
Lots of Interesting News from Maersk Line in Recent Weeks
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
RFID, AIDC and IoT News Round Up for Aug. 28, 2018
Wisconsin Company Sees Expanding RFID Implant Numbers; Invisible Bar Codes could Ensure Meat Integrity; RFID will Power Industrie 4.0
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Eight New Ways Procurement Managers Can Drive Value
From Insisting Suppliers Buy Your Products to Bartering Some Interesting Ideas from Airline Procurement Exec
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Part Shortages and Strong Demand Stretching Lead Times for New Trucks to Longest Since 2006
In an Interesting Twists, Carriers Order New Trucks to Attract or Keep Drivers
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Highlights from the Walmart 2018 Global Responsibility Report
Massive Report Again Covers a Lot of Ground, as Walmart Continues to Want to Change the World
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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SCDigest's Benchmark Study on the State of Retail-Vendor Supply Chain Relationships
Outstanding Insight from Major Survey of Retailers and Manufacturers
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