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MANUFACTURING
Manufacturing Offshoring is Ruining the Current and Future US Economy, University of Michigan Professor Says
Skills, Investment, Innovation Follow Where Goods are Actually Made, as US Tax Payers Often Fund Products Later Moved to Offshore Production
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES

Twas the Night before a Supply Chain Christmas

Jim Stephens and Dan Gilmore with Our Take on the Clement Moore Classic
 


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DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
  On-Line Grocery Fulfillment Seeing Competing Logistics Models
  Store Fulfillment, Centralized DCs, Smaller Local Warehouses
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Alphaliner Warns on New Diesel Fuel Surcharges, while Maersk Lets its Entire Sustainability Group Go
Surcharges Lack Transparency, Analyst Says, while Others Say Used to Make Up for Low Rates

RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
Co-Inventor of Bar Code George Lauer Dies
Lauer Took a Risk with then New Linear Design for UPC Instead of Existing Circular Bar Code
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
Procurement Discipline Needs to Upgrade Skill Sets, New APQC Report Says
Business Ethics and Communication Skills Top the List
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS

 

Parcel World Continues to Turn
Amazon Cuts Off FedEx for Merchant Deliveries, while will Soon Pass UPS in Total Parcel Volumes
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Lego Continues to Pursue Eco Friendly Materials for Its Iconic Toy Bricks
Some Progress, but there are Big Performance Challenges to Meet 2030 Goal to Replace All New ABS Plastics
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