Supply Chain Digest is the leading on-line newsletter and web site for busy supply chain and logistics professionals to get news and insight and to find solutions. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-25-1.php Business http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:16:15 -0500 feedback@scdigest.com Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:15:17 -0500 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com A Month by Month Recap of the Year's Biggest Stories in Supply Chain and Logistics http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-11-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-11-1.php Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:15:17 -0500 In This Exclusive Two-Part Report, Distribution Digest Interviews Representatives of Three Industry Leading Providers to Get Answers On How They Are Responding http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/10-01-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/10-01-12-1.php Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:14:14 -0500 Unclear if Academic Paper Independent an Position or Part of Coordinated Effort to Make Change; What Would be Impact on US Sourcing Costs? http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-12-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-12-3.php Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:12:28 -0500 Saving and Service Improvements often Possible, Experts Says, but Opportunities Often Depend on Your Network; Lack of Awareness Perhaps Biggest Barrier http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-12-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-12-4.php Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:09:32 -0500 What practices set leaders in Supply Chain Visibility apart? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/10-01-08-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/10-01-08-2.php Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:04:52 -0500 In one of the strangest Supply Chain years ever, in 2009 supply chain and logistics were driven like no other year by the economy. We take an end to end look at the key SCM trends and new stories for 2009. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/10-01-07.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/10-01-07.php Thu, 7 Jan 2010 17:38:21 -0500 Gilmore, Holste to Highlight Key Findings from Groundbreaking ACP Report in New Broadcast http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/10-01-06-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/10-01-06-3.php Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:11:26 -0500 Improved Technology Integration and Supply Chain Visibility Top the List http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-06-2.php Feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-06-2.php Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:10:23 -0500 First Voice-only Terminal for Motorola is a Wearable, fills Hole in Product Line-up; New Ruggedized Headset Also Added http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/10-01-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/10-01-07-1.php Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:09:10 -0500 Are The Remaining Inefficiencies Due To Upper Management's Clinging To Out-Dated Methods and Ideas? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_10-01-06.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_10-01-06.php Wed, 6 Jan 2010 22:51:00 -0500 Company Buys Less than 20% Direct Currently; Sees Savings Potential of 5-15% http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-06-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-06-1.php Wed, 6 Jan 2010 22:48:30 -0500 Procurement has never been more Important, but How to Measure Value Fraught with Challenges; Are you Over or Under Reporting? http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-05-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-05-2.php Wed, 6 Jan 2010 22:46:51 -0500 Factory Utilization Hits Worst Levels Since 1930s, Output Drops Below 2002 Levels, but Data Clearly Shows Recovery is Underway http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-05-1.php Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:54:25 -0500 AIM Global Makes Change as it Tries to Start New Auto ID Trade Show in 2010; Can AIM Reclaim Meaningful Role for End Users of Auto ID Technologies? http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-04-1.php Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:53:51 -0500 Oil Prices Obviously Biggest Impact over Time, but Other Factors Play Role in Short Term; Dallas Fed Says Diesel Should Rise 41 cents in next 18 Months http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-01-03-1.php Sun, 3 Jan 2010 12:53:09 -0500 Shopper-Driven Supply Chain - Working as One to Satisfy Demand at the Shelf http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-12-17.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-12-17.php Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:52:24 -0500 What does St. Nick have in store for the good little supply chain girls and boys? Find out in this funny supply chain revamp of the Clement Moore original. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-12-17.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-12-17.php Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:51:17 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Nike Just Does it in Inventory Reduction; Sharp Bets Big on New Factory; Are Developed Country Committments to Fund CO2 Emissions Reduction in Developing Countries http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-17.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-17.php Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:50:49 -0500 Change Management is Hard; Here is One Model Favored by Jim Flannery of Procter & Gamble http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-17-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-17-2.php Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:50:10 -0500 Is There Much Difference Between A Warehouse and A Distribution Center? Try Ordering Your Next Pair of Fuzzy Slippers from a Warehouse and You Will Find Out http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-12-16.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-12-16.php Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:49:36 -0500 Avoiding Common Traps that Can Lead to Risks and Sub-optimal Decisions in the Supply Chain http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-16-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-16-3.php Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:49:07 -0500 What are the key LMS Software Differentiators? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-16-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-16-2.php Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:48:34 -0500 Vendors Fully Integrated in Sprawling New Factory Complex; Working as 'One Virtual Company' http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-16-1.php Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:47:58 -0500 Many Wanted a "Clean Bill" to Get to Committee, where House Provisions Could Make it to Final Legislation http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-12-15-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-12-15-1.php Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:47:16 -0500 Our annual list of the best supply chain and logistics presentations of 2009. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-12-10.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-12-10.php Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:46:48 -0500 This week's supply chain cartoon. Winner published next week. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-14-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-14-1.php Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:46:11 -0500 17% Say SCM is the Key Differentiator in their Markets; 13% Say they are Technology Pioneers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-10-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-10-3.php Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:45:34 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Ocean Containership Capacity Dead in the Water, FedEx Rate Hike Signed, Sealed and Delivered, Do Not Spend it All in One Place, A Step in the Right Direction http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-09-1.php Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:45:03 -0500 While 2009 was Largely a Bust, Food, Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Parts Distribution Now Showing Strong Activity, System Providers Say; Retrofits and Upgrades Projects also Active http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-12-09.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-12-09.php Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:44:29 -0500 Joel Wilmarth of Graybar Wins Inaugural Contest; New Cartoon Next Week http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-10-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-10-2.php Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:43:56 -0500 15 Smart Guidelines from Little Black Book of Outsourcing Authors http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-09-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-09-3.php Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:43:24 -0500 HP Labs Plans for Low-Cost Sensors by the Trillions. New FedEx Offering Allows Companies to "Interact with Shipments" http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-09-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-09-2.php Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:42:47 -0500 FedEx May Have Won Labor Battle; Parcel Rates to Move Up Despite Recession; YRC Worldwide Still Looking for Financial Salvation; Obama Promises more Logistics Infrastructure Spend http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-12-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-12-09-1.php Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:42:17 -0500 Materials Handling Monday Video: SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore and Materials Handling Editor Cliff Holstre discuss the new generation of automated case picking technologies. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NEWSVIEWS/09-12-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NEWSVIEWS/09-12-07-1.php Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:41:30 -0500 Gartner Survey Results Showed Extreme Caution in 2009, but What Course Will Companies Take Next Year Amidst Nascent Recovery http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-07-1.php Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:37:12 -0500 Traceability Leads to Real-Time Visibility and Collaboration; Financial Benefits Quickly Follow http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/09-12-07.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/09-12-07.php Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:36:36 -0500 Show Off Your Wittiness! http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-04-1.php Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:36:05 -0500 Cass Freight Index of Shipments has been Lower Since Late 2008 than the Numbers from 20 Years Ago http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-04-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-04-2.php Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:35:34 -0500 2010 may be the toughest year to forecast ever - and now is the right time to look at key issues and trends in demand planning for the supply chain. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-12-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-12-04.php Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:34:51 -0500 Software as a Service Changes Dynamics for Small and Medium-Sized Business in Adopting Supply Chain Software http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Norek_09-12-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Norek_09-12-04.php Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:34:21 -0500 Program Delivered in Blended Format Geared Towards Working Professionals http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-12-03-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-12-03-2.php Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:33:52 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Walgreens Puts Trust and DC in Hands of Disabled, Kraft Truck Miles Fall Victim to Tactical Elimination, Charity Begins at Home, US Steel Mill Factory Utilization Rate Improves http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-12-03-1.php Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:33:10 -0500 Shrouded in Secrecy, Rumors Say Sen Rockefeller will Release within Month; Boon for Rail Shippers, or more Balanced Approach http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-12-02-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-12-02-3.php Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:32:39 -0500 Goal is for 10% of Total Distribution Employees to be Disabled; 700 Workers Already; "The Best Thing We Have Ever Done," SVP Randy Lewis Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-02-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-12-02-2.php Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:31:58 -0500 Can The Answer Be Found In Dynamic Zone Configuration and SKU Slotting Strategies? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-12-02.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-12-02.php Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:31:22 -0500 Number of Client-Centered Supply Chain Analysts Firms Continues to Dwindle; Does it Matter? http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-12-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-12-02-1.php Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:30:38 -0500 Six Essential WMS Super Powers to Increase Efficiency http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-11-30.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-11-30.php Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:29:59 -0500 106, New Stanford Study Finds; Lots of Opportunity for Process Automation http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-25-1.php Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:29:25 -0500 Report from Dr. Warren Hausman and Hau Lee of Stanford that offers a new process model for global supply chain, plus finding the ROI for IT enablement of global supply chain processes. http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:28:44 -0500 Wildly Changing Customer Demand Patterns, DC Consolidation, Mean Profiles have Changed for Many Companies; Key to Optimizing Order Picking Strategies and Technologies http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-24-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-24-3.php Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:28:12 -0500 Tools Now Used for Range of Planning Horizons, Manufacturing Insights Says; the Difference between Making it or Not in this Recession? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-24-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-24-2.php Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:25:59 -0500 Strategy Fits Somewhere Between Strategic Supplier Relationships and Joint Ventures, Vitasek Says; Being OK with Outsourcers Making Higher Margin http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-24-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-24-1.php Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:25:24 -0500 Maintaining a Competitive Receiving Operation is Key to Higher Productivity and Customer Service Levels http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-10-13.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-10-13.php Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:24:22 -0500 Jump in September Good News After Utilization Drops to 26-Year Low; Recession Impact Varies Widely by Manufacturing Sector http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-19-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-19-1.php Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:23:28 -0500 You know the names: Gartner, AMR, Forrester, etc. But what do they really do, and how to best take advantage? We take a look. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-11-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-11-19.php Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:22:51 -0500 Distribution Planning and Operations Managers Are Putting Together Their 2010 Wish List and Checking It Twice http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-11-19.phphttp://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-11-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-11-19.phphttp://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-11-19.php Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:22:17 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Internet Putting the Merry in Christmas, Best of Supply Chain Companies, Abercrombie Takes Inventory, China Extends Helping Hand to Africa http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-19-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-19-2.php Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:21:24 -0500 Apple May Put Reader in iPhone; ABI Research Does Not See Much Core Supply Chain Use for RFID; Rhode Island RFID Bill Vetoed Again, More News http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-18-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-18-3.php Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:20:49 -0500 Moving Beyond a Zero-Sum Game; What is in it for We, Not Me http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-18-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-18-2.php Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:20:14 -0500 After Steep, Recession-Led Declines, Shippers Can Expect Flat to Slightly Increasing Rates in 2010, Say Baird Analysts http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-18-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-18-1.php Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:42 -0500 Take the Seven-Second Global Supply Chain Vision Test http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-11-18.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-11-18.php Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:18:40 -0500 More than 1000 Invited to Join "Supplier Alliance Program" - will Other Retailers also Jump In? Can this Approach Make Sense Outside of Retail? http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-17-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-17-2.php Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:18:07 -0500 More DC and Plant Warehouse Labor Involved in Errors and Poor Data than Most Companies Realize; the End of Cycle Counts? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-17-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-17-1.php Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:17:18 -0500 Measuring Operations and Costs is Key to Rediscover the Warehouse as a Profit Source http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-11-15.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-11-15.php Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:16:21 -0500 Consistently, companies that start a new supply chain initiative find they have supply chain processes that badly need revamping. But why does it always seem to take companies so long to figure that out? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-11-13.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-11-13.php Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:15:43 -0500 Even in Recession - Corporate R&D Stays Strong; Focus on New Products and Markets; New Supply Chain Sub-Discipline? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-13-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-13-2.php Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:15:13 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Tricks of the Trade, On Second Thought, Christmas Ship Coming In for FedEx, Farr and Away http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-13-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-13-1.php Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:14:33 -0500 Can Adopting Non-Automated Strategies Produce Efficiencies On Par With Automated Solutions? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-11-12.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-11-12.php Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:13:35 -0500 Supply Chain Planning and Execution will Increasingly Begin to Blur http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-11-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-11-4.php Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:12:58 -0500 Companies Need Rapid Response Capability to Enable Continuous Alignment of Demand and Supply http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-11-11.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-11-11.php Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:12:17 -0500 Yes, says Michael Barone, as Labor Leaders Now Push for Laws at the State Level; Test Case in Oregon? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-11-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-11-1.php Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:11:46 -0500 Most Think Strong Protectionism Unlikely, but Cost for Some Importers Going Up; "Skepticism about Trade" Here, US Official Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-11-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-11-2.php Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:11:05 -0500 C-5 Series Designed with Operator Needs and Maintenance Costs in Mind, Company Says http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-09-1.php Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:10:27 -0500 SCDigest Materials Handling Editor Cliff Holste visits the headquarters of Crown Equipment Corp. for a video of review of the company's new C-5 fork truck http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/09-11-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/NEWSVIEWS/09-11-10-1.php Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:09:50 -0500 First Deal Soured in Credit Woes of 2008; Looks to be a Done Deal this Time http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-05-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-05-3.php Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:09:12 -0500 We are familar with inventory turns, inventory carrying costs - but the most powerful impact of reducing inventory levels is on free cash flow generation - and ultimately a direct tie to shareholder value. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-11-05.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-11-05.php Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:08:31 -0500 Company to Consolidate Production Facilities; Deal Synergies Emerging http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-11-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-11-05-1.php Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:07:51 -0500 How Optimal Factory Planning and Scheduling Sits in the Planning Hierarchy http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-05-1.php Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:07:07 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Buffet Takes the Transport Bull by the Horns, Sealy of a Single Mind on Lean, Defective Drywall Meeting of the Minds, Help Wanted All Over Georgia http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-05-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-11-05-2.php Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:06:33 -0500 Annual Contest from Georgia Tech Challenges Parcel Carriers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-04-1.php Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:05:48 -0500 Logistics Managers Need Assurance that Case Picking Automation Can Deliver Both High Productivity and Operational Flexibility http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-11-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Holste_09-11-4.php Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:05:09 -0500 Good Manufacturing News Across the Globe; Sealy Finds Lean Success; Toyota's Green Factory, More http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-04-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/09-11-04-4.php Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:04:34 -0500 Supply Chain Cost Reduction of 80%? "Radical Change" is Needed http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-04-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-04-3.php Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:03:44 -0500 Many Companies have Embraced SRM, but Not All Achieve Potential Benefits; Six Practices from SRM Leaders http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-04-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-04-2.php Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:02:59 -0500 Companies Use Many Different Measures - A Combination is the Right Approach, Experts Say; Financial Versus Operational Accuracy http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-11-03-1.php Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:56:40 -0500 Between the proposed Card Check law, huge differences in pay rates among blue collar workers, and the impact on automation and outsourcing levels, the unionization question looms large over the US supply chain. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-03-26.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-03-26.php Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:02:23 -0400 Traditional Supply Chain Technology Tools do not well Support Effective Response to Problems and Delays; True Real-Time Visibility is Required http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/09-02-23-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/09-02-23-1.php Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:01:50 -0400 Stand Alone Scheduler Should Deliver Labor Cost Reduction over Manual Methods; Better the Input, Better the Results http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-03-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-03-25-1.php Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:01:22 -0400 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Cards on the Table at FedEx; Integrated SC Planning & Execution Disconnect; EPA Reporting - Full of Gas; China Targets Hot Commodity http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-26-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-26-1.php Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:00:44 -0400 New Report from Stanford Details the Facts; US Actually Produces Vast Majority of its Own Energy -- but not for Transportation http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-25-1.php Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:00:11 -0400 TSA Says there will be Delays in Ocean Screening Program; Others say Even Air Cargo Screening Deadline will be Tough to Meet http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-24-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-24-3.php Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:59:38 -0400 New DASH7 Alliances Formed to Drive Interoperability; DoD, Dow Chemical, Michelin, Aerospace and Defense Companies on Board http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-24-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-24-2.php Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:59:04 -0400 When You get Lean Enough, Everyone is Still Needed; Cutting Back Hours, Rather than Jobs http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-24-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-24-1.php Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:58:29 -0400 Wind Power Sounds Great in the Abstract, but have You ever Actually Seen It in Action? More Industrial than most Realize http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-24.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-24.php Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:57:57 -0400 While the Current Down Economy is a Factor, Even in Good Times there may be too Many Vendors for the US Market; Is European Quality Better? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-03-24.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-03-24.php Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:57:15 -0400 Remembering that it wasn't Long Ago that $70 per Barrel Seemed Ridiculously High; One Pundit Correctly Predicted the Collapse Based on History, but How Long will it Last this Time? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-23-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-23-2.php Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:56:41 -0400 More Intelligent Real-Time Control, Integration with Picking Systems Can Increase Productivity and Throughput in Many DCs; Pick Module "Zone Skipping" http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-23-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-23-1.php Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:56:02 -0400 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Still Waters Cut Deep; 90 Day Supplier Mire; Great Value - Wal-Marts Private Ace in the Hole?; Mexican Tariff Payback http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-19-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-19-2.php Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:55:21 -0400 Even as Metrics become Increasingly Important, Few Companies Really Take a Comprehensive Approach http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-19-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-19-1.php Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:49:29 -0400 Barriers Finally Falling in Last Area of Distribution to Have Automated Solutions New SCDigest Report Coming Soon http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-03-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-03-19.php Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:48:15 -0400 Should Retailers Charge Suppliers Based on Fill Rate Performance? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Schneider_09-03-18.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Schneider_09-03-18.php Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:26:17 -0400 Dr Ed Marien Offers the Eight R's of Customer Service http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-17-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-17-2.php Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:25:28 -0400 Mexico Announces Tariffs on US Imports after Congress Fails to Extend Cross Border Trucking Program http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-17-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-17-4.php Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:24:35 -0400 What if 30% of Your Suppliers went under in 90 Days? Advance Sense and Respond Systems are Key http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-17-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-17-3.php Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:24:04 -0400 The Onslaught of Advice on What to Do Right Now is Starting to Get Old http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-17.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-17.php Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:22:46 -0400 Annual Aon Political Risk Map Shows its Dicey Time for Supply Chain Operations Right Now; Political Instability, Unrest Could Cause some Countries to Become Much More Risky Overnight http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-17-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-17-1.php Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:10:55 -0400 Amid Inevitable Trend Towards Consolidation in a Down Market, One Major Merger is Imminent; Too Many Conveyor Manufacturers for Even a Healthy Market? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-16-1.php Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:10:24 -0400 The Perfect Order metric has been around for many years, but is still gaining momentum. The real question is: just how Perfect do you really want to be? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-03-12.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-03-12.php Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:21:51 -0400 On-Demand Supply Chain Solutions Change the Financial Dynamics, and May Help Improve Cash Flow Right Away http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Norek_09-03-11.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Norek_09-03-11.php Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:04:19 -0400 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Predictions by Pickens; It-s No Secret - Money Talks; Baltic Dry Index on the Rise; Coke in China - The Real Thing http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-11-1.php?cid=2325 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-11-1.php?cid=2325 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:03:36 -0400 Achieving a Synchronized View of Demand, Improving Supply Chain Visibility Top the List http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-11-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-11-2.php Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:03:03 -0400 Wal-Mart Stock Downgraded as a Result of Unionization Threat; Even Some Democrats Say Now is Not the Time; Targeting High-Tech Manufacturers? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-10-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-10-3.php Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:02:02 -0400 Union or Management? Smart Acquisitions or Big Mistakes? We Get All Sides http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-10-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-10-4.php Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:01:11 -0400 Drug Store Chain Adds New Promotional Display Tracking System to Previous DC Enablement; Eight-Year Testing Effort Finally Pays Off http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-10-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-10-2.php Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:46:33 -0400 Supplier Response was Low but Growing; Not much Useful Data; Sending a Message to Suppliers? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-10-1.php Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:45:56 -0400 Tracking Space Utilization against Productivity is a Critical DC Metric http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-09-1.php Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:45:09 -0400 Running Lean is One Thing in these Times, but Increased Stock Outs have to be Causing Lost Sales and Profits http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-9.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-9.php Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:44:29 -0400 How do I go about figuring a pick up allowance per cwt for my customer? More specifically, if we typically deliver to a customer and then they want to pick up, they are asking for a pick up allowance. In the past here it has been figured per hundred weight, as we have bracket pricing for the baking powder that is ordered. I just am not getting it. Typically, I have been told to take the weight of the shipment x .100 then divide that by the cost to ship the load. http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-03-05.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-03-05.php Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:48:43 -0500 New report from Chief Supply Chain Officer Insights includes survey results from over 300 companies and presents a new vision of integrated supply chain planning and execution. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-03-05.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-03-05.php Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:48:11 -0500 There is No Exact Formula, but there is a Process http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-03-05.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-03-05.php Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:47:39 -0500 The Key Right Now is Being Different, Preparing for Interviews http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-5.php Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:46:59 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Ocean Carrier SOS; A-heap of Cheap; Wanted: Logistics Managers; Driver Shortage? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-04-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-04-3.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:46:23 -0500 Late 1990s Six Major North American wireless/Radio Frequency Providers for Manufacturing and Logistics http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-03-04-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-03-04-2.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:45:54 -0500 Cycle Counting: You Can Count on It http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Vitasek_09-03-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Vitasek_09-03-4.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:45:20 -0500 Alignment, Continuous Improvement, Cost Reduction Top the List; Executives Think They are Performing Very Well in Most Categories http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-03-04-1.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:44:52 -0500 Achieving Performance Excellence Methodology Can Help Generate Supply Chain Insight http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Drake_09-03-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Drake_09-03-2.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:45:45 -0500 Not Going to Happen, but Can Carriers Achieve Price Increases Coming Anyway? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/on_Target/09-03-03-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/on_Target/09-03-03-3.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:45:03 -0500 Hungry 3PLs may Sign Low-Ball Deals to Get the Work; IBM Sells its Logistics Operations to New Lead Logistics Provider http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-03-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-03-2.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:44:14 -0500 Beware the Low Price that Brings Significant Risk along with It http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-03-1.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:43:39 -0500 RFID Timeline Research also showed some Where Hype Failed to Meet Reality http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-3-2.php Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:38:42 -0500 For Now, Carriers and Private Fleets have the Advantage, as Surge in Applicants Changes the Balance; Con-Way Dramatically Pairs Back Recruitment Spend http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-02-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-02-2.php Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:37:14 -0500 Instrumented, Interconnected, and Intelligent http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-03-02-1.php Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:36:37 -0500 There have been many predictions about "the supply chain of the future." We think you can actually find a glimpse of it with XBox Live. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-02-26.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-02-26.php Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:53:01 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: No Reward, No Collaboration; Teamsters Take One for the Team; Wal-Mart Driving Fewer Miles; New Nike DC in China Off and Running http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-25-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-25-2.php Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:52:28 -0500 In this Capital Deprived Economy, Now may be Time to Take Advantage of the Material Handling Expertise Often Offered for Free by MHA Providers, Something of a True Free Lunch http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-02-25.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-02-25.php Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:51:55 -0500 The Rise of the Chief Supply Chain Officer; Benefits are Great, but Decisions around Integration are Complex http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-25-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-25-3.php Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:51:18 -0500 We Track Key Milestones and Events from June 2003 to Last Week http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-25-1.php Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:50:30 -0500 Decision makers in the supply chain need a measurable context for establishing courses of action and assessing success. http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2285 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2285 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:49:54 -0500 The electronic version of the 16-page Supply Chain Digest Letter on Supply Chain Performance Management 2009 http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2279 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2279 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:49:16 -0500 Excellent classic white paper from Dr. Hau Lee at Stanford on supply chain performance management. http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2281 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2281 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:48:41 -0500 Supply Chain Megatrends Series - Executive Brief on the Integrated Supply Chain Organization Megatrend. Watch our companion Video and download others Megatrend Executive Briefs at www.scdigest.com/Supply_Chain_Megatrends.php http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=2290 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=2290 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:48:10 -0500 Supply Chain Digest editor Dan Gilmore discusses supply chain strategy and network design issues in an environment characterized by rising and volatile transportation costs with two of the industry's leading experts. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/06-03-02.cfm feedback@scdigest.com Business 5FFAE361-1EB9-4CEC-BAB1-FF0592813801 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:01:25 -0500 Union Concessions, Terminal Sales/Leasebacks Provide Some Breathing Room; Cash Flow Needs to Improve Quickly to Satisfy the Debt Holders http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-24-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-24-3.php Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:39:15 -0500 New Study from IBM Says Its Cost Containment, Supply Chain Visibility, Risk Management, Customer Demands, and Globalization http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-24-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-24-2.php Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:38:33 -0500 Companies Need to Take an Expansive View of Opportunities, Benjamin Friedman of IDC Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-24-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-24-1.php Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:38:06 -0500 New Hyster Lift Truck Asset Management Guide Provides a List of Basic and Advanced Strategies http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-02-24-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-02-24-1.php Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:37:16 -0500 Resource Center Offers E-Version of Supply Chain Digest Letter on Lean Manufacturing, White Papers, Feature Articles and More http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-23-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-23-1.php Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:36:35 -0500 From Initial Announcement in June 2003 to Procter and Gamble Pull Out of Display Tagging Last Week, We Review Key Announcements and Event http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-23-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-23-1.php Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:35:58 -0500 Think the Vendor Installs Its Own Equipment? Think Again http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-23.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-23.php Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:35:19 -0500 What supply chain and logistics products introduced in 2008 caught our eye? Look here for the Best of 2008 http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-02-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-02-19.php Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:18:13 -0500 Prices Off by 40% or more in some Markets; Getting Relief even in Mid-Lease? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-23-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-23-2.php Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:17:19 -0500 If you Can Only Have One Distribution Center, where Do Put it to Minimize Total Lead Times to Customers (Based on U.S Population Spread)? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-02-20-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-02-20-1.php Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:16:44 -0500 What are the Pros and Cons of Vending Machine Use when Managing MRO Items, and Where Might I Find Additional Information on this Subject? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-02-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-02-19.php Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:57:40 -0500 After 30 Years With Various Vendors, I see Lots of Opportunities to Help Companies Improve Distribution Systems and Results http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-02-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-02-19.php Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:57:08 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Empty Trucks Make Loads of Noise; Stimulus Spending Spree Grows a Logistics Money Tree; Daniela the Sea Monster; P&G Bags the Tags http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-19-1.php?cid=2253 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-19-1.php?cid=2253 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:56:09 -0500 Multi-Channel World Means Retail Supply Chains Must Rapidly Evolve to Optimize Inventories and Support Complex Logistics Flows http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-02-18-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Guest_09-02-18-1.php Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:05:09 -0500 Out of Stocks - and Suppliers - Short Circuited Circuit City http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Schneider_09-02-18.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Schneider_09-02-18.php Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:03:56 -0500 New Web Portal Offers Low Cost Way to Look for Load Linking Opportunities for Consumer Goods Manufacturers and Retailers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-16-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-16-2.php Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:03:07 -0500 Ocean Carriers Placed Orders Years Ago as Trade Volumes Soared; Capacity will put Continued Downward Pressure on Rates http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-17-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-17-3.php Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:01:49 -0500 EPC Success Requires "Deep Levels of Collaboration," P&G Says; Co-Packers Sending Back the Gear http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-17-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-17-2.php Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:47:55 -0500 Simple Matrix helps Identify Suppliers Needing Support - and those You should Prepare to Ditch http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-17-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-17-1.php Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:47:08 -0500 My company has an extended supply chain with all suppliers and factories located in Asia. Visibility is clearly a challenge. Could you suggest a few approaches to improve visibility? Currently a flood of excel spreadsheets are the primary tools. Web portals comes to mind. http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-02-13.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-02-13.php Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:46:33 -0500 It is a tough year for making predictions, and just saying things will be challenging does not add much value. Undaunted, our supply chain and logistics gurus are back with their predictions for 2009. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-02-12.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-02-12.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:19:28 -0500 Multishuttle is an Interesting Option for Direct Materials, MRO, and Piece Picking Applications http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-02-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-02-16-1.php Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:18:31 -0500 Companies, not the "Auditors," should take Control; Clearly Define the Deliverables http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-16-1.php Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:17:55 -0500 Reader Questions Have Us Wondering; Is it Culture, or Organizational Structure that is the Barrier to Effective Communication and Sharing? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-13.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-13.php Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:17:24 -0500 Is it the Tools and Processes or People that Make Lean Work http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Piotrowski_09-1-30.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Piotrowski_09-1-30.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:51:19 -0500 Connectivity Across the Enterprise and Extended Value Chain is Critical Foundation for Lean http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Winger_09-1-30.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Winger_09-1-30.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:50:28 -0500 Industry Thought Leaders Share their Views with SCDigest http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-02-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-02-12-1.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:49:34 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: The Bigger they Come, The Harder they Fall; Plunging Chinese Exports, Slim-Fast Needed at Unilever; Truckload Carriers and the Real Deal http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-12-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-12-2.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:48:47 -0500 Sustainability/Green Supply Chain may Increasingly by Folded Under Larger Responsibility Umbrella; Kelloggs has Goal of 15-20% Reduction in Carbon Emissions, Energy, Water Us http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-12-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-12-3.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:47:23 -0500 System from M/A-COM Technology Solutions Uses Sensors to Identify when It is Time to Read a Pallet Tag, Reducing Potential Errors http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-02-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/09-02-12-1.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:46:45 -0500 CPG Companies Seek to Fatten Margins as Costs Drop, While Grocery Chains Gird for Price Wars http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-11-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-11-1.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:46:01 -0500 Looking Good is One Thing, Communicating Information is Something Else http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-10.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-10.php Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:45:23 -0500 If 75% of users Expect Payback within Two Years, Can ROI Really be a Barrier to Adoption http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-10-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-10-3.php Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:44:37 -0500 From Lean to Theory of Constraints, Here is a Quick Overview http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-10-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-10-2.php Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:43:41 -0500 Getting more Granular and Urgent are Key, our Experts Say; Judgment has never been more Important http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-10-1.php Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:42:59 -0500 Many Different Types and Providers, from Free to $25K; Making Team a True Part of the Process is Key to Acceptance and Success http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-09-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-09-2.php Mon, 9 Feb 2009 21:42:27 -0500 A Variety of Opinions from SCDigest Readers; Is the Issue Scope or Effort Required? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-09-1.php Mon, 9 Feb 2009 21:41:30 -0500 Lean Manufacturing has provided dramatic help to thousands of companies, yet some say the full promise is often not reached. The role of technology is also up for debate. Is it time for Lean 2.0? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-02-05.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-02-05.php Thu, 5 Feb 2009 21:40:41 -0500 American Logistics Aid Network Seeks to Connect Need to Capabilities and Interest when Emergencies Arise; On-Going Call for Professionals to Join the Network http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-05-1.php Thu, 5 Feb 2009 21:40:03 -0500 Creativity and Discipline are Needed, and that is Rarely Found in One Person; True Cost of Poor Integrations can Last for Years http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_09-02-05.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_09-02-05.php Thu, 5 Feb 2009 21:39:07 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Chinas GDP Tortured Statistics?; 3PL "Strategic" Relationship Disconnect; Fair and Square Oil Prices; RFID-Based Technology Growth Projection - Take Two http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-04-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-04-3.php Thu, 5 Feb 2009 21:38:19 -0500 I am Confused on Terms for Supply Chain Software. Is there any Real Difference between "Hosted," "On-Demand," and/or "Software as a Service?" Why So Many Terms? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-02-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-02-04.php Thu, 5 Feb 2009 21:37:35 -0500 Developed Economies are Responsible for Vast Majority of Global Total, but Level of China/India Growth is Dramatic http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-05-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-05-2.php Thu, 5 Feb 2009 21:36:05 -0500 Researchers Working on Robots called "Snakebots" to Attend Wounded Soldiers on the Battlefield http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-4.php Thu, 5 Feb 2009 21:35:17 -0500 Employee-Centric Approach is Laudable, but Can it Lead to Even Bigger Issues Down the Road? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-02-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-02-4.php Wed, 4 Feb 2009 21:27:19 -0500 Company Makes Broyhill, Lane, Thomasville, and other Leading Brands; CEO says Supply Chain Capabilities are Key to its Success http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-04-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-02-04-2.php Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:54:28 -0500 Transportation Managers Save the Day for a Problem Somewhere Else http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-2-3.php Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:54:00 -0500 From Looking at the Supply Chain from the Shelf Back to Going Green, these Trends are Animating the Supply Chains of Consumer Goods Companies and Retailers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-03-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-03-2.php Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:53:36 -0500 ToolsGroup CEO Joe Shamir Discusses Benefits of New Service Optimizer 99+ Solution for Supply Chain Planning and Inventory Optimization http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-02-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-02-03-1.php Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:53:09 -0500 Step One - Actually Track It, Says Greg Aimi of AMR; Root Cause Analysis is Key Next Step, Even if Logistics Organization Rarely is the Bad Guy http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-03-1.php Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:52:44 -0500 Violence, Fear, Gangs Exploding Still more in Border Towns, as One Report Warns of Possible Government Collapse; Conditions Much better Further Inland; US to Take more Direct Role in Providing Help http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-02-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-02-2.php Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:52:18 -0500 Amid Wildcat Strikes Across Europe, Labor is on the Move; Will Aggressive Union Actions Migrate to US? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-02-02-1.php Sun, 1 Feb 2009 11:51:54 -0500 Excellent white paper with ideas to increase cash flow and decrease working capital needs through supply chain management improvements http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2225 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2225 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:51:18 -0500 Excellent overview on Using Lean Manufacturing Principles & Techniques http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2221 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2221 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:50:26 -0500 Often Yes in Distribution, not as Clear in Other Areas; Still, Supply Chain Opportunities are Great http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-31.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-31.php Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:50:02 -0500 Best practices in Lean Manufacturing and Lean Supply Chains http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2219 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2219 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:49:30 -0500 How principles of lean manufacturing transfer benefits to Operations. Excellent White Paper by Ventana Research http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2218 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2218 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:48:57 -0500 Lean as a holistic approach requires discipline and attention to each layer of the lean philosophy, including the value stream, business improvement and an applied business strategy. http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2217 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2217 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:48:27 -0500 From robots to nanotechnology and yes even RFID, a new wave of technology is brewing that will create winners and losers and potentially radically change our supply chains http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-01-29.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-01-29.php Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:47:58 -0500 Chief Procurement Officers Say Supplier Risk, Supplier Collabotation to Reduce Costs, Commodity Price Management Top the List http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-29-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-29-1.php Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:47:26 -0500 What Did the Uniform Code Council, EAN International (Now Combined to be GS1), Procter & Gamble and Gillette (Later Acquired by P&G) do in 1999 that as had a Big Impact on the Supply Chain Industry? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-29-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-29-3.php Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:47:00 -0500 Project Managers often have Responsibility without Authority; What should a Buyer do to get the Best Project Results? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-01-29.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-01-29.php Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:46:33 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Visit Quantity Equals Supplier Quality; 5-Cent Tag is no Plug Nickel; Crying All the Way to the Jobs Bank; Gross Margin Percent Blowing Along at Kimberly-Clark http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-29-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-29-2.php Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:46:03 -0500 Market Dynamics such as E-Commerce, Rising Freight Bills Make Cartonization Capabilities More Important than Ever http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Tedford_09-01-29.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Tedford_09-01-29.php Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:45:34 -0500 To Reduce Distribution Costs, We are Evaluating Whether We can Reduce the Number of Sort Lanes We Use? How Should We Think About This? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-01-29.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/09-01-29.php Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:45:08 -0500 Introducing New Column on SCDigest; the Opportunities are There; too much Focus on the Largest Enterprises? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Norek_09-01-30.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Norek_09-01-30.php Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:44:43 -0500 The 5 lean principles of value definition and specification, value stream mapping, uninterrupted flow, customer pull and the pursuit of perfection are well supported by ERP http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2220 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2220 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:44:12 -0500 Federal Bailout Required an End; UAW Agrees with Move; After GM, Chrysler, Will Ford Insist on Parity? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-28-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-28-1.php Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:42:48 -0500 Lots of Ideas from Deloitte, Chicago Consulting, Ariba and More http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-5.php Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:42:21 -0500 Obama Administration to Review California's Request to Set own Vehicle Emission Standards http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-4.php Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:41:49 -0500 Chinese Company Now Offers Inlays in US for 5.8 Cents; Will it Have an Impact on Adoption? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-2.php Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:41:16 -0500 Price Cuts from Suppliers Seem Well Justified after Years of Steady Cost Increases http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-3.php Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:40:44 -0500 Amazing how Recession often Forces Everyone Back to Basics http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-27.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-27.php Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:40:07 -0500 No Inherent Reason for Implementations to be Dramatically Simpler, as Most of Work is Still the Same; Consultants Generally Run the Other Way http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-27-1.php Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:39:30 -0500 The Supply Chain Software Company Now Known as RedPrairie Changed to That from What Old Name in 2002? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-22-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-22-3.php Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:38:59 -0500 Vendors and consultants are offering ideas for managing the supply chain in tough times by the dozen. We take a look at some of our favorite recommendations from a variety of sources. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-01-22.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-01-22.php Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:38:29 -0500 Need to Meet More Precise Materials Handling and Performance Goals Means Getting the Exact Building You Want is Increasingly Important http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-01-22.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-01-22.php Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:38:02 -0500 McKinsey Presents four Scenarios, from Modest Recession to Multi-Year Decline; Which will Prevail ? Take Your Pick http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-22-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-22-2.php Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:37:33 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: The Cost of Doing Business; Reduced Fees are Sure to Please; Beware of Falling Rock; Mind the Gap http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-22-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-22-1.php Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:37:00 -0500 Approach is Hard to Make Work, but May be Only Way to Get Project Approvals for Now http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-21.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-21.php Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:36:35 -0500 Debate Continues in US; Is It for Trucking Only, or the Consumer Too? Meanwhile, Thais, Other Nations, Make Progress http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-20-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-20-5.php Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:36:07 -0500 The Answer is Yes - and it is an Alternative that Provides Carton Control with Less Energy Usage http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-20-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-20-4.php Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:35:37 -0500 It is Worse than the Retail Industry Thinks, According to New Study from IHL Group; New Fodder for RFID? Beyond Just Consumer Packaged Goods http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-20-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-20-3.php Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:35:08 -0500 New Laws Gave Many Workers More Rights than in US, but could be Accelerating the Pace of Factory Closures http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-20-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-20-2.php Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:34:43 -0500 The Specs are Important, but so is What is New and Where the ROI comes from http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-19.php Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:33:37 -0500 Sam's Club Drops Compliance Fines for Lack of Pallet Tagging to Just 12 Cents; Did it Reach Its Own Tipping Point? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-21-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-21-1.php Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:33:06 -0500 Tapping into a great source of innovative ideas -- your own employees http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Drake_09-01-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Drake_09-01-19.php Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:32:37 -0500 Understanding the Role of Accumulation in Automated Distribution Center Performance http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-01-16.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-01-16.php Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:32:08 -0500 What were the top themes and new products from this year’s ProMat materials handling and logistics software show in Chicago? Our Gilmore and Holste offer expert commentary. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-01-16.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-01-16.php Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:31:03 -0500 Demand Variability is Increasing for Most Companies, with Impact on Inventory Levels and Customer Service http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-16-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-16-2.php Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:30:05 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: China in the Top 3; Saudis Attempt Mid-Game Adjustment; Multiplying SKUs Equals Additional Complexity; Good Showing for ProMat Show http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-16-1.php Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:29:33 -0500 What Did the "AMR" in Today's "AMR Research," a Leading Supply Chain Research and Analysis Firm, Originally Stand For? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-15-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-15-1.php Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:29:04 -0500 New AIM Research Brief Says Past Year saw Many Significant Developments http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-15-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-15-4.php Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:28:35 -0500 The Technology is Still Emerging, but Further Along than Many People Realize; Invisalign Uses DDM to Transform the Dental Supplies Market http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-15-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-15-3.php Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:28:05 -0500 Better Suite Integration, SOA, Support for Manufacturing Logistics Among the Developments http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-15-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-15-2.php Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:27:35 -0500 McKinsey Surveys Finds Ad Hoc Processes, Parochial Input, among Factors that Lead to Decisions that Do Not Pan Out http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-15-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-15-1.php Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:27:03 -0500 Gilmore and Holste from the Show Floor in Chicago; Key Themes Emerge, Including MDR Technology for Conveyors, Robots, and Automated Case Picking; Show Attendance is Strong http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-14-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-14-1.php Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:26:34 -0500 Gilmore and Holste from the Show Floor in Chicago; Day 1 Review Focuses on What is New from the Largest Material Handling Vendors in the Industry http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-13-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-13-1.php Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:26:06 -0500 There are Several Ways to Reduce and/or Eliminate the Inefficiencies Between Waves and Improve Overall Throughput http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Tedford_09-01-08.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Tedford_09-01-08.php Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:25:36 -0500 Idea to Help China Steel Makers Proves Impractical http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-09-1.php Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:25:07 -0500 What were the top supply chain and logistics stories of 2008? SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore shares his look at a tumultuous year. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-01-08.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/09-01-08.php Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:24:36 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Dell and the Emissions Omission; Risk Taker - Stock Breaker, Office Depot Shutters DCs; Supply Chain Technology Growth http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-08-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-08-3.php Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:24:05 -0500 In these Challenging times, Flow Charting can help Supply Chain Professionals Clarify what Actually Happens or needs to Happen in the DC to Optimize Material Flow http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-01-08.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_09-01-08.php Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:22:44 -0500 Rail Shipper Lobbying Group Says Premiums Can Exceed 100%; Only the Carriers Hairdressers Know for Sure http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-08-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/09-01-08-1.php Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:22:16 -0500 What Were the Top Five Countries in the World Bank 2007 Report on Logistics Competitiveness? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-08-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/09-01-08-2.php Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:21:44 -0500 Not Really, Says Gene Tyndall, but Now is a Good Time to Relook at Supply Chain Strategies and Networks http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-07-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-07-4.php Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:21:15 -0500 RFID Trajectory Continues to Mirror that of Bar Coding Before It http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-07-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-07-3.php Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:20:44 -0500 From Co-Buys to Reducing Payment Terms, Procurement Managers Need to Have Tool Sets in Place http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-07-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-07-2.php Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:20:17 -0500 Rates have Stayed High Even as Volumes Abate; Can De-Regulation Work for Effective Monopolies? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-07-1.php Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:19:05 -0500 Holistic Approach Certainly Improves Customer Satisfaction, but does it also Reduce the Total Cost of Returns? New Video Review of Apple System http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-06-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-06-2.php Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:18:36 -0500 Even as Hourly Costs Get in Line with Transplants, Work Rule Restrictions Add Huge Costs and Dramatically Reduce Flexibility, Former Industry Lawyer Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-06-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-06-1.php Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:18:04 -0500 Wal-Mart Continues Rankings Dominance, while Publix makes a Move http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-01-05-1.php Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:17:31 -0500 Bargains, Stingy Inventory Levels Ruled http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_09-1-5.php Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:17:00 -0500 Flat Areas of Total Supply Chain Cost Curves can Often Show Way to Optimal Cost-Risk Trade-Offs http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-19-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-19-3.php Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:16:24 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Fed-Ex Ships Out!; On-Line Holiday Sales Flatten, On-Line Retailers Rowing Out to Meet the Ship with Free Shipping; Peak Import Volume Bottoms Out http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-19-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-19-4.php Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:15:54 -0500 BrainTrust Panel Discussion Questions: How Bad was the Fall Season's Inventory Story for Retailers? Are Merchants in Danger of Discounting Themselves Out of Business this Holiday Season? Is there a Better Way to Deal with Excess Inventory Going into the Holiday Season? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-19-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-19-1.php Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:14:51 -0500 What did UPS Not Do this Fall for the First Time Since 1999? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-12-19-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-12-19-2.php Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:14:15 -0500 A More Open Approach to Modeling DC Operations Could Benefit All, Says One Academic; Too Slow, Expensive and Difficult for Many Now http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-17-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-17-4.php Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:13:45 -0500 Amidst Calls for Better Food Safety, Broader Use of Auto ID Technologies Can Provide the Answer http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-17-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-17-3.php Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:13:16 -0500 How Fast Things Change; Q3 Survey Done at Average Price of $75 per Barrel of Oil; What Will the Q4 Survey Results Show? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-17-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-17-2.php Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:12:46 -0500 Annual Cannondale Associates PowerRanking Survey for 2008 Names the Top 10 http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-17-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-17-1.php Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:12:15 -0500 Here it is again - our annual list of the best supply chain and logistics presentations for 2008. A reader favorite - who impressed SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore this year? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-12-11.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-12-11.php Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:10:51 -0500 As Retailers "Act Vertical," Logistics Strategies Must Move to Next Level; Lessons from Einstein? http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_KSA-Part1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_KSA-Part1.php Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:10:19 -0500 Workers with Special Needs Can Boost Productivity, Ease Your Tax Burden While Improving the Bottom Line http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-12-11.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-12-11.php Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:09:48 -0500 From Quick Response to RFID, Programs Keep Attacking the Same Basic Issues; Successes and Critics http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-11-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-11-3.php Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:09:18 -0500 In the Early/Mid-1990s, What were the Two Large Bar Code/Data Collection-Related Trade Shows that Enjoyed Several Years of Major Success before Quickly Fading, Merging, and then Quickly Disappearing Altogether by the Late 1990s? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-12-11-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-12-11-2.php Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:08:43 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Supply Chain Flexibility - Enough is as Good as a Feast; Where There is a Sea, There are Pirates - 24 hours a day; Foreign Oil Dependence Misconception?; Vanishing Global Apparel Suppliers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-11-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business 4FDD3349-DA14-4741-B398-D5EEB74983B3 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:08:08 -0500 BrainTrust Panel Discussion Question: What are the Merits of At-Once versus Futures Programs in the Soft Goods Industries? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-10-1.php Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:07:33 -0500 Reports Continue to Show Dramatic Drop in Active Suppliers in Developing Countries; How Permanent is the Damage to the Global Supply Base? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-10-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-10-3.php Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:06:56 -0500 DC Consolidation Becomes More Common; It Is Important to Understand the Different Options and Their Trade-Offs for Making WMS Modifications Now Required http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-10-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-10-2.php Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:06:23 -0500 Little Black Book for 2008 Offers Insight http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-10-1.php Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:05:50 -0500 The Lesson: Watch the Operations at a DC Being Shut Down Very Closely http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-12-10.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-12-10.php Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:05:15 -0500 2008 edition of the Black Book of Procurement Outsourcing from Scott Wilson and Doug Brown. This summary version is made available exclusively through Supply Chain Digest by special arrangement. http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2129 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2129 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:04:42 -0500 Cost Cutting is Much Different than Waste Removal, Lean Guru Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-09-1.php Tue, 9 Dec 2008 11:04:03 -0500 SCDigest Editor Offers Perspective on CSCMP Podcast; Is the "Cream" Largely Gone Now? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-09-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-09-2.php Tue, 9 Dec 2008 11:03:26 -0500 Supply Chain Visibility Tools and Technology to Build Logistics Hubs http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/08-12-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/08-12-04-1.php Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:02:51 -0500 Textile Giant Milliken & Co, and its then CEO Roger Milliken, Championed what Supply Chain Movement in the Late 1980s/Early 1990s? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-12-04-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-12-04-2.php Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:02:17 -0500 Classifying Objects and Managing Hierarchies is Tricky, It Turns Out http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-04-1.php Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:01:43 -0500 Need to Be Prepared and Active to Get Your Share of Capital Budget Pie http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-12-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-12-04.php Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:01:12 -0500 SCDigest Editor, Dan Gilmore, has done projects before and since, but nothing was quite like the year he spent at totes Isotoner putting in an automated distribution system in a new DC in Cincinnati 10 years ago. Lessons for today. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-12-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-12-04.php Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:00:32 -0500 From Cross Docking to DC Bypass, We Summarize Key Options; Support for Lean Logistics http://www.scdigest.com/slideshows/08-12-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/slideshows/08-12-04.php Thu, 4 Dec 2008 10:59:48 -0500 The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Oil Price Haggling - Do I Hear $75?; Teamsters Lose Green as they Team Up to Save Yellow; Tesco Defers - Why Pay Now That Which Can be Paid Later?; Global Expansion - Growing Like a Weed http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-12-03-1.php Thu, 4 Dec 2008 10:59:13 -0500 Outsourced Manufacturing, Like Globalization Efforts, Can Fail to Meet Expectations due to System Shortfalls, Experts Say; New Web-Based Solutions Emerging http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-03-1.php Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:58:21 -0500 A Recent Compliment Remembered Fondly and Sadly http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-12-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-12-3.php Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:57:44 -0500 Time to Get Busy, Says One Expert; Is the USPS a Real Player Now? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-03-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-03-2.php Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:57:05 -0500 Innovated Split Cases Picking Design Approach Has Stood Test of Time, Now Becomes Mainstream; Learn how the System Evolved Over Time, and Why http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-02-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-02-2.php Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:56:24 -0500 Cash is King Right Now, and China Has Lots of It; Even More Important Source of Growth for Multi-Nationals Now http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-02-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-02-3.php Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:55:14 -0500 Interim CASAGRAS Report Says More Vision Must Encompass other AIDC Technologies, Broader Computing Framework http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-12-02-1.php Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:54:22 -0500 Industry Leading Analyst Combined Smarts with Warmth http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-12-01-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-12-01-1.php Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:53:42 -0500 Consumers and Business Will Avoid Purchases that Seem Like Excesses for Many Years. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-12-1.php Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:52:00 -0500 Expect 2008 Growth to be 37%; What Provider Criteria are Considered Most Critical? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-26-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-26-1.php Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:44:53 -0500 The Goal is to Reduce Picking Costs and Product Touches; Difference Between Flow Through, Cross Dock, and Merge-in-Transit http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-25-1.php Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:42:53 -0500 I believe most of us should be thankful in this week of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US that our careers are in the supply chain. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-25.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-25.php Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:40:26 -0500 Automation Projects Have Longer Cycles and Horizons, Reducing Short-Term Impact of Slowdown http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/08-11-24-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/08-11-24-1.php Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:39:14 -0500 Expansion and Acquisitions in Heady Days Mean Additional Pressures in Transport Slump; How Much Capacity Will Leave the Market? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-24-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-24-2.php Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:38:15 -0500 This white paper explores best practices in global trade management and parcel shipping, both domestic and global., from Supply Chain Digest. A good read. http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2102 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2102 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:37:58 -0500 Not Surprisingly, Reducing Supply Chain Costs Topped the Gartner Survey Results; How will those SCM Priorities Change for 2009? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-20-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-20-2.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:37:26 -0500 How do you get the right balance of strategic and tactical supply chain initiatives? And do Important but Not Urgent initiatives usually get pushed to the back, then pushed again? A study from Gartner says Yes, in part. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-11-20.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-11-20.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:37:00 -0500 You Have to Dig a Little Deeper to Understand the Design Philosophy Behind the Areas that are Critical for You http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_08-11-20.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_08-11-20.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:36:33 -0500 Whether You are Planning a New Distribution Center or Upgrading an Existing One, Optimizing the Reserve Storage Capacity of Your Building as an Important Step in the Planning Process http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-11-20.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-11-20.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:36:00 -0500 Being Demand-Driven and Collaborative is Key; Using Scenario-Based Planning http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Bursa_08-10-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Bursa_08-10-19.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:35:24 -0500 Companies Embracing Advanced Solutions Can Rise Above Competitors, Grow Market Share, And Improve Satisfaction Levels by Integrating Intelligent Forecasting and Demand Data http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Usie_08-10-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Usie_08-10-19.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:34:29 -0500 This Week: US Stuck in the Middle of RCI; Product Defect 2012 Countdown to Zero; General Motors - "A Fifth" Wheel in US New Car Market Share; Energy Efficiency Improvement Aims at Too "Conservative" Target? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-19-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-19-1.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:33:56 -0500 Is There a Reimbursement Program for DHL Pre-paid Overnight Envelopes, given their pull-out from US market? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/08-11-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/08-11-19.php Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:33:31 -0500 Operational Improvements and Recession Fuel Bentonville Resurgence http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-19.php Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:33:00 -0500 Approach Relies on More Manual Effort, Says Holste, but Can Provide Good Payback Now and Set Table for Enhancements Later http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-4.php Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:32:30 -0500 Meeting with 1000 Suppliers in China; Reaction to Various Quality and Safety Issues over Last Few Years http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-5.php Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:32:04 -0500 Rapidly Rising Labor Costs in Mexico, China and South Korea Reduce Their Advantage; Other Countries are Lowering Manufacturing Tax Rates to Help Their Producers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-3.php Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:31:31 -0500 Cost Pressure Begets Supply Chain Innovation, Blasgen Says; Companies Need Greater Focus on Supply Chain and Logistics Talent Development http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-2.php Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:31:02 -0500 Solving the Asian Sourcing Tagging Issue is Key to RFID Growth; Metro Provided Supplier Tags in 2007 Pilot http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-18-1.php Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:30:30 -0500 Might as Well Ask a Magic Eight Ball Which Way Oil Prices Will Go http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-16.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-16.php Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:29:58 -0500 For DC Managers, Maximizing Picking and Storage Space is a High Priority, but Sometimes Opportunities are Overlooked Because they are not so Obvious http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-11-13.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-11-13.php Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:29:12 -0500 Should we take the Supermarket Approach, and Net Out the True Contractor Cost by the Ounce? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_08-11-13.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_08-11-13.php Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:28:31 -0500 The environment is both challenging and highly dynamic right now, perhaps like no other since the dawn of the supply chain management era. Does that make it a good time for supply chain transformation? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-11-13.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-11-13.php Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:28:02 -0500 This Week: Twos Company Comes at a Price; Closing up Shop in China; Labors Secret to Success - No More Secrets; A Return to Open Return Policies http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-13-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-13-1.php Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:27:25 -0500 Wireless and Networking Equipment See Big Drop in DIO, While Food and Drug Retailing Sees the Biggest Rise http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-13-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-13-2.php Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:26:49 -0500 Supply Chain Cost Structure Simply Unsustainable http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-12.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-12.php Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:26:22 -0500 Now is the Time for "MHE Extensibility," One Provider Says; Reducing Time, Cost and Risk for New Projects http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-11-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-11-3.php Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:25:52 -0500 Who Has Been Performing Well, and Where are the DIO Numbers Going Up? SCDigest Takes a Look http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-11-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-11-2.php Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:25:15 -0500 Trend of Late Seems to be that Execs Don't Believe Procurement is Up to the New Challenges; The Good News - Opportunities for Companies and Careers are Great http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-11-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-11-1.php Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:24:45 -0500 Airborne Acquisition and May Plan Seem Doomed from the Start http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-10.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-10.php Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:24:09 -0500 Could Safety Issues, Global Slow Down, New US Administration Flatten or Even Reverse Chinese Import Levels? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-10-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-10-2.php Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:23:38 -0500 Service to End in January, 2009; Pricing Power Boost to UPS and FedEx; Opportunity for Regional Carriers? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-10-1.php Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:23:09 -0500 Auto ID Labs Co-Founder has Heart in Right Place, but the Wal-Mart Story Just Is Not Right http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-07.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-07.php Fri, 7 Nov 2008 14:22:40 -0500 Besides DIO, What are the Other Two Components Used to Calculate Total Working Capital Levels? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-11-06-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-11-06-3.php Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:22:10 -0500 How was overall inventory performance in 2007? SCDigest looks at the results from the annual working capital report, and highlights the sectors that performed well and those that did not. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-11-06.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-11-06.php Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:21:39 -0500 Warehouse Control Systems have Matured Considerably in the past 5 Years both in terms of robustness, scope of functionality, and Powerful Management Tools http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Tedford_08-11-06.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Tedford_08-11-06.php Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:21:08 -0500 Small, Mid-Sized and Large Companies Think Differently About DC Automation http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-11-06.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-11-06.php Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:20:36 -0500 Lean Can Complement Optimization by Relaxing Constraints; Stealing Market Share through Flexibility http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Lengacher_08-11-06.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Lengacher_08-11-06.php Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:20:07 -0500 This Week: A Little Less Water with that Coke; Levi Tracks Imports Every Stitch of the Way; RFID Growth to Slow; Baltic Dry is not Very High http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-06-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-11-06-1.php Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:19:24 -0500 Honing Experience in Emerging Markets; Europeans Sue to Prevent Knock-Offs from Reaching Market http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-04-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-04-4.php Wed, 5 Nov 2008 14:17:46 -0500 Beware the $65 per Hour Resource that Takes 5 Times as Long http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_08-11-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_08-11-04.php Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:17:18 -0500 Headline Numbers without any Context Really Tells Us Very Little http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-04.php Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:16:40 -0500 Why are the Numbers So Different from Study to Study? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-04-1.php Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:16:13 -0500 Annual 3PL Study Has Integrated Logistics as Key Theme, Says Majority of Companies Prefer this Approach over Single Services; Avoiding Dependency http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-04-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-04-2.php Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:15:41 -0500 One Analysis says Yes, as Baltic Dry Index has Fallen by an Astounding 90% from its Peak http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-04-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-04-3.php Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:15:02 -0500 It is a Potential Pandoras Box, and No One Really Knows what the Impact Will Be http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-03.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-11-03.php Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:14:30 -0500 Industry Analyst Ed Wolfe Lists His Top 10; Re-Regulation for the Railroads? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-3-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-11-3-1.php Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:14:01 -0500 For good reasons, the consumer goods to retail supply chain is our most prominent, but it is also one full on conundrums. Read SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore's take on key issues and trends http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-30.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-30.php Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:13:31 -0500 The Default Choice of Steel Framing and Free-Standing Rack often Worth Analysis, HK Systems Says http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/08-10-30-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/08-10-30-1.php Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:13:02 -0500 Dimensionality More Important than Ever; Technology Can Help http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-10-30.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-10-30.php Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:12:33 -0500 This Week: The Fickle Finger of Compliance; Boeing Machinists Strike "Strikes" Hefty Blow to Bottom Line; Asian Outsourcing - Appreciating the Depreciation in Savings Over Time; Ocean Shipping Rates Challenge Shipbrokers to Break Even http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-30-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-30-1.php Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:11:57 -0500 Structure Plays Key Roles in Keeping the Benefits of Low Cost Country Sourcing, Consultant Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-30-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-30-2.php Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:11:20 -0500 CSCMP Distinguished Service Award Winner Sees Bright Future for the Supply Chain; Becoming a Learning Organization http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-29-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-29-2.php Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:10:47 -0500 Falling Prices May in Fact Sow Seeds for Even Higher Prices Later; Back to July Levels in Less than Two Years? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-29-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-29-1.php Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:09:39 -0500 One Company is on that Path after Large Quote for Customization; Can that be Right? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-29.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-29.php Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:09:07 -0500 Is Dissatisfaction with 3PL IT a Key Factor? Overall 3PL Satisfaction Levels Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-28-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-28-2.php Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:08:29 -0500 Lack of Clarity in Roles and Organizational Structure Whittles Away Initial Savings Over Time; Defining the Offshore Team http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/08-10-28-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/08-10-28-1.php Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:07:58 -0500 Tax Policies are Unfair to Asset-Heavy Businesses, He Says; Would have Bought More "Triple Sevens" http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-27-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-27-1.php Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:06:49 -0500 Sales of Gas Guzzles Looked to be Dead AmidSt Spike in Gas Prices; What is a Planner to Do? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-27.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-27.php Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:06:04 -0500 Right Choice Can Make or Break a Project or a Career; Make the Selection Wisely http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-10-23.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-10-23.php Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:05:27 -0500 Is New Legal Definition Good or Not So Good for 3PLs and Clients? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Managing_SCM_Performance_Vitasek_08-10-23.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Managing_SCM_Performance_Vitasek_08-10-23.php Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:04:53 -0500 Supply Chain Digest Editor Dan Gilmore offers 10 of the most thought-provoking quotes from presentations at the CSCMP 2008 conference. Agree or disagree, they will make you think. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-23.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-23.php Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:04:26 -0500 Cash Flow is King in Era of Tight Credit Markets; Rapid Inventory Rightsizing http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/08-10-23-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/08-10-23-1.php Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:03:55 -0500 IDC Segments Manufacturing Supply Chains into Four Types, with Corresponding Supply Chain Imperatives http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-23-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-23-2.php Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:03:17 -0500 This Week: United Stationers Reduces Slow-Moving Inventory with Manhattan Inventory Optimization Software; Toyota Uses Idle Time Wisely; Asia to US - Sinking Demand Reduces Ocean Vessel Shipping; Chinese Toy Manufacturers Out of Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-22-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-22-1.php Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:02:41 -0500 Report Says Bigger Companies Have Better Supply Chains; Is that Right? Is Technology Adoption the Difference? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-22.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-22.php Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:01:38 -0500 The Ultimate Goal - Single Interface for All Devices; Put Down an RF Terminal, Pick up a Voice Terminal http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-21-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-21-4.php Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:57:50 -0500 Whatever You Call It, Non-Traditional TMS Models Starting to Gain Traction http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-21-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-21-2.php Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:57:19 -0500 It Costs $35 Million per Month in US, but Company Sees Long-Term Benefits http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-21-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-21-3.php Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:56:47 -0500 IDC's Simon Ellis Says Companies Know They Should Look at Total Supply Chain Costs, but Many Don't http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-21-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-21-1.php Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:55:35 -0500 The Supply Chain Digest Letter on the Consumer Goods to Retail industry supply chain - complete 16-page pdf Version. Download now http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=2009 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=2009 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:55:07 -0500 Right Now, Every Day is Different; Act Accordingly http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-20.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-20.php Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:54:39 -0500 Battery-Free Sensors Potentially Open Up a Wide Range of New Applications, but will not be Commercially Available for at Least Two Years http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-20-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-20-1.php Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:54:10 -0500 Is Visibility Technology or a Culture? Differences in Green SCM Drivers in North America Versus the Rest of World http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-20-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-20-2.php Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:53:42 -0500 White paper from Logility on Keys to Improving Forecast Accuracy http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2010 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/contentaccess.php?cid=2010 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:53:11 -0500 Rotterdam, in The Netherlands. Rotterdam is still the largest port in Europe and was the largest in the world from 1962 to 2004, until it was overtaken by Singapore. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-17-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-17-1.php Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:49:19 -0500 Many Good Reasons for Implementing Supply Chain and ERP Technology: Make Sure You Have One of Them http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-17.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-17.php Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:48:23 -0500 Your article on task interleaving in a distribution center was excellent, but I have a follow up question. Which is mathematic algorithm that a WMS uses to do this optimization? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/08-10-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/08-10-16-1.php Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:47:48 -0500 The Central Question: Are Highly Sophisticated Automated DCs More Productive than Lower End Conventional Mechanized Operations? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-10-16.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-10-16.php Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:47:12 -0500 When it comes to supply chain transformation, after all is said and done, much more is usually said than done; here is a game plan for change. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-16.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-16.php Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:46:32 -0500 This Week: Ocean Shipping Rates Sinking, Financial Crisis "Meddles" with Copper Prices; John Deere Takes Control and Saves; Marks and Spencer Tags Top Spot in Tag Consumption http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-16-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-16-2.php Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:46:00 -0500 From Collaboration to Supply Chain Visibility, Manrodt and Holcomb offer a Framework for Assessment http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-16-1.php Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:45:25 -0500 Majority of Respondents to Annual Trends and Logistics and Transportation Believe They are above Average in Customer Service, and that Cannot Be http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-15.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-15.php Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:44:53 -0500 Reducing Costs are Key, but so is Improved Visibility; Getting the Buy-In from Manufacturing and Procurement http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-14-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-14-3.php Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:44:23 -0500 17th Annual Transportation and Logistics Study Finds Larger Firms Gaining Advantage; More Resources, More Planning http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-14-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-14-2.php Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:43:49 -0500 Lean Tools and Thinking Key to 19% Labor Cost Reduction; Rethinking Slotting Drivers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-14-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-14-1.php Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:43:17 -0500 $2800 to just $700? Regretting the Megaship Boom http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-13-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-13-2.php Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:42:42 -0500 "Cost Drivers have Changed," Says One Procurement Director, but New Contracts May Yet Reflect the Market Changes http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-13-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-13-1.php Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:42:09 -0500 What was a Noticeable Attribute of a CSCMP Session that Featured a Panel Discussion on Technology that was Made Up of Don Bowersox of Michigan State, Ralph Drayer (ex-Chief Logistics Officer at Procter & Gamble), Bill Copacino (Now CEO of Oco and Former Head of Supply Chain Practice at Accenture) and Joe Andraski of VICS and Formerly Nabisco? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-10-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-10-3.php Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:41:24 -0500 In Tumultuous Times, Agility - and Visibility - Are Essential http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-10.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-10.php Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:40:49 -0500 Did you attend CSCMP 20O8 in Denver? As always, SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore was there. He gives his overall conference review, plus summarize the takeaways from the best sessions he attended. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-10.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-10.php Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:40:22 -0500 Annual 3PL Study Finds More of the Same; Should 3PLs be Investing More? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-10-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-10-2.php Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:39:51 -0500 This Week, from the CSCMP 2008 Conference in Denver: Zeiss Optical Sees Big Savings from Lean Distribution, P&G Senses Big Opportuntities from Demand Sensing; HP Pipes Up about Value of Differentiated Supply Chain Pipes; Supercomputers now Super Cheap http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-10-1.php Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:39:16 -0500 As Country Locks in Natural Resources, Local Workers Treated Like Slave Labor, According to London Reporter http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-08-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-08-1.php Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:38:42 -0500 Energy Security also Needs to be more Explicitly Part of Total US Security Framework; Trucks Part of CAFE Standards? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-09-1.php Sun, 9 Nov 2008 13:38:00 -0500 Gilmore and Tyndall from the Conference Floor in Denver on Day 3 of the Show http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-09-1.php Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:37:26 -0500 More Inventory, Flexible Factories, among the Likely Moves, David Simchi-Levi Says; from Pull to Push? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-07-1.php Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:36:49 -0500 Dan Gilmore and Gene Tyndall from rhe CSCMP conference show floor in Denver. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-08-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-08-1.php Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:35:29 -0500 Gilmore and Tyndall from the Conference Floor in Denver http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-07-1.php Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:33:43 -0500 Large Pilot Shows Program Shows Strong ROI, Company Says; Getting Results Faster than Supply Chain Integration? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-06-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-06-2.php Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:33:06 -0500 Focus is on Pallets and Re-Usable Containers; Linking Shipping and Store Receipts http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-06-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-10-06-1.php Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:29:34 -0500 Our Cliff Hoste Offers an Interesting Idea http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-03.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-03.php Sat, 4 Oct 2008 12:33:12 -0400 As supply chain thinking matures, supply chain leaders increasingly are focusing on Supply Chain Alignment across several dimensions. We look at the SCM Alignment Megatrend, and offer insight into improving integration between the Supply Chain and the business. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-03.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-10-03.php Sat, 4 Oct 2008 12:32:12 -0400 No Company can do it All; Prioritizing Options and Opportunities http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-02-1.php Sat, 4 Oct 2008 12:31:17 -0400 Mostly Covers the Basics, but Principles are Worth Reminding; Assessment Tool is Useful http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/08-10-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/DIST_NEWS/08-10-02-1.php Sat, 4 Oct 2008 10:36:40 -0400 Can a Low-Cost Sorting System Work for Smaller DC Operations? Our Cliff Holste Says Yes http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-10-02.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-10-02.php Sat, 4 Oct 2008 10:35:54 -0400 Will Probably Look Good on Resume, but Plan Path Back to Main Supply Chain Track http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-02.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-10-02.php Sat, 4 Oct 2008 10:35:32 -0400 What Year was the Original Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) 9-Step Model First Officially Promoted by the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Committee (VICS) http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-02-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-10-02-3.php Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:34:11 -0400 This Week: Savings at Home Depot; Mile High Attendance for CSCMP Conference; HP Publishes Supplier Carbon Emissions Data for Suppliers; Cadbury Recalls Chocolate - You Never Know What You are Going to Get http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-02-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-10-02-2.php Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:33:21 -0400 One Inventory Turn Equals $1.5 billion in Cash Flow; 35 Years of John Deere Inventory at One Store http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-5.php Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:32:02 -0400 Using Multiple Approaches per Facility is Increasingly the Smart Choice; the Seven Variables; Paying more Attention to Replenishment http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-4.php Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:30:13 -0400 With Current Global Chaos and Risks, One Pundit Says It is Critical, but US Doesn't Have One; Keeping the Trucks Rolling http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-3.php Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:29:46 -0400 Intentions May be Good, but Suppliers Can Buy Access; the Exception to the Rules http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-2.php Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:28:50 -0400 Like it or Not, Sustainability will Increasingly Drive Manufacturing System Decisions; ARC's Greg Gorbach Outlines a Framework for Green Improvement http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-30-1.php Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:27:54 -0400 Company Surprises Market with Progress on Electric Car; Supplier Involvement was Critical, but can that Go too Far? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-09-29.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Gilmore_Daily_Jab_08-09-29.php Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:27:02 -0400 This is Where We are Headed, but Many Issues Will Need to Be Resolved http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Daily_Jab_Gilmore_08-09-26.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Daily_Jab_Gilmore_08-09-26.php Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:06:46 -0400 What Year was the First "Pick to Light" Paperless Picking System (Using Operator Displays) Implemented in Distribution? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-09-25-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-09-25-4.php Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:05:25 -0400 Will the crash of the US financial markets auger a return to a more 'product centered' economy? And what does that really mean. SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore shares reader comments and offers his thoughts. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-09-25.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-09-25.php Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:04:38 -0400 It is now 9:01, We Cannot Take Your Package Now http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Daily_Jab_Gilmore_08-09-25.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Daily_Jab_Gilmore_08-09-25.php Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:04:00 -0400 BrainTrust Panel Discussion Question: Is the Deal Between Penn Traffic and C&S Wholesale Grocers the Way of the Future for Regional Supermarket Chains? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-25-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-25-3.php Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:03:19 -0400 This Week: Anti-Globalization Movement Marches into Sweden; Steeling Against Slowing Global Demand; Sams Club Chargebacks; "10+2" Saving Grace Period http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-25-1.php Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:02:38 -0400 After Temporary Spike this Week, Oil Prices Well off 2008 Highs, but Still 20% Higher than Same Time in 2007 http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-25-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-25-2.php Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:01:47 -0400 Can Western Companies Craft the Supply Chains Needed to Compete in the Developing Economies? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Daily_Jab_Gilmore_08-09-24.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/experts/Daily_Jab_Gilmore_08-09-24.php Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:01:12 -0400 Globalization Continues its Uncertain Path http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-23-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-23-5.php Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:00:35 -0400 Taking into Account All the Various Dependencies and Sources of Variability of the Network http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-23-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-23-4.php Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:59:52 -0400 Too Many Manufacturers Use Traditional Engineering Approaches to Embedded Software Engineering; Reducing Complexity http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-23-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-23-3.php Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:59:19 -0400 Will Importers be Ready? Pilot Proposal Rejected; Test Bed Available from Customer Department http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-23-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-23-2.php Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:01:12 -0400 Lack of RFID-based Software Still a Barrier to Adoption; Users Still Looking for Better Price-Performance http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-23-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-23-1.php Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:00:10 -0400 NAFTA, Near Shoring, and What is Real in the Perceived Driver Shortage http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-22-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-22-1.php Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:59:35 -0400 What was the Name of the Supply Chain Program Championed by Roger Millikin of Textile Manufacturer Milliken & Company (and Others) in the Late 1980s? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-09-18-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-09-18-2.php Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:59:01 -0400 This Week: Chargebacks Gone Wild; Tracking Freight Movement Costs - Rail versus Truck; Drop in Oil Price - Reality Check; Moving to a Centralized Procurement Function http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-18-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-18-1.php Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:58:30 -0400 The craziness in the financial markers only adds to the current stress and dynamics facing companies and their supply chains. What's next? No one knows - which is why flexibility and supply chain intelligence are more important than ever. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-09-18.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-09-18.php Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:57:58 -0400 As Number of Compliance Categories Climb, Retailer Commonality Declines; What is a Consumer Goods Manufaturer to Do? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-17-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-17-1.php Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:57:01 -0400 Supply Chain Megatrends Series - Executive Brief on the Supply Chain Virtualization Megatrend. Watch our companion Video and download others Megatrend Executive Briefs at www.scdigest.com/Supply_Chain_Megatrends.php http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1936 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1936 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:56:26 -0400 Most Companies See Great Potential for Improvement, but Barriers Remain; Getting a Seat at the Strategy Table http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-16-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-16-3.php Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:55:16 -0400 New Certificate Program Offered in Nine Subject Area; Hands-On Technology Focus; Sharing Insight with the DoD http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-16-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-16-4.php Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:54:41 -0400 Pros and Cons on Both Sides; Hershey Foods wanted to Maintain Control, Miesemer Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-16-1.php Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:53:34 -0400 Wolfe Research Continues Survey Previously Performed by Bear Stearns; LTL Capacity Remains Loose http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-16-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-16-2.php Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:52:58 -0400 Our Expert Panel Shares their Perspectives; The Post-Wal-Mart Era http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-15-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-15-1.php Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:52:21 -0400 Essential for Success, they are Sometimes Hard to Find; Building a Vision for What the Completed Project will Really Be http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-09-15.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-09-15.php Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:51:51 -0400 Focus is on Distribution Management and Materials Handling News and Insight; Led by Materials Handling Industry Veteran Cliff Holste http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-15-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-15-1.php Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:51:15 -0400 In the post-Wal-Mart RFID era, where do things stand? Still a little slow in supply chain applications, our panel of experts agree, but there are signs that is starting to change - and many companies really are committed to knowing where everything is all the time. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-09-11.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-09-11.php Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:50:41 -0400 The Creation of the First Centralized Transportation "Load Control Center" in the US is Generally Credited to What Company? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-09-11-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-09-11-2.php Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:50:09 -0400 This Week: Kimberly Clark Hugs Less Road with its "Network of the Future Redesign;" Dell Manufacturing - Exit Stage Left; Steel Prices Remain Hard as Steel; Outsourcing "Strikes" Fear Among Boeing Machinists http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-11-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-11-1.php Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:49:32 -0400 Significantly More Freight Moving from Truck to Rail, rather than Vice Versa, According to Wolfe Research Survey; Impact of Fuel Surcharge Spikes in 2008 http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-10-1.php Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:49:00 -0400 Manufacturer of Animal Feeds to Link Production Lines to DC with WMS Technology, Improve Lot Control http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Dist_News/08-09-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Dist_News/08-09-10-1.php Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:47:14 -0400 New Study Finds 40% Improvement from 2007 - but Still only 27% Total Achievement at Best; Will More Retailers Adopt the Metric? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-09-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-09-5.php Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:46:41 -0400 Move Follows Another Poor Quarter, as Company Looks to Further Reduce Supply Chain Costs; Is it Really Less Expensive? The End of "Two Touches?" http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-09-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-09-4.php Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:46:04 -0400 Full Transcript of our Interview; From Idea to Execution http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-09-1.php Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:45:30 -0400 Unique Scanning Technology is Little Understood, but Offers Intriguing Possibilities http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-08-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-08-2.php Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:44:53 -0400 New Conference Board Report says Lack of Reliability, and High Costs, Keep Western Companies Away; What Role Should Multi-Nationals Take in Spurring Improvements? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-08-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-08-1.php Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:44:07 -0400 Use of RFID with YMS is Among Most Obvious and Beneficial Applications http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Dist_News/08-09-08-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Dist_News/08-09-08-1.php Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:43:31 -0400 Offers Supply Chain and Logistics Industry’s Leading Source for On-Line Education and Training http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-07-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-07-2.php Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:41:22 -0400 Hands-On Events in Philadelphia and Atlanta will be Led by Logistics Guru Ken Miesemer, Sponsored by Supply Chain http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-07-1.php Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:40:37 -0400 Kimberly Clark has built a supply chain for the future, and that effort involved a substantial and, in some ways, jarring change to both its network and existing paradigms. We talked with KCC's VP of North American Supply Chain Mark http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-09-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-09-04.php Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:39:57 -0400 BrainTrust Panel Discussion Question: Why Aren't Retailers Playing a Bigger Part in Establishing Industry Standards? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-04-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-04-2.php Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:39:20 -0400 This Week: ARJ21 Components Half Made in the USA; The High Cost of Recalls; "Perfect Order" is an Elusive Target; Land of Duty Free Imports http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-04-1.php Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:38:41 -0400 If You Can Only Have One Distribution Center, Where Do You Put It to Minimize Total Lead Times to Customers (Based on U.S. Population Spread)? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-09-04-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-09-04-3.php Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:38:03 -0400 Supporters Says Newer Technology Takes a More Holistic Approach http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-09-05-1.php Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:37:21 -0400 Employee Free Choice Act has Real Chance of Passing, Depending on Election Outcome; Are Corporations on Top of Law or Potential Impact? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-02-1.php Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:35:41 -0400 Accrediting Drivers May Ultimately have Bigger Impact than Trucking Firms Themselves; Is Safety a Real Concern or Not? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-02-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-02-2.php Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:35:01 -0400 Increasing Number of Companies Considering the Option, but Barriers Remain; Will Skyrocketing Transportation Costs Break Down Entrenched Processes? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-02-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-02-3.php Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:32:48 -0400 Incredibly Easy to Hack, Says One Expert No Encryption being Used Surprised "Free" Toll Tags Haven`t Hit the Black Market Yet http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-01-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-01-1.php Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:31:40 -0400 But Execs Believe Insufficient Progress is being Made, as the Relentless Cost Focus Continues; Reducing Carbon Emissions is Low on the Priority List http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-01-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-09-01-2.php Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:28:59 -0400 How well are companies in the consumer goods to retail channel doing in terms of perfect order achievement? This study looks at results from shipments from over 4500 suppliers - and the results are surprising. http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1890 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1890 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:30:46 -0400 A Warehouse Management System should be Thought of a Platform for Improvement, not a Discrete Investment http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_08-08-29.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Fralick_08-08-29.php Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:30:01 -0400 Is Inventory Optimization A mindset, a strategy, a goal, a software category? Yes, yes, yes and yes. SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore looks at Inventory Management trends and the relatively new category of Inventory Optimization software. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-28.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-28.php Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:29:20 -0400 Cost Reduction Tops the List, in the Face of Spiraling Input Prices; Carbon Emissions Barely on the Radar http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-28-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-28-1.php Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:45 -0400 You Can Count on It -- The Impact of Throughput on Inventory Measures http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Managing_SCM_Performance_Vitasek_08-08-28.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Managing_SCM_Performance_Vitasek_08-08-28.php Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:08 -0400 Sharing Information is Hard for Some Companies, but Key to Continuous Improvement http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Supply_Chain_in_View_Drake_08-08-28.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Supply_Chain_in_View_Drake_08-08-28.php Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:27:34 -0400 This Week: 3-Day Weekend May be New Standard at Chrysler; Taking Spice (and Manufacturing Cost) Out of the Helper; Tata Threatens to Nix Indian Nano Factory; "Country of Origin" Food Labeling to Add Cost Across the Board http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-28-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-28-2.php Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:26:26 -0400 Logistics Costs as Percent of Total and Infrastructure Costs are the Two Key Drivers, says MIT's David Simchi-Levi http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-25-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-25-2.php Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:25:48 -0400 Evolution at Pepsico; Think Globally, Plan Regionally, Act Locally http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-26-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-26-3.php Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:25:18 -0400 Chrysler Among Companies to Consider Moving to Four, 10-Hour Shifts; What is the Impact on Cost and Quality? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-26-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-26-2.php Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:18:44 -0400 Too Often, Procurement Groups Look Inward Instead of Focusing on Stakeholders, Hackett Groups Consultants Say; Finding Key Themes to Rally Around http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-26-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-26-1.php Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:18:01 -0400 Wal-Mart Program Did Not Meet Expectations, but Dramatically Drove Technology Forward Anyway; After Stage 1 Rocket Booster, Looking for the Next Source of Power http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-25-1.php Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:17:21 -0400 We all know the supply chain is becoming more complex -- but what is the real cost of that complexity? And what if anything can be done about it? Or, should you simply try to become a Complexity Master? One place to start: calculating your Complexity Factor. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-21.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-21.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:16:36 -0400 BrainTrust Panel Discussion Question: Is the Time Right for RFID at the Item Level? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-21-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-21-3.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:15:52 -0400 In your July 2008 edition of The Supply Chain Digest Letter on page 5, there is an article entitled Inventory Levels - Selected Industries. I found these benchmark numbers to be very insightful. Can you provide me with some additional information on these figures? Are they for all inventory or only finished goods? How big was the data source that was used to compile the data? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-16.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-16.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:15:10 -0400 For a Company with 10,000 SKUs, How Many SKUs Does an Individual Forecaster/Demand Planner Manage, on Average? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-22-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-22-1.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:14:18 -0400 True Value of VMI Comes Through Creation of Pull-Based Systems that Support a Lean Supply Chain http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Lean_Thinking_08-08-21.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Lean_Thinking_08-08-21.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:13:37 -0400 In counting the number of times material handling touches a part, I have always counted receiving as one of those touches even though receiving is not technically moving material from one point to another - Is this correct or does receiving fall under a different umbrella? If it is not correct, then why? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-15B.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-15B.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:12:53 -0400 Understanding Customer Value Drivers Should Determine Product, Service and Supply Chain Decisions http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-21-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-21-2.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:11:48 -0400 This Week: Another Day, Another Price Increase; NAM President Says "Not so Fast:" Reverse Logistics Management Increases Profits; Generating Supply Chain Cost Savings at Chrysler http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-21-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-21-1.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:11:03 -0400 Vendors Were Playing Catch Up Before, but Are Bringing Increasingly Capable Solutions to Market http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-20-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-20-1.php Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:10:23 -0400 Strongly Disputes Last Week Estimate that China Will Out-Manufacture the US in 2009; US Currently has 25% Global Market Share, NAM’'s Engler Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-19-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-19-3.php Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:09:46 -0400 Much Better View of "True Demand," Proponents Say, and Faster Replenishment Cycles; Do Store Practices Limit Effectiveness? Fuel Costs May Complicate the Matter http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-19-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-19-2.php Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:09:02 -0400 Steve Banker of ARC Reports One Grocer Goes with Wearables over Voice to Build Better Loads using "Look Ahead" Functionality; Considering the Trade-Offs http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-19-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-19-1.php Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:08:13 -0400 Losing $5 Million a Day Cannot Go On Forever; State of Ohio Offers Vague Partnership Possibility to Save Wilmington Hub http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-18-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-18-1.php Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:07:27 -0400 Moving to the High Definition Enterprise; Process Changes Move Slower than the Technology Does http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-18-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-18-2.php Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:06:46 -0400 With the announcement this week that JDA Software was buying i2 -- after acquiring Manugistics in 2006 -- it ends a supply chain software era that at one time was dominated by these two leaders. We look back -- and forward. What is happening overall in the software market? Read our discussion. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-14.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-14.php Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:05:50 -0400 What Dallas-based Warehouse Management System Company Strongly Aligned itself with i2 (also of Dallas) in the Late 1990s and was For a Time the Largest Provider in the WMS space, Only to Fall Victim to its Own Missteps and be Ultimately Acquired by SSA (in turn Acquired by Infor) in 2003? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-14-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-14-2.php Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:05:05 -0400 $45 Million Facility on hold as Company Needs to Preserve Cash more than Gain Supply Chain Efficiencies http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-14-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-14-1.php Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:01:52 -0400 Set to be Surpassed by China in 2009, US Share to be Vastly Lower by 2025 as Phenomenal Growth Continues in China http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-13-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-13-2.php Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:01:12 -0400 This Week: High Oil Prices Slip Sliding Away; JDA Likes i2 Customer Base; Read it and Weep - New World Manufacturing Leader Closing the Gap; No Siesta for Sleepy Mexican Trucking Program http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-13-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-13-1.php Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:00:33 -0400 A Wide Range of Best Practices is Needed to Make it Work, Experts Say http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-12-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-12-3.php Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:59:44 -0400 It Ends, Hopefully, with a Single, Consensus Forecast; Technology Advances are Improving the Process http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-12-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-12-4.php Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:58:53 -0400 Transportation Dept Extends Program for Two Years Over Congressional Objections; Light Participation from Carriers Thus Far; What Happens in November? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-12-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-12-2.php Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:58:12 -0400 Lack of Experience and Talent Probably Limits RFID Growth at the End Customer Level for Now http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-12-1.php Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:57:36 -0400 totes Isotoner's Doug Baker Uses Technique to Provide a Fresh Perspective on Logistics Issues http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-11-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-11-3.php Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:56:55 -0400 Study from Global Insight Says China to be Number 1 in 2009; Rapid Chinese Growth, Combined with US Slowdown, Expected to Bring Change in Top Spot Earlier than Expected; Gap will Continue to Widen http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-11-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-11-2.php Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:55:42 -0400 The Goal: Single Supply Chain Planning and Optimization Solution for Entire Manufacturing Market http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-11-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-11-1.php Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:54:57 -0400 What is the Average Non-Farm Tariff on Imported Goods in China? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-07-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-07-3.php Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:54:10 -0400 China Growing Trade with Developing Nations Reduces Reliance on West; Factor in Doha Failure http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-07-1.php Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:53:30 -0400 This Week: Fuel Efficiency Increases - More Powerful than a Locomotive; Honda Workers Labor for Less; Nike Manufacturing in Malaysia; P&G Reports 2nd Qtr Reduction in Gross Margin http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-07-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-08-07-2.php Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:52:52 -0400 The Green Supply Chain and Sustainability are all the rage right now - but how do you sort out what’s real from the hype and the humbug? We look at key issues, including wondering how Green SCM decisions will really be made. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-07.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-07.php Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:52:12 -0400 Quietly, IBM Building Supply Chain Software Portfolio http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-06-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-08-06-1.php Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:51:34 -0400 One Challenge: Most of a Company's Carbon Footprint is in its External Supply Chain http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-5.php Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:49:08 -0400 Annual Ball State Study Finds Missouri, Utah and Florida on Top; Rhode Island, Maine, and West Virginia on the Bottom; Author says US Manufacturing Still in Growth Mode http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-3.php Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:44:26 -0400 Ocean Containers Have Ushered in Dramatic Efficiencies in Global Logistics, While we Still Handle Myriad Load Types in Domestic Operations; In Search of "Easy, Open and Efficient" http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-4.php Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:39:41 -0400 WTO Effort to Reduce Tariffs Worldwide Sputters over Farm Issues; Look to Logistics Improvements Instead, One Expert Says, to Encourage Trade http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-2.php Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:38:43 -0400 Across the Globe, Money is Pouring into Rail Infrastructure; 80% More Miles on a Gallon of Diesel than 30 Years Ago http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-08-05-1.php Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:37:52 -0400 Inventory Optimization Must Natively Be Multi-Echelon Capable - Otherwise It Simply Cannot Be Optimal http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Daugherty_08-08-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Daugherty_08-08-04.php Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:37:02 -0400 Reducing Network Inventory Levels Saves Hard Dollars While Making a Big Impact on Sustainability http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Byrne_08-08-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Byrne_08-08-04.php Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:36:25 -0400 How Can Manufacturers Effectively Synchronize Demand, Logistics and Production to Mitigate Out-of-Stocks and Excess Inventory and Respond Successfully to Consumer Demand Volatility? http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Johnston_08-08-04.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Johnston_08-08-04.php Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:35:39 -0400 An initiative to improve short-term forecast accuracy reduces safety stocks and helps demand planners become more strategic at Procter & Gamble. http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1833 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1833 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:31:59 -0400 Understanding the complexities and tools needed in managing inventory across multi-levels of the supply chain. http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1830 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1830 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:29:25 -0400 Optimizing consumer goods manufacturing with constraint-based Supply Chain synchronization http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1829 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/ContentAccess.php?cid=1829 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:28:43 -0400 The "Thinking Man's" Supply Chain Executive on Supply Chain Transformation, Benchmarking, Career Development and More http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-07-31-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-07-31-4.php Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:26:22 -0400 "The Thinking Man’s Supply Chain Executive." That is the impression we get during our interview with Nick LaHowchic. In part 2, he discusses supply chain transformation, benchmarking, career management and more. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-01.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-08-01.php Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:25:41 -0400 The Central Question In Order Picking Strategy Is Whether To Move The Picker To The Part, Or Move The Part To The Picker http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-07-31.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-07-31.php Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:24:42 -0400 What is Generally Considered the First Warehouse Management System, in North America at Least, to Run Based on RFID Tracking Rather than Bar Codes? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-24-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-24-3.php Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:24:00 -0400 What Approach to Process Improvement Does the Acronym "TLS" Stand For? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-31-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-31-3.php Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:23:12 -0400 Words and Maybe Even Hearts are there, but Real Action is Still a Limited Commodity, McKinsey Suirvey Finds http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-31-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-31-1.php Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:22:28 -0400 This Week: Study Reveals Concentrated Procurement Spend; Soaring Supplier Costs Leads to Costco Profit Warning; Drop in Gasoline Consumption Results in Less Funding for Highway Trust Fund; Climate Change Issues Not Really Factored in Purchasing and Supply Management Decisions http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-31-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-31-2.php Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:21:36 -0400 While Less Common Today, Lack of Controls and Technology Can Still Create Opportunities for Collusion and Fraud http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-29-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-29-1.php Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:20:47 -0400 Procurement Overhead Costs Remain Flat for Third Straight Year; $25 million in Average Spend per Procurement Employee http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-28-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-28-3.php Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:20:02 -0400 Investigation Reveals Child Labor Violations; Supplier Deception http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-28-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-28-4.php Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:18:57 -0400 Too Many Efforts Fail Because of Too Much or Too Little Detail; Using the Numbers to Tell a Story http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-28-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-28-2.php Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:17:56 -0400 Growing Number of Companies are Combining the Two Disciplines to Remove Waste and Increase Consistency of Processes http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-28-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-28-1.php Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:17:04 -0400 What is your Strategy for Logistics Organization and Capability Deployment Globally, Regionally and Locally? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-23-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-23-3.php Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:16:14 -0400 This Week: Outsourcing Customer Service Leads to Share Price Drop; VW Brings Factory Back to US; Longshoremen do Pretty Darn Well for Themselves; Time for Trade Parity Bill? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-23-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-23-2.php Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:15:14 -0400 Getting There Doesn't Just Happen -- Seven Tips for Making it Work http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-22-1.PHP feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-22-1.PHP Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:14:22 -0400 Throughput at LA/Long Beach Down as Much as 20-30 Percent Last Week, as Union Continues to Work without a Contract; Who Holds the Stronger Hand? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-21-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-21-4.php Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:12:47 -0400 Retailer Canadian Tire Has Been Used Dynamic Slotting Approach Since 1989, saving Millions per Year; Computing Power Should Make it Much Easier Today, but Few Are Trying http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-21-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-21-1.php Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:11:47 -0400 Is it Just a Better Bar Code, or Can You Invent a New Process that Maximizes Use of the Technology? An Analytic Framework http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-21-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-21-2.php Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:10:41 -0400 Trade Agreement Parity Bill Aims to End Anomalies that Penalize Some US Manufacturers Versus those In Canada and Mexico; Could Increase US Manufacturing Jobs by 95,000, One Study Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-21-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-21-3.php Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:08:58 -0400 What were the top supply chain and logistics new items from the first six months of 2008? We review the key developments, from surging oil and diesel fuel prices to Dell's dramatic change of its supply chain strategy. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-07-17.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-07-17.php Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:22:18 -0400 This Week: New Milk Jugs Deliver Transportation "Moo"-La; Dow Chemical Says Surcharges Aren't Just for Carriers; Some Companies Find Losses, not Savings, from China Sourcing; Free Trade Agreements Finally Turn a Profit for US http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-17-1.php?cid=1802 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-17-1.php?cid=1802 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:56:15 -0400 New Milk Cartons Reduce Deliveries Per Week by 50% or More; 11,000 Shipments Eliminated at Sam's Club? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-17-2.php?cid=1803 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-17-2.php?cid=1803 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:52:57 -0400 Not all Consumers are Happy, but Cylinder-based Design Leads to Fuller Trailers and Lower Costs at the Store http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-16-1.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:59:51 -0400 Order Picking Systems Decisions Are Closely Tied To Location and Storage Mode Decisions, Says Cliff Holste http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-14-1.PHP feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-14-1.PHP Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:07:22 -0400 When was the First Portable "Wand" Type Bar Code Scanner Introduced, which Dramatically Opened up the Number of Potential Bar Code Applications? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-10-1.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:06:34 -0400 As Companies Fail to Reach Savings Goals, is the Cause Overly Optimistic Expectations or Poor Execution? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-13-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-13-2.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:05:51 -0400 Many Thought they Had Firm Prices, but Not So; $820 a Ton Surcharge from AK Steel; Will Manufacturers Find Substitute Materials? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-12-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-12-2.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:05:10 -0400 Risk Can be Analyzed Using Several Types of Tools; HP Matches Risk Areas with Supply Chain Processes http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-13-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-13-1.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:04:28 -0400 Basics of Calculating Return on Investment Should be the Same for Bar Code, RFID http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-12-1.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:03:44 -0400 Global Logistics and Trade Management are inceasingly critical not only to the supply chain but to overall company success. Yet, globalization has come so fast, and added such complexity, that few companies have people, processes or technology quite right - though leaders like Payless Shoes and Texas Instruments are close. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-07-10.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-07-10.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:03:00 -0400 Six Questions to Assess Whether your Outsourcing Relationship is On Track http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Supply_Chain_in_View_Drake_08-07-09.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Supply_Chain_in_View_Drake_08-07-09.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:02:19 -0400 Data Cycle Counts: You Track Inventory Accuracy - Why not Data Accuracy? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Managing_SCM_Performance_Vitasek_08-07-09.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Managing_SCM_Performance_Vitasek_08-07-09.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:01:33 -0400 This Week: The Best Things in Life are Free - Unless it is Trade; Salmonella Scare Hurts Tomato Farmers; T. Boone Pickens Pushes Alternative Energy Plan; Procurement Spend in Mexico by Chrysler http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-09-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-09-2.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:00:39 -0400 Forrester Classified 19 Software Applications and Where they are from Creation Stage to Decline http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-09-1.php Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:59:32 -0400 Many Factors Causing Some Companies to Rethink Existing Supply Chain Paradigms and Strategies http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-09-1.php Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:05:27 -0400 McKinsey Survey Latest to Show Disconnects Between Western Beliefs, Chinese Company Actions; the "Dragons" have Ambitious Plans http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-08-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-08-2.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:02:02 -0400 SCDigest and Wright State University Looking for Job Shop Manufacturer to Test Benefits of Bar Code Versus RFID http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-08-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-08-1.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:01:21 -0400 Has Open Trade Hurt or Helped Key Swing State Ohio? The Results and Voter Opinion are Mixed http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-07-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-07-2.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:00:12 -0400 Shippers, Customers, Need to Keep on Top of Possible Service Issues Until Transition Ends http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-07-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-07-07-2.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:59:28 -0400 Groups Asking Justice Department to Look at Potential Anti-Trust Issues or Union Contract Violations; Several Recent Mergers have Reduced Overall Express Competition, Congressman Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-07-1.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:58:27 -0400 Cost, Uncertainty, and Sustainability Top the List, Says Gene Tyndall http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-07-07-1.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:57:34 -0400 Situation Seems Bizarre, as US Government Agencies Argue Against 2007 Law; Importers Should Prepare for the Worst http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-02-1.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:56:13 -0400 Globalization and Aging Internal Systems Among the Factors Driving New Supply Chain Solutions; Keys to Getting New Projects Approved http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-01-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-01-4.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:55:06 -0400 Rapid Move to Alcohol-Capable Vehicles Would Effectively Put a Ceiling on Traditional Oil Prices, Author Says, and Could Happen Quickly with One Law from Congress http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-01-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-01-3.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:54:02 -0400 It is Easy to Let Personality and Emotion Get in the Way of Getting the Best Deal http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-01-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-01-2.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:52:21 -0400 Mini-Trend Seems to be Underway; DESA Moves All Heater Production back from China to Kentucky; Reverse Globalization? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-01-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-07-01-1.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:50:35 -0400 Capacity Reduction May Have Gone Too Far; Better Re-Bid Soon Before Rates Head Upward http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Transportunities_Girotti_08-06-30.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Transportunities_Girotti_08-06-30.php Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:48:55 -0400 Are we entering a new Perfect Storm of Supply Chain challenges? A combination of rising fuel and commodity costs, plus a host of other woes from rising complexity and regulation to the challenges in competing in developing markets may make this the toughest period ever for supply chain managers. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-06-26.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-06-26.php Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:20:52 -0400 This Week: FedEx Reports Quarterly Loss; Toyota Truck Plant Utilization Expected to Fall; US Gasoline Consumption Peaks Out; US Cost of Logistics as Percent of GDP http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-25-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-25-2.php Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:20:25 -0400 Logistics Costs as Percent of GDP Rose for Fifth Straight Year, Annual State of Logistics Report Says; Transportation as a Percent of GDP at Late 1980's Levels http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-25-1.php Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:19:20 -0400 "No More Knock-Offs" says One Government Official; Should Western Companies Feel More Secure? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-24-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-24-3.php Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:17:45 -0400 Numerous Acquisitions have Reduced the Number of "Point Vendors," as Most Providers Now Offer Broad Suites; Here are the Pieces http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-24-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-24-1.php Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:15:23 -0400 Ensure you Understand Supporting Software Options and Costs before Deciding on a Technology; Upgrade, Modify, or Interface? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-24-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-24-2.php Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:14:39 -0400 Security, ID Cards Driving Market Growth; 325 Million Tags to be Sold into CPG-Retail Worldwide in 2008 http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-23-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-23-2.php Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:43:04 -0400 Most Concerns are Overblown, Company Says, While Customers are Supportive http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-23-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-23-1.php Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:42:08 -0400 Truckers Going out of Business, Airplanes Sitting Idle, and Scores of Restaurants and Stores Shutting Down? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-19-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-19-4.php Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:25:54 -0400 The annual State of Logistics report was released this week.The headline number - logistics costs rose for the fifth straight year as a percent of GDP, to 10.1%. As always SCDigest digs into the numbers and a summarizes key data for you. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-06-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-06-19.php Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:25:19 -0400 This Week: Motor Vehicle Exports Rising in China; Industrial Manufacturers Spend Big Offshore; Kellogg Reacts to Surging Prices; ID and Transportation Smart Cards Dominate RFID Market http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-19-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-19-1.php Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:24:48 -0400 What Country Had the Highest Percentage Growth in Containers Exported to the US from 1997 to 2006? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-19-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-19-3.php Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:24:14 -0400 High Equipment and Maintenance Costs Might Lead to Large Charges Per Container, Especially in Small and Mid-Sized Ports http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-19-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-19-2.php Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:23:35 -0400 New Report from World Customs Organization is Latest Salvo Against Law; Says will Add Big Costs, Further Slow Flow of Goods and Trade, Change Port Structure http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-3.php Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:23:09 -0400 Always Strong, Soaring Fuel Costs Make TMS Justification Easier than Ever http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-4.php Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:22:22 -0400 To Date, RFID has Too Often Been a Technology in Search of a Problem; Now, RFID not Broached Until End of Discussion, Some Vendors Say http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-2.php Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:21:50 -0400 Potential Productivity Gains of 20%, but there are Many Challenges http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-1.php Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:20:25 -0400 New Balance Limits Access to Trade Show Booths; Made in China, Sold Everywhere http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-15-5.php Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:19:45 -0400 No Company Can Escape Overall Trends, but Mitigating the Impact Can Improve Profits, Offer Competitive Advantage http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-14-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-14-1.php Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:19:00 -0400 Is supply chain complexity killing corporate profits? That is what author, consultant and former corporate executive John Mariotti says, and he makes a persuasive case. Is your company facing its own Complexity Crisis? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-06-12.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-06-12.php Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:18:06 -0400 What were the top new products introduced at the 2008 North American Material Handling Show this week in Cleveland? Our editors walked the floors for you, and offer their review and comment. After mostly incremental progress, there were some true innovations this year for the first time in awhile. Hint: the robots are coming to a Distribution Center near you. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-04-25.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-04-25.php Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:03:25 -0400 Carousels and Vertical Lift Modules Often the Smart Choice for Medium and Slow Velocity Movers http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_08-04-29-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_08-04-29-2.php Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:02:46 -0400 The Right Combination of Picking Methodologies and Technologies Can Drive Compelling Productivity and Accuracy Gains, but Proper Application is Critical http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_08-04-29-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_08-04-29-1.php Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:02:08 -0400 Users are Increasingly Combining Technologies in Order Picking; Voice with RFID Looks Promising for Case Pick http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-29-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-29-1.php Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:01:29 -0400 After Getting the Basic Processes Right, Companies are Expanding the Breadth and Depth of S &OP http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-30-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-30-1.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:00:49 -0400 Despite Sourcing Policies and Local Laws, Child Labor is Key Input to Many Globally Sourced Goods; Ethical Problem - or Needed Source of Family Income? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-30-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-30-2.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:59:49 -0400 Forget Shipping Containers Filled to 75 Percent; More and More Freight Being Moved to Rail http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-30-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-30-3.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:59:06 -0400 This Week: Inventory Deload Program at Wal-Mart Pays Off; SanDisk Improves S and OP with New SC Technology; North American 3PL Market Continues Growth; GM Takes a Hit to the Wallet Due to Supplier Strike http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-05-01-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-05-01-1.php Thu, 1 May 2008 10:58:29 -0400 Supply Chain Professionals should Remember All Things Go in Cycles; Right Now, Barriers and Nationalism are Returning http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-30-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-30-4.php Thu, 1 May 2008 10:57:03 -0400 Combination of Voice and RFID Could Provide Big Gains in Case Picking http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-02-1.php Mon, 5 May 2008 10:56:26 -0400 What is the meaning of the supply chain changes underway at Dell? Supply Chain Digest received many letters from our readers stemming from our column on "The New Supply Chain Lessons from Dell." This week, we highlight many of the most interesting responses. Join the debate! http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-02.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-02.php Mon, 5 May 2008 10:55:39 -0400 Pressure Groups Increasingly Leverage YouTube to Achieve Goals; Unilever Suppliers of Key Ingredient Must Now Demonstrate they Do Not Contribute to Deforestation http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-05-1.php Mon, 5 May 2008 10:54:52 -0400 Buying All Seat Belts Today from Mexico; Tomorrow, Maybe South Korea http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-05-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-05-2.php Mon, 5 May 2008 10:54:13 -0400 Hong Kong Airport Orders 10 Million Tags; Optimistic RFID Vendors Once Again Investing in People http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-06-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-06-2.php Tue, 6 May 2008 10:53:33 -0400 It is not the ROI, says Jeff Metersky of Chainalytics; Companies Sometimes Lack Clear Vision of Inventory Processes and How Decision-Making will Change http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-06-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-06-3.php Tue, 6 May 2008 10:52:41 -0400 New Report from Marsh Says Companies Have a Long Way to Go; "Lean and Virtual" Increases Risk Profile Dramatically http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-06-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-06-1.php Tue, 6 May 2008 10:52:08 -0400 Engines Set for Maximum Speed of 65 Miles Per Hour, Down from 70; Where is the Trade-Off Between Green and Efficiency? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-07-1.php Wed, 7 May 2008 10:51:26 -0400 The Role and Execution of Supply Chain is Changing, Supply Chain Exec Says; From Functional and Cost Focus to Driving a Company Forwa http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-08-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-08-1.php Thu, 8 May 2008 10:50:46 -0400 This Week: Effectively Zero Risk Management; GM on the Receiving End; Step Out of the Vehicle and Show me Your "TWIC;" Analyst Predicts Future Oil Prices will Keep Consumers Over a Barrel http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-05-08-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-05-08-3.php Thu, 8 May 2008 10:50:09 -0400 What is the real difference between supply chain management and logistics? Nick LaHowchic, former supply chain executive at The Limited Brands, offers provocative comments on these and many other topics, in Part 1 of his "Unplugged" interview with SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore. The "thinking mans supply chain executive," Gilmore says. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-09.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-09.php Fri, 9 May 2008 10:49:33 -0400 Rising Transportation Costs Drive TMS Interest in Even Small Shippers; Bigger Shippers Looking for TMS Suites, Says Klappich of Gartner http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Supply_Chain_Technology_Insights_Klappich_08-05-08.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Supply_Chain_Technology_Insights_Klappich_08-05-08.php Thu, 8 May 2008 10:48:55 -0400 Inventory Optimization Projects and Technology Involve Optimization at Three Levels: Policies, Inventory Deployment, and Customer Service; Different Questions, Different Answers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-09-1.php Fri, 9 May 2008 10:48:12 -0400 Many Companies Looking for Outside Help as Global Sourcing Volumes Grow, but Skill Sets Vary Widely; Checklist from One Executive http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-12-1.php Mon, 12 May 2008 10:47:38 -0400 Upfront Planning is Key, Cliff Holste Says; There are also more Options than Many Companies Realize http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-1.php Tue, 13 May 2008 10:47:02 -0400 German Plastics Manufacturer Rehau Uses Procurement Managers to Help Drive Innovation http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-2.php Tue, 13 May 2008 10:46:30 -0400 Supply Chain Applications that Rely on Developing a "Critical Mass" in order to Provide Real Benefits are Lagging Behind, AIM Global Conference Reports http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-3.php Tue, 13 May 2008 10:45:53 -0400 One Company Finds Loss of One Individual Totally Changed Relationship for the Worse; Who Pays the $400,000 in Quality Problems? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-6.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-6.php Tue, 13 May 2008 10:45:10 -0400 As Truckers Fail and Profits are Squeezed, ATA Exec Lays out Multi-Pronged Strategy to Congress http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-13-5.php Tue, 13 May 2008 10:44:30 -0400 Company Enjoyed Strong Growth Under 3M, but No Longer Fit 3M Corporate Strategy http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-13-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-13-1.php Tue, 13 May 2008 10:43:24 -0400 This Week: Shipping Container Shortage Uncontained; The Pennies Add Up; New Product Safety Requirements Increase Toy Manufacturing Costs; Steel Yourself for the Steep Rise in the Cost of Steel http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-05-15-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-05-15-1.php Thu, 15 May 2008 10:41:50 -0400 Rising Diesel Costs, Falling Demand Drive Sharo Rise in Trucking Firms Leaving Market; Capacity Issues Down the Road? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-15-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-15-3.php Thu, 15 May 2008 10:41:13 -0400 Why are European retailers closer than US retailers to achieving the optimal demand-driven supply chain? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-15-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-15-2.php Thu, 15 May 2008 10:40:39 -0400 Start Thinking Data Defect Parts Per Million (DPPM); Facts Drive Improvements in Data Quality http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Managing_SCM_Performance_Vitasek_08-05-15.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Managing_SCM_Performance_Vitasek_08-05-15.php Thu, 15 May 2008 10:39:54 -0400 When it comes to skyrocketing fuel costs and their punishing effect on logistics, should you cry, panic – or take action? SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore says this needs to be a wake-up call for companies to get busy both on their logistics strategies - and making their voices heard to elected officials. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-15.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-15.php Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:39:13 -0400 Spend More Time on the Softer Side of the Relationship Details, Less on RFP Rigor, in Selecting Distribution and Transportation Service Providers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-18-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-18-1.php Sun, 18 May 2008 10:38:32 -0400 Is the Company Limiting Contract Ore to Sell More on Spot Market?; Potential Boycott in Works, but Ore Producers for Now Hold the Cards http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-19-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-19-1.php Mon, 19 May 2008 10:37:49 -0400 Better Information, Visibility, are Catalysts for Lean Transformation; E-Kanban Drives Flow http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-19-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-19-1.php Mon, 19 May 2008 10:37:06 -0400 Uptrend that Began in 2005 should Continue this Year, Driven by Legacy Application Replacement and Interest in Collaborative Technologies; More Companies Going for Custom-Built Solutions? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-19-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-19-2.php Tue, 20 May 2008 10:36:24 -0400 In Recent Past, Tough Talk on Trade has Rarely Led to Action, but Maybe Not This Time; China Currency Revaluation May be Key Target, Raising Cost of Imports http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-20-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-20-1.php Tue, 20 May 2008 10:35:49 -0400 2003 EPC Roadmap Laid Out Compelling Vision - but in Retrospect, Projection of Industry-wide Networks was Way too Far Ahead of Reality; Our Take on How Things Have Turned Out http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-20-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-20-2.php Tue, 20 May 2008 10:34:53 -0400 This Week: Prescription Drug Heist in Tennessee; Chinese Food Filling the US Breadbasket; Fuel Costs for Big Brown are Big Deal; Cheap Labor in Costa Rica http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-22-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-22-1.php Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:34:18 -0400 Past Economic Downturns have Always Led to a Drop in Commodity Prices, IMF Data Shows; Not this Time http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-22-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-22-2.php Thu, 22 May 2008 10:33:19 -0400 What is new in order picking strategies and technologies? SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore says we did not see much new for many years, but that is starting to change, with the rise of voice picking, new multi-modal approaches, automated case picking, and more. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-22.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-22.php Tue, 27 May 2008 10:32:22 -0400 Mitsubishi Motors says it May Co-Mingle its Inbound Freight with Caterpillar Shipments http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-05-27-4.pdf feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-05-27-4.pdf Tue, 27 May 2008 10:31:22 -0400 Stanley Tools Acquires RFID Solution Company; Market Researcher Bullish on RFID Adoption Growth, Is RFID Actually a Threat to Port Security? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-27-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-27-5.php Tue, 27 May 2008 10:30:22 -0400 More Interest than Ever, says One Quality Consultant, but Little Real Progress; Top 10 Reasons Root Cause Programs Flounder http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-27-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-27-2.php Tue, 27 May 2008 10:29:40 -0400 Trends Are Driving Increased Interest, and Software Vendors Making the Tools Easier to Use; McKesson, Vera Bradley, and OReilly Auto Parts Finding Slotting Success http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-27-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-27-1.php Tue, 27 May 2008 10:28:03 -0400 Data Sharing, Privacy Concerns, and Global Standards Top the List http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-26-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-26-1.php Tue, 27 May 2008 10:27:07 -0400 Taking a Systematic Approach will Help Overcome Many Pitfalls; Six Steps that Can Lead to Success http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-27-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-05-27-3.php Tue, 27 May 2008 23:48:56 -0400 This Week: Diesel Prices Soaring into the Unknown; Inventory Level Reduction at The Gap; DHL Reduces US Network Capacity; Black and Decker Improves Forecast Accuracy with New Supply Chain Planning Application http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-29-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-29-1.php Thu, 29 May 2008 23:48:18 -0400 Deciding where to Outsource Involves Evaluating both Manufacturing Attractiveness and Local Market Attractiveness http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-29-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-29-2.php Thu, 29 May 2008 23:45:34 -0400 Advances in Conveyor Control Technologies are Reducing Delays Between Line Merges, Increasing Carton Sortation Rates per Hour http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-05-29.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Sorting_It_Out_Holste_08-05-29.php Thu, 29 May 2008 23:44:32 -0400 As the supply chain software industry matures, positive trends are occurring: a greater focus on deployment success and lower implementation costs, better integration between modules, more partnering with customer to achieve value. Read our take after attending several software user conferences. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-29.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-05-29.php Thu, 29 May 2008 23:43:26 -0400 Where are the In-Store Implementation Best Practices? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-29-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-05-29-3.php Thu, 29 May 2008 23:42:44 -0400 With Tata’s $2500 Car Coming, Ford to Invest $3 Billion to Build Fiesta; UAW Loses Effort to Have Car Built in U$ http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-02.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-02.php Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:41:58 -0400 As Trade Ebbs and Flows, Problems Shift from Inbound to Outbound Logistics; Georgia-Pacific Building Products Sees Export Surge, but Execution Challenges Rise Too http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-02-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-02-1.php Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:41:04 -0400 Company Shrinking Network, Outsourcing Key Steps to UPS and USPS; Shippers Need More Answers from DHL Now, Leading Parcel Consultant Says http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-02-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-02-2.php Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:40:24 -0400 Distribution Performance Continues to Hold or Improve Across Most Key Metrics; Raw Materials Inventories Appear to Skyrocket http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-03-1.php Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:39:11 -0400 New "General Manager Model" for Four US Regions Outlined in Memo from CEO Ken Allen; Memo Describes Need for Sense of Urgency http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-04-1.php Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:37:32 -0400 Understanding all Seven Risks, and Taking a Portfolio Management View, Can Reduce Exposure http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-04-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-04-2.php Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:36:51 -0400 While Process Excellence is the Foundation, Technology has to Play a Key Role to Scale http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-04-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-04-3.php Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:36:05 -0400 This Week: Ford Spends Big on Mexican Fiesta; Commercial Floor Space Expands; Good News for UPS is Bad News for Airborne; Global Manufacturing Input Price Index Points to Rising Prices http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-05-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-05-2.php Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:35:18 -0400 New Group of Specialty Vendors is Offering Solutions for These Tough Problems http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Supply_Chain_Technology_Insights_Klappich_08-06-05.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Supply_Chain_Technology_Insights_Klappich_08-06-05.php Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:34:17 -0400 Where does China rank in terms of which countries are the largest source of imported goods into the US? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-05-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-05-3.php Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:33:27 -0400 More Fuel Efficient Transport Modes Have Inherent Advantages in Fuel Surcharge Levels to Shippers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Transportunities_Girotti_08-06-05.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Experts/Transportunities_Girotti_08-06-05.php Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:32:39 -0400 Developing a 360 Degree, Cradle-to-Grave Analytic Framework is an Emerging Best Practice http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-05-1.php Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:32:07 -0400 Is the integrated supply chain organization the clear model of the future? Supply chain principles would say Yes, but the issue is tricky, with decisions to be made regarding lines of business, functions and geographies. We take a look the Integrated Supply Chain Organization, and report on research from CSCO Insights on this topic. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-06-05.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-06-05.php Fri, 6 Jun 2008 23:30:10 -0400 Ralph Rio of ARC Says Mobile Technologies in Manufacturing Should Cause Companies to Rethink Processes in the Value Stream http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-09-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-09-2.php Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:29:22 -0400 Despite the Growth in Global Sourcing, Total Landed Cost Calculation Still Lacking in Scope, Technology Support, in Many Companies http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-09-1.php Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:28:45 -0400 Majority of Companies Still Lack Automation to Management Global Supply Chains http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Preuninger_08-06-09.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Preuninger_08-06-09.php Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:27:53 -0400 The Three Myths of Outsourcing http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Salvucci_08-06-09.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Salvucci_08-06-09.php Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:27:18 -0400 The Problem is Large; Specialized Technology is Needed http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Bluemner_08-06-09.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_Bluemner_08-06-09.php Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:25:26 -0400 Tyndall Offers Three Key Steps to Achieve Global Logistics Excellence http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/The_Executive_View_Tyndall_08-06-09.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/The_Executive_View_Tyndall_08-06-09.php Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:24:51 -0400 Unicode May be the Answer for Exporters and Offshore Manufacturing; Zebra Says Approach has Dramatically Simplified Printing and Printer Distribution http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-10-1.php Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:21:30 -0400 Baseline Systems Can Be Implemented for about $1 Million; Wal-Mart Level? Do not Ask http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-10-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-10-2.php Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:20:41 -0400 Food Giant Makes Major Supply Chain and Financial Improvements as it Professionalizes the Forecasting Discipline http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-10-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-06-10-3.php Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:19:55 -0400 US Manufacturing Output Up 700 Percent Since 1950, While Number of Workers Required to Make the Goods Has Fallen Dramatically http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-12-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-12-2.php Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:18:56 -0400 This Week: CEOs Concerned About Supply Chain Risk; Rail Car Supply Exceeds Demand; Oil Price Prediction Continues to Rise; Inflation on the Rise in China http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-12-1.php Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:55 -0400 What Was the Most Commonly Used Logistics Metric Among Respondents to the Annual WERC DC Metrics Survey for 2008? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-12-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-06-12-3.php Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:16:17 -0400 Who is Chris Anderson and Why is he Important to the Supply Chain? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-02-07-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-02-07-3.php Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:33:17 -0500 Barriers to Collaboration with 3PLs and Contract Manufacturers; Impact of Retail Out-of-Stocks; Sortation Systems in Logistics, Trivia, Supply Chain Graphic of the Week and More http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/08-02-07.htm feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/08-02-07.htm Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:25:40 -0500 Ensuring Accountability for Supply Chain Results from both Sides of the Sourcing Table http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-02-07-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-02-07-2.php Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:24:54 -0500 Is better collaboration between companies and their 3PL and contract manufacturing partners achievable? Perhaps the failure to really get the true barriers on the table is part of the problem, suggests SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore. 3PLs and CMs often view collaboration as a chance to drive more business, while companies and individuals naturally want to hold their information cards close to the vest. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-02-07.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-02-07.php Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:24:12 -0500 This Week: Thirst for Oil in China; Despite Troubles, Boeing Soars; Bon-Ton Stores Embraces On-Demand TMS; Increasing Demand for Copper in China http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-02-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-02-07-1.php Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:23:15 -0500 Continued Growth in Outsourcing and Offshoring Make the Question Increasingly Important; Sarbanes-Oxley, Product Quality/Recall Issues Complicate the Issue; What is a Supplier to Do? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-06-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-06-3.php Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:22:42 -0500 Now Privately Held, Chrysler was Willing to Take Plant Shutdown to Make its Stand with Troubled Supplier; Smart Strategy, or a Mistake in the Long Term? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-06-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-06-2.php Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:21:55 -0500 New European Studies Show Environmental Benefits of Wood over Synthetic; Just How Should You Perform an Accurate Lifecycle Analysis? Will Shippers Really Choose Green over Efficiency? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-06-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-06-1.php Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:20:23 -0500 US Parcel Operations Not Meeting Expectations, Says CEO, as Options are Studied; Rumors of Sale to FedEx; Is DHL a Needed Price Check on UPS and FedEx? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-05-1.php Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:19:36 -0500 Goal is to Visualize "Social Networking;" Do You Need a Better Idea with Whom Your Cartons are Meeting Too? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-04-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-02-04-1.php Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:18:00 -0500 Why Have Out-of-Stocks Remained Such a Big Issue in Retailing for So Many Years with So Little Apparent Progress? What Has to Happen to Finally Make this a Minor if not a Total Non-Issue? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-30-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-30-1.php Sun, 3 Feb 2008 21:35:11 -0500 Strong Gains Seen over past Year in "Carbon Transparency" http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-31-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-31-3.php Sun, 3 Feb 2008 21:34:14 -0500 How Many Miles of Conveyor are there in the Wal-Mart 1.2 million Square- foot DC number 6094 in Bentonville, Arkansas? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-31-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-31-2.php Sun, 3 Feb 2008 21:32:28 -0500 This Week: Securing Iron Ore Supply in China; Supply Chain Transformation Costs at Hershey; Great Expectations at Premier Farnell Following Major IT Investment; Import Price Inflation Soars in the US http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-31-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-31-1.php Sun, 3 Feb 2008 21:31:06 -0500 Batch Order Picking and Downstream Sortation Benefits are not Obvious at First http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Sorting_it_Out_Holste_08-01-31.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Sorting_it_Out_Holste_08-01-31.php Sun, 3 Feb 2008 21:30:03 -0500 What were some of the top new hardware and software products in supply chain management and logistics in 2007? SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore reviews the new introductions that caught his eye, including a new visual WMS, a "virtual warehouse" logistics hub, RFID credit card shield and more. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-01-31.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-01-31.php Sun, 3 Feb 2008 21:27:37 -0500 There are Four Variants to the Basic Model, Says One Expert; Understanding which Model Fits Best http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-29-5.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-29-5.php Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:39:29 -0500 Headlines of 40 Cent Increase in Consumer Gas Tax Only Part of the Story; When Does the Cure Become Worse than the Disease? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-29-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-29-4.php Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:38:29 -0500 Facilities are Sprouting Up Across the US; a Port in West Virginia? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-29-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-29-2.php Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:37:36 -0500 While Some Look at Productivity Hit, Cycle Counting after Each Case Pick is a Good Supply Chain Value, Says Ken Miesemer of St. Onge http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-29-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-29-1.php Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:35:57 -0500 Analysts see Stronger RFID Picture for Coming Year, Aggressive Corporate Spending in Supply Chain and Logistics, Among Other Trends http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-28-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-28-1.php Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:34:58 -0500 Many Companies Creating Supply Chain Executive Spots for the First Time; Others Combine Supply Chain and IT; Supply Chain Leading to Corporate Management for Other http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-25-1.php Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:30:24 -0500 In Today's Dynamic Environment, WMS Flexibility is an Imperative; You Must Plan for Change http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest-08-01-17-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest-08-01-17-1.php Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:30:49 -0500 The Robust Warehouse Management Systems of Today are Far Different than Those Previous Generation Solutions http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest-08-01-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest-08-01-16-1.php Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:22:57 -0500 What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of each WMS Option? Both Sides Claim Lower Total Cost of Ownership http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-24-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-24-1.php Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:30:45 -0500 Industry Thought Leaders Share their Views with SCDigest http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-23-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-23-1.php Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:27:32 -0500 What issues, trends and strategies will drive supply chain and logistics decisions in 2008? SCDigest polled nine of the best thought leaders on what they see for the supply chain year ahead. SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore summarizes highlights in his First Thoughts column, and we link to their full comments. Not to be missed. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-01-24.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-01-24.php Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:26:19 -0500 Tyndall and Gilmore are a Little Surprised by Moves by Pfizer, Lilly; Whether it is Companies or Individuals, You Better "Globalize" Yourself http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/07-12-14-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/07-12-14-1.php Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:18:03 -0500 Is there a Best Model for Effectively Executing Supply Chain Change Management? Tyndall and Gilmore Review Leading Frameworks, and Offer Tips for Successfully Managing Major Supply Chain Initiatives and Strategies http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-01-14-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsviews/08-01-14-1.php Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:16:58 -0500 Find information, expert insight, vendors solutions, a video overview, case studies and more Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Includes recent downloadable edition of Supply Chain Digest Letter on WMS. http://www.scdigest.com/WMS_Warehouse_Management_Resources.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/WMS_Warehouse_Management_Resources.php Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:46:03 -0500 What Year was the first Certification Offered by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-24-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-24-2.php Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:57:43 -0500 What are the lastest trends and developments in Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)? We tackle the subject in detail in the latest issue of the Supply Chain Digest Letter. This week, SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore also offers his take, and summarizes what companies need to know about WMS. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-01-17.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-01-17.php Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:49:46 -0500 New In-Store Technologies Focus on "the Experience" - Are there Supply Chain Implications for Retailers and Suppliers? Kellwood Uses Technology to Gain Competitive Advantage in Inventory Positioning with Retailers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-22-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-22-2.php Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:46:25 -0500 Will Provide Expert Insight with New Material Handling Blog, other Contributions http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-21-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/08-01-21-1.php Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:45:39 -0500 Logistics News: Understanding The National Surface Transportation and Revenue Study Commission Report http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-21-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-21-1.php Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:44:38 -0500 Plan Calls for Item-Level Tagging in Three Years, but Vendors May Find it Easier to Tag in Manufacturing http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-21-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-21-2.php Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:43:53 -0500 This Week: Slashing Labor Costs at GM; Slow Retail Sales Growth Expected; Fuel Taxes - Inevitable and Profitable; Sky Sails Expected to Trim Shipping Costs http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-21-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/NewsViews/08-01-21-2.php Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:42:46 -0500 New Switch with "Zero Config" Drive Swapping Ups Market Presence of Cisco; 30% Growth Seen for Industrial Ethernet Hardware http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-22-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-22-1.php Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:41:31 -0500 Store Replenishment and Consumer Direct in Single Facility; "WMS Light" Manages Store Level Inventory and Floor Replenishment http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-22-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-22-3.php Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:38:10 -0500 L'Oreal Latest Company to Join Supply Chain Program; Suppliers, Have You Received Your Survey Form Yet? Will Carbon Emissions Become a Supplier Selection Criteria? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-22-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-01-22-4.php Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:36:10 -0500 What's Not to Like about Labor Management Systems? Supply Chain by the Numbers; Borders to pull fulfillment from Amazon.com; Performance-Based Logistics Service Acquisition, more http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-07-19.htm feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-07-19.htm Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:08:50 -0400 From Grocery Stores to Theme Parks, Consumer Fingerprint ID is Growing Rapidly; No More Wallets or Purses? But Will We See Any Backlash from Privacy Groups? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-16-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-16-2.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:48:37 -0400 A Variety of Macro Developments in the Logistics Area are Putting Pressure on Costs and Labor Resources. In this Discussion with SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore, Manhattan Associates Peter Schnorback Discusses the Logistics Environment, and the Key Benefits Labor Management Systems Bring to Help Combat these Operational Pressures http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-16-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-16-3.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:47:10 -0400 Labor Management Drives Savings, as the Company Standardizes Distribution Processes, and Finds a Way to Achieve Continuous Improvement http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-16-1.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:43:54 -0400 Find information, expert insight, vendors solutions, a video overview, case studies and more on the Supply Chain Digest Letter on Labor Management Systems in Distribution http://www.scdigest.com/SCDLetter_Labor_Management_System_LMS_Resources_07-06.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/SCDLetter_Labor_Management_System_LMS_Resources_07-06.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:42:13 -0400 The Key Question: Who Owns the Customer? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-17-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-17-2.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:40:50 -0400 This Video Tutorial below provides an excellent introduction to Labor Management Systems (LMS) in distribution and logistics. Featuring SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore, it overviews keys LMS trends, the three foundations of Labor Management. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-17-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-17-1.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:38:50 -0400 Have We Reached Peak Oil? Chart Is Not Encouraging, and Suggests More Bad News for Oil Prices Down the Road http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-17-4.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-17-4.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:36:52 -0400 Study Participants Sought for Joint Project of the University of Tennessee and the Defense Acquisition University; Goal to Help Department of Defense Move PBSA Strategies Forward http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-17-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-17-3.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:33:55 -0400 This Week: World Oil Reserves are Flat; It Takes Lots of Parties to Make a Product in China; Double Digit Compound Growth in World Trade Since 1990; How Many Vendors Are RFID Tagging for Wal-Mart? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-18-1.php?cid=1142 feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-18-1.php?cid=1142 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:29:47 -0400 Labor Management Systems for Distribution are being adopted by an increasing number of companies across many industry sectors. As SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore took another deep look at LMS for our recent Supply Chain Digest Letter, he wonders: What is there not to like about Labor Management? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-07-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-07-19.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:25:22 -0400 The ROI from Labor Management is There, Plus Other Operational Benefits, but You Will Get There Faster and Easier by Following these LMS Project Guidelines http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Gilmore_07-07-14.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Gilmore_07-07-14.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:24:38 -0400 It's Time to Think about Labor Management (LMS) in much Broader Terms http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_07_07_13.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_07_07_13.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:22:12 -0400 What were the key trends, issues and events in supply chain and logistics for the first half of 2007? SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore shares his perspective. Going green got huge, Dell needed a new Supply Chain Chief, Wal Mart RFID controversy, surging agricultural product costs and more. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-07-12.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-07-12.php Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:39:15 -0400 By Popular Demand - the Full Combined Parts 1 and 2 Transcript of our Unplugged Interview with Dick Cantwell http://scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-12-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-12-3.php Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:19:14 -0400 After Years of Double Digit Increases, Volumes Are Barely Trending Up, as the Chart Shows http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-12-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-12-2.php Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:17:26 -0400 Former Head of Food and Drug Administration Executed for Dereliction of Duty http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-12-1.php Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:15:25 -0400 What Mattered in SCM and Logistics - 1H 2007 Review; What Result s to Expect from Carrier Bid Optimization, China Gets Tough - Really Tough - on Product Safety, More http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-07-12.htm feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-07-12.htm Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:13:23 -0400 Action is Needed, but Piracy, Safety, are Separate Issues: Should there be a "Sense of Alarm?" http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-10-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-10-1.php Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:36:00 -0400 How important do you believe certifications, such as the CPIM and CSCP from APICS, are for a supply chain professional's career development? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-8.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-8.php Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:35:13 -0400 Larry Ferrere to JDA Software as CMO; RFID Market Sizing Disconnect; Is Indian IT Getting too Costly? Smart QA Idea and more http://www.scdigest.com/assets/SCMN/07-07-11-1.htm feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/SCMN/07-07-11-1.htm Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:32:11 -0400 It was a mostly up week for our Supply Chain and Logistics stock index. Out of 22 stocks, only four recorded losses, with three coming from the software group. Software provider Logility continued its solid performance and, for the second week in a row, posted the week’s strongest gains (up 11.3%). In the hardware group, both Zebra and Intermec netted positive results, up 2.0% and 4.7% respectively. In the transport and logistics group, Prologis emerged with the largest gains (up 5.2%), followed by J.B. Hunt (up 4.7%). http://www.scdigest.com/stocks.php feedback@scdigest.com Business 543B0142-4109-4DF1-BAF8-8929DCFE0FD2 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:31:00 -0400 What kind of savings do companies typically see when they do a formal carrier bid process by lane (Carrier Bid Optimization)? What are the factors in whether you might see a lot or a little savings? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-9.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-9.php Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:30:03 -0400 Question to SCDigest Has Us Thinking about CBO and the Factors that Impact Potential Savings http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Transportunities_07-07-10.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Transportunities_07-07-10.php Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:26:13 -0400 This Week: The Economic Impact of Counterfeiting, Top Supply Chain Strategies, Savings in Order Picking from Bucket Brigades, Wal-Mart has Few Stores in California http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-11-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-11-1.php Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:15:49 -0400 Self-Organizing Logistics, Big Slow Down in Import Container Volume Growth, Supply Chain Collaboration, and More http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-07-05.htm feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-07-05.htm Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:33:41 -0400 All of a Sudden, Double Digit Increases are Gone; Where is the Volume? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-05-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-05-3.php Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:33:04 -0400 While it has been around for a decade, the concept of Bucket Brigades and self-organizing logistics systems is not well known. It can deliver savings or 25-50% in order picking though, says Dr. John Bartholdi of Georgia Tech, and just may have applicability elsewhere in the supply chain. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-07-06.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-07-06.php Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:32:14 -0400 Early Data Indicate the Corn Belt Will Boom this Year; Price Relief for Manufacturers and Consumers on the Way? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-05-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-05-2.php Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:31:42 -0400 Do Consumer Goods Manufacturers Really Have the Power In the Grocery Supply Chain? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-05-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-05-1.php Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:30:32 -0400 Senator Chuck Schumer says Chinese Goods Putting U.S. Consumers at Risk; Protectionism by Other Means? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-07-03-1.php Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:29:43 -0400 We are looking at new supply chain software, as well as a consultant to help us with vendor selection. We are worried about the consultants being biased based on relationships with the vendors we are considering. How do we best ensure we find a consultant who will give us an unbiased recommendation? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-7.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-7.php Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:28:29 -0400 Supply chain best practice part 3; Tyndall into Logistics Hall of Fame; Is Liquid Coal the answer? "Agflation" pressuring buyers, more http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-06-28.HTM feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-06-28.HTM Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:01:54 -0400 In part 3 of his Supply Chain Best Practices series, Editor Dan Gilmore shares more feedback from readers on the question of what Supply Chain Best Practices really are, and how or where they add value to a company's supply chain strategies. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-06-28.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-06-28.php Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:01:05 -0400 Author of Supercharging Supply Chains has Helped Dozens of Companies Improve Performance and Better Understand Supply Chain Opportunities http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-28-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-28-1.php Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:00:40 -0400 How Information Sharing with 3PLs Benefits Both Sides http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/SupplyChainInView_07-06-27.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/SupplyChainInView_07-06-27.php Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:59:43 -0400 MIT Report Questions Feasibility of Corn-Based Ethanol as Alternative to Fossil Fuel; 75% of U.S. Corn Production Devoted to Fuel? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-26-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-26-2.php Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:58:47 -0400 Little Known Alternative Being Considered in Senate Energy Bill, as U.S. Sits on the World's Largest Coal Reserves, but Environmental Questions Remain http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-26-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-26-1.php Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:57:48 -0400 Goldman Saks Index up 25% in 5 Months; from Grain to Corn Syrup, Agricultural Product Prices are Soaring http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-25-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-25-1.php Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:56:57 -0400 This week: Dick Cantwell of P&G Unplugged on RFID; problems with product safety coming out of China? Supply Chain collaboration; combating counterfeiting and more http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-06-21.htm feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-06-21.htm Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:20:01 -0400 This Week, We're Back With Part 2, Including a Summary and the Complete Q&A http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-06-21.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-06-21.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:19:19 -0400 We Have EPC Questions; Procter and Gamble's Dick Cantwell Has Answers; maybe the best RFID interview ever http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-21-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-21-1.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:18:38 -0400 The Unique Sub-Culture of Collaboration, Plus Keys to Making Collaboration Work http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Gattorna-07-06-20.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Gattorna-07-06-20.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:18:12 -0400 The Problems are Growing, As Recent Examples Demonstrate; Time to Get More Aggressive in Finding Solution http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Tyndall_07-06-19.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Tyndall_07-06-19.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:17:32 -0400 Editors Leave at Two Publications; SCDigest to Increase Focus on Material Handling, Auto ID http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-19-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-19-3.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:16:30 -0400 Thomas the Tank Engine in Lead Paint; amid Rising Calls for Action http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-19-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-19-2.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:15:47 -0400 New Approach to Construction and Supply Chains, Drop Assembly Times by 50 Percent http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-19-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-19-1.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:14:56 -0400 CSCMP and Rosalyn Wlson are back with their annual State of Logistics Report. We're back with our review and comment, as a variety of pressures continues to drive logistics costs higher. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-06-14.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-06-14.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:13:58 -0400 New Report Says Yes; Large Implications for the Economy, Wages, and Productivity http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-13-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-13-1.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:13:06 -0400 Employee Empowerment and Flexibility Are Key; Provide Your Input http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/LeanThinking_07-06-12.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/LeanThinking_07-06-12.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:10:13 -0400 Meanwhile, Supply is Constrained; Another Jump in Oil Prices in the Second Half of 2007? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-12-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-12-1.php Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:21:04 -0400 SCDigest Editor Mark Fralick to Look at Hardware, Software and other Technology Solutions; First Up, i2’s Business Content Libraries http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-12-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-12-2.php Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:36:28 -0400 The End of In-Store Cycle Counts? Cost Per Use of Only 2-3 Cents http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-11-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-11-1.php Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:57:49 -0400 Environmentalists Delay Numerous Projects, as Container Back-Ups in Antwerp and Elsewhere Increase, Wall Street Journal Says; Growing Mismatch between Demand and Capacity http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-03-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-03-1.php Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:33:08 -0400 SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore has a great one on one interview with Dick Cantwell of Procter & Gamble on a range of RFID and EPC topics. Here are the highlights. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-06-07.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-06-07.php Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:27:05 -0400 Didn’t Make it to Phoenix? Our Gene Tyndall was there http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Tyndall_07-06-07.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Tyndall_07-06-07.php Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:25:44 -0400 We Have EPC Questions; Dick Cantwell of P&G has Answers http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-06-07-1.php Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:24:51 -0400 Supply Chain Digest Weekly Newsletter May 31, 2007 http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-05-31.htm feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-05-31.htm Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:45:22 -0400 If Supply Chain Software Vendors Use Their Own SOA Tools to Build Functionality, That's a Good Sign; New SCDigest Product Review Feature; On Tap: i2's Business Content Library http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Fralick_07-05-31.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Fralick_07-05-31.php Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:43:33 -0400 Country Tries to Move More Upscale, and Direct Foreign Investment Soars; Watching Lessons from China http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-31-1.PHP feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-31-1.PHP Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:42:41 -0400 Expert Opinion is Mixed on How Viable Potential Same-Day Delivery Strategy Really Is http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-31-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-31-2.php Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:42:02 -0400 Perhaps no word gets tossed around more in supply chain than optimization. Sorting out optimization from other technical approaches to decision-making, such as heuristics and simulation, isn't easy. We give it a try. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-05-31.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-05-31.php Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:41:16 -0400 Move into Wal-Mart Stores Illustrates How Supply Chain Strategy Must Evolve; Marriage of two Wounded Giants? Pursuing Channel it Once Dismissed as a "No Return" Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-29-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-29-1.php Tue, 29 May 2007 23:19:41 -0400 Very Modest Rate Expectations for All Modes Except Rail; Will Shippers Move Rail Volumes to Truck in Response? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-29-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-29-2.php Tue, 29 May 2007 23:18:45 -0400 The best in Supply Chain News and Opinion. This week, featuring: thoughts from the Supply Chain Road, Marks & Spencer increases RFID spend, Cabela's in store WMS and more. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-05-24.htm feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/news/07-05-24.htm Tue, 29 May 2007 15:58:29 -0400 After several weeks on the road, SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore wonders if he can discern any consistent themes from his journeys. He thinks yes, including the relentless, Wall Street-driven pressure to reduce supply chain costs, Lean mania, supply chain organizations being run very thin, and more. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-05-24.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-05-24.php Tue, 29 May 2007 15:57:23 -0400 Investment in RFID, Logistics Systems and More Increase 290% in Past Year http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-23-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-23-1.php Tue, 29 May 2007 15:55:58 -0400 We All Agree the Value Is There, If You Can Get Through the Hype and Misdirection; We’d Deduct Points for a Mug Though http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-22-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-22-1.php Tue, 29 May 2007 15:54:56 -0400 Retailer Cabela’s Simply Puts WMS into Each Store to Locate, Pick and Deliver Inventory to the Floor with High Levels of Accuracy http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-21-3.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-21-3.php Tue, 22 May 2007 07:21:10 -0400 State-owned Investment Company to Buy 10% Share of Blackstone; Back Door Strategy to Acquire Control of U.S. Businesses? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-21-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-21-1.php Mon, 21 May 2007 14:50:41 -0400 10% of Drivers in Oregon were Taking Drugs; Will we See Mandatory Testing Soon? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-21-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-21-2.php Mon, 21 May 2007 14:49:20 -0400 With All the Hype around Service Oriented Architecture, Who Can Tell What's Real in Supply Chain Applications? http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Fralick_07-05-16.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Fralick_07-05-16.php Sun, 20 May 2007 22:05:18 -0400 Will Other Shippers Jump on the Class Action Bandwagon that Seeks Billions in Damages? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-16-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-16-2.php Sun, 20 May 2007 22:03:04 -0400 Is the U.S. transportation infrastructure in crisis or not? How much does the answer really matter to shippers? Supply Chain Digest addresses these questions and more, stemming from a forum at Georgia Tech that focused on capacity and infrastructure challenges for the supply chain. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-05-17.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-05-17.php Sun, 20 May 2007 22:02:27 -0400 Is Operational Excellence an Illusive Dream? Here are Ten Steps that will help you Achieve this Goal without Spending a Lot of Mon http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_07-05-17.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Assets/Experts/Guest_07-05-17.php Sun, 20 May 2007 22:01:24 -0400 We are looking for a new Warehouse Management System and Labor Management System. Can we implement these together, or is it better to always do the WMS by itself first? http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-6.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/Answers/answers-6.php Sun, 20 May 2007 21:58:06 -0400 It was a calm but mostly down week for our Supply Chain and Logistics stock index last week, with few strong moves up or down. Software provider Logility gave back just a bit of its strong recent gains, falling 3.7% for the week. SAP also fell 2.5%, and Manhattan Associates dropped 2.8%, while JB Hunt, Ryder, and Norfolk Southern were among the few winners. http://www.scdigest.com/stocks.php feedback@scdigest.com Business 2F6DB80A-9B13-4976-AE5D-50EA5B7EBB36 Wed, 16 May 2007 16:50:08 -0400 Inbound Container Volumes to Set Records in July and August, but Ports and Infrastructure Keeping Up, for Now http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-09-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-09-2.php Wed, 16 May 2007 16:48:52 -0400 An Industry Winner, But an Environmental Loser? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-15-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business ttp://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-15-1.phph Wed, 16 May 2007 16:47:16 -0400 New owner Cerberus has a history as tough guys, but they backed out of Delphi deal after failure to win further concessions http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-14-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-14-1.php Wed, 16 May 2007 16:45:12 -0400 Logistics Exec Hints Company May Take Capability Beyond New York City http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-16-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-16-1.php Wed, 16 May 2007 16:44:27 -0400 Supply chain transformation happens for all kinds of reasons. In the case of Coats North America, a dramatic change in its customer base due to low cost country sourcing meant its supply chain network was badly misaligned. The company took that opportunity to not only reconfigure its supply chain network, but to transform to strategy, processes and technology to move from push to pull. http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-05-10.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/07-05-10.php Wed, 16 May 2007 16:42:07 -0400 There were a lot of big moves for the week in our Supply Chain and Logistics stock index. The big mover to the downside was software provider i2, which fell almost 30% for the week on slightly disappointing Q1 results and news that CEO Mike McGrath would retire at the end of the year.LTL carrier Yellow Roadway also took a steep fall, declining almost 6% for the week. http://www.scdigest.com/stocks.php feedback@scdigest.com Business 8A778A83-F69B-4286-9816-8972FBA68E24 Wed, 9 May 2007 12:13:06 -0400 Situation still seen as a Key Labor Inflection Point by Supply Chain Digest http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-07-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-07-1.php Wed, 9 May 2007 12:11:28 -0400 What’s the Long Term Impact on Oil Prospects for U.S., Western Europe? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-07-2.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-07-2.php Wed, 9 May 2007 12:10:14 -0400 Alcoa Bid for Alcan Just the Latest of Many Recent Mergers, with More on the Way; Will Consolidation Enable Producers to Limit Supply? http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-09-1.php feedback@scdigest.com Business http://www.scdigest.com/assets/newsViews/07-05-09-1.php Wed, 9 May 2007 12:09:16 -0400