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| U.S. | 3.890 |
| East Coast | 3.871 |
| > New England | 3.991 |
| > Central Atlantic | 3.925 |
| > Lower Atlantic | 3.809 |
| Midwest | 3.934 |
| Gulf Coast | 3.775 |
| Rocky Mountain | 3.848 |
| West Coast | 4.008 |
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| California | 4.072 |
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Administrator 24 May 2013 Hits:3 Supply Chain
- May 23, 2013 - Logistics News: Q1 2013 Rail Carrier Review Profits Generally Soar on Modest Volume Growth; Evolution at JB Hunt Continues On SCDigest Editorial Staff We're back as usual every quarter with our review of the results and comments from leading public transportation
Whether you couldn't make this year's Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Scottsdale, AZ or even if you did, please watch our video summary of the key themes and presentations at the conference. Pepsico's John Phillips on the intersection of digital and supply chain strategies, Jim Collins on difference between good and great; Intel's Robert Bruck on supplier collaboration, Colgate on standardizing global manufacturing processes, Gartner on supply chain segmentation and cost to serve - lots more. All this and much more - please watch now.
- May 21, 2013 - Global Supply Chain News: Amid Offshore Working Conditions Turmoil, New Services Try to Connect Directly with Employees LaborVoices and Labor Link Offer Direct Worker Outreach; May be More Effective and Less Expensive than Third-Party Audits SCDigest Editorial Staff Amidst the disaster from the building collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1200 apparel factory workers and
If you can think of a funny situation or scenario appopriate for Chain Reaction, please send in our ideas below. We'll give you full credit, and a framed cartoon of your idea if we use it. Source: http://www.scdigest.com/newsviews/13-05-20-1.php?CID=7059
CSCMP Quick Courses Topics include demand management, financial and inventory fundamentals, materials requirements planning, physical distribution systems, and sales and operations planning, and more
We've reported on this before, but we were still interested to see this recent graphic from the analysts at Morgan Stanley on the comparative manufacturing wage rates of China versus Mexico over time. From our view, it is astounding to see the gap between higher Mexican wages in 2002 - more than three times the wages in China just 10 years ago - to the near parity today. <img src="http://www.scdigest.com/images/China_vs_Mexico_Wages.gif" width="600"
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content]Huge Cost Advantage China Once Had is Gone in a Decade. Will Mexico be Able to Take AdvantageSource: http://www.scdigest.com/assets/ne%20wsviews/13-05-16-1.php?CID=7050
My plan as promised was to write my column this week summarizing the many excellent sessions I attended at last week's JDA Focus user conference, after my overall show review and comment last week, but I am putting that briefly on-hold for a breaking issue. That would be the rather incredible developments related to the building collapse in Bangladesh three weeks ago, where at last count more than 1200 were reported dead and some 2500 injured. If you haven't been following this (we've had extensive coverage - see
- May 15, 2013 - Is RFID Still a Disruptive Technology? Bill Hardgrave of Auburn Says Yes, Need to Look Beyond Just Bar Code Replacement; Our Three-Level RFID Application Framework SCDigest Editorial Staff Whether RFID in the supply chain is thriving, struggling or somewhere in-between is a matter of opinion right now. But almost nine years after the infamous Walmart case-level