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IndustryWeek April 20, 2011	Asian Manufacturers Consider Nearshoring, Too Even in Asia, manufacturers are adopting 'close to home' supply chain strategies.
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IndustryWeek September 1, 2005 Tonya Vinas	IW Value-Chain Survey: A Map Of The World A 2005 Value-Chain Survey sets benchmarks for global manufacturers in procurement, new product development, supply-chain planning and logistics.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2007 David Blanchard	How Green Is Your Supply Chain? Customers are demanding that manufacturers operate more environmentally-friendly.
National Defense March 2015 Sandra Erwin	Defense Logistics: Too Much Unwanted Inventory, Not Enough of What Is Needed The Defense Department has stocks of supplies the military doesn't use and sometimes not enough of what it really needs.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2007	Infrastructure Is Integral To Supply Chain Success A company's highest supply chain priorities are demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, and sales and operations planning.
Fast Company September 2001 Daniel H. Pink	Who Has the Next Big Idea? Michael Hammer, consultant, author, evangelical business revolutionary, unleashed reengineering on an unsuspecting public in the early 1990s. Now he's back -- with a new book, a new agenda, and a bunch of new ideas. Be afraid. Be redeemed. Or be both...
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IndustryWeek June 1, 2007 David Blanchard	U-M Offers Master's Program In SCM The University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business will begin offering a Master of Supply Chain Management program beginning January 2008.
CIO March 15, 2004 Michael Schrage	Now You See It, Now You Don't - Making I.T. Work In a world in which partners are privy to each other's data, the challenge will be how to collaborate without sacrificing competitive advantage.
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IndustryWeek April 1, 2009 David Blanchard	Better, Faster, Cheaper... and Smarter As risks increase in the marketplace, supply chains are evolving into more intelligent and interconnected networks.
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IndustryWeek April 15, 2009 David Blanchard	Short-Term Strategies Are in Vogue in 2009 Cost management projects supersede long-term IT implementations.
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IndustryWeek November 1, 2008 David Blanchard	A Healthier Supply Chain: By the Numbers UPS, along with Harris Interactive, recently conducted a "pain in the supply chain" survey of pharmaceutical, biotech, medical and surgical device manufacturers. Some of the key findings of the survey are listed here.
InternetNews January 16, 2004 Michael Singer	Q&A: RosettaNet CEO Jennifer Hamilton The woman leading B2B standards efforts talks about China's role in the continued growth of e-business, RFID opportunities, and how to improve supply chain management.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Manufacturers Are Passing the Buck on Their Green Supply Chains Logistics companies are being asked to foot the bill for their customers' green initiatives.
CIO June 15, 2002 Ben Worthen	The Few, the Proud, the Supply Chain War is hell and so is supporting one. Every time the Marine Corps goes off to fight, it needs soldiers for combat but also support personnel to manage the supply chain each mission requires.
National Defense April 2006 Claude V. Christianson	Joint Logistics: A Personal Perspective We have an opportunity to significantly advance our systems, processes and organizations to improve support for the joint force commander -- and we must seize it, says this Army Lt. Gen. and director for logistics on the Joint Staff.
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National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Logistics Reforms Aim to Fix Supply Bottlenecks A team of logistics experts from the U.S. Transportation Command and other agencies will be heading to Iraq this month, in an attempt to break long-standing logjams in the distribution of supplies to forward-deployed units.
IndustryWeek August 18, 2010	The New Supply Chain Agenda Subtitled "The Five Steps that Drive Real Value," this book by Reuben E. Sloane appears to be aimed at companies that are still on the fence about the value of supply chain management.
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