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Indiana Jones and the supply chain bullwhip effect

Kinaxis

A small shift in customer demand essentially cracks the whip, and the further a supplier is from the demand, the more significant the impact, which inevitably leads to increasing swings in inventory for suppliers. Many Indiana Jones wannabees emerged, due to the popularity of the film.

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Casey’s General Stores Supply Chain Team Contributes to Strong Financial Results

Logistics Viewpoints

It is easier to deliver what stores need, when they need it, with the ability to provide “hot shot” shipments if a store runs out low on inventory before the next shipment is scheduled. Casey’s recently opened a new distribution center in Joplin Missouri; the retailer also operates warehouses in Ankeny and Terra Haute Indiana.

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Amplify Your Supply Chain While Capitalizing on your IT Infrastructure

Logility

Now Smith manages a whole network of Logility solutions from his home office in Indiana without the need to replace existing systems. You may also like: Sensient Colors Mixes the Right Formula for Inventory Optimization. Then we found Logility, a solution that could run in conjunction with what we already used.”

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Concurrent Planning

Operations and Supply Chain Management

4 Monitor performance metrics: To ensure that their supply chain meets its targets, companies should track and monitor real-time performance metrics such as on-time delivery, inventory levels and production efficiency. Companies should leverage these capabilities to identify trends, forecast demand and optimize supply chain performance.

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Electrifying Changes: How the UAW-Big 3 Strike is Reshaping the Automotive World

QAD

Ensuring adequate inventory while maintaining quality standards is now a pivotal concern for suppliers. GM will begin building a fourth battery plant in northern Indiana with South Korean-based Samsung SDI next year, and it will open in 2026. But it’s not just about finance and production; the supply chain felt the tremors, too.

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Procurement & Suppliers: Paying Attention to Terms & Conditions to Keep Supplier Relations Postitive

GlobalTranz

For example, in one Indiana case, Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. After several years of litigation and after both sides spent tens of thousands of dollars on attorneys’ fees, the Indiana Court of Appeals found that the parties did indeed have a contract. Contract Negotiation Enhancing Supplier Relations. Buyer”) and Maxon Corp.

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Transportation Trends: What’s Going on in the Trucking Industry?

PINC

expansion in the first quarter, which mostly was buoyed by lower imports and higher inventories< , JOC reports. Other recent closures included NEMF, Falcon, Williams Trucking of Dothan, Alabama, Indiana-based A.L.A., economy expanded by 2.1% during the second quarter of the year, compared with 4.2% Starlite Trucking, and LME.