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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

by Bill DuBois If you had anything to do with supply chain planning in the early days of enterprise resource planning (ERP), you may consider those years the “good ol’ days”. Aligning the supply plans to these new volatile demand profiles was no easy achievement. However, none of this physically destroyed your supply chain.

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The Demise of Yellow Corporation

American Global Logistics

trucking industry and supply chains. Yellow Corporation: A Brief History Yellow was founded in 1924 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 2009, Yellow merged with Roadway Express to form YRC Worldwide Inc. Yellow’s financial struggles would continue affecting the trucking industry and supply chains.

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Juneteenth National Independence Day 2022

Enterra Insights

Journalist Reid Wilson reports, “Florida adopted a Juneteenth holiday in 1991, Oklahoma in 1994 and Minnesota in 1996. Thirty-one states adopted the holiday between 2000 and 2009, and another 13 did so in the decade that followed.”[2]. Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain. ”[2].