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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- Additional Equity Funding Round for o9 Solutions

Supply Chain Matters

This week, Dallas, Texas based supply chain planning and advanced analytics software technology provider o9 Solutions announced an added round of private equity funding amounting to $116 million. Lighthouse customers include names such as ABInBev, Caterpillar, Nestle, Pepsico , Samsung , among other listed names.

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. “We The warehouse is part of ScottsMiracle-Gro’s high-service distribution model that the Company began implementing across the U.S.

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The End of a Fairy Tale

Supply Chain Shaman

When you run the graphs, there is marked difference for these companies that begins to appear in 2009. As shown in Figure 1, the cost of Texas crude has increased nearly four times in the last decade; yet, too few companies are actively modeling the trade-offs of make, source and deliver TOGETHER.

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Managing Supplier Risk: A Lesson from Parnell and Peanuts

EcoVadis

The sentence comes as a result of the late 2008-2009 salmonella outbreak linked back to PCA plants in Texas and Georgia. The 2008-2009 outbreak was no minor outbreak (and even if it had been, should that matter?). But could have increased supplier oversight prevented the disastrous 2008-2009 outbreak?

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Creating Your Own Destiny

BlueYonder

I grew up in Richardson, Texas with my parents and siblings (a sister and two brothers). I joined JDA in 2009. She’s learned a lot along the way including the importance of asking for what you want and creating your own role – and destiny – by raising her hand. Heather with her son – Sevy, husband – Kevin, boxer – Jake.

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Affiliated Foods Inc. Designates HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management to Power its Buying Operations and Optimize Inventory

Herlitz Inventory Management

The Amarillo, Texas-based grocery distributor plans to roll out the HIMPACT solution to its full team of buyers in the coming months to begin reaping its cost-saving and inventory-optimizing rewards. In January 2023, grocery distributor Affiliated Foods Inc. signed with Herlitz Inventory Management for its buying team.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

terawatt-hours of solar electricity annually — with the greatest potential in California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Georgia, per the report. Since the launch of its recycling program in 2009, Best Buy has recycled over 2 billion pounds of electronics and appliances. Generating the full 185.6