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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

Myers Industries (NYSE: MYE) is headquartered in Akron, Ohio in the United States. This manufacturer produces plastic reusable material handling containers and plastic fuel tanks. The Company operates eighteen manufacturing facilities, nine distribution centers located throughout North and Central America.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Linkedin Comment Donald Cavin Data Warehousing Consultant at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute. My thought was to combine my experience working on visibility solutions with Descartes Systems Group and Manugistics with recent research data. Close this gap.

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Demystifying Transportation Sourcing – A Practitioner’s View

EC Sourcing Group

Demystifying Transportation Sourcing. 9/2/2021 – Guest Blog Post from Kumar Kannan of Procural. If you are like me, transportation sourcing is a mind boggling and complex field. This article is about creating value in transportation sourcing. This article is about creating value in transportation sourcing.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. In one article , Mr. Sorenson points out that IBP works better for small manufacturers than large ones. GEON, headquartered in Westlake Ohio, has about 1000 employees.

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Tech OEMS battle it out in the semiconductor value chain

Resilinc

Not coincidentally, the company opened its first in-house European manufacturing facility in Budapest in June. Samsung follower SamMobile.com reports that Samsung is boosting its use of domestic Korean sources for expandable components in semiconductor manufacturing. Lenovo, the largest PC maker by unit sales, saw 12.5%

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Data Integration Essential in the Supply Chain as Industry 4.0 Takes Hold

RFgen

Data integration is critical in today’s complex supply chain and Industry 4.0 movement offers the promise of connected devices bringing applications, IT services, robotics systems and humans together in a world where data moves between stakeholders at a breakneck pace. The need for data integration is acute in this environment.

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Data Integration Essential in the Supply Chain as Industry 4.0 Takes Hold

RFgen

Data integration is critical in today’s complex supply chain and Industry 4.0 movement offers the promise of connected devices bringing applications, IT services, robotics systems and humans together in a world where data moves between stakeholders at a breakneck pace. The need for data integration is acute in this environment.