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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. How ironic would that be?

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Traceability Software for Process Manufacturing and Discrete Manufacturing

RFgen

Key Takeaways: Process and discrete manufacturers face increased pressure in today’s highly competitive, volatile marketplace. Process manufacturers can leverage traceability technology to meet compliance regulations. Process manufacturers can leverage traceability technology to meet compliance regulations. trillion) of the $75.2

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Amplify Your Supply Chain While Capitalizing on your IT Infrastructure

Logility

Ampacet Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer of the pelletized pigments that add colors to plastics. The company spans the globe with 12 manufacturing sites on four continents. Now Smith manages a whole network of Logility solutions from his home office in Indiana without the need to replace existing systems.

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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. Seller”) were negotiating over two piping units to be manufactured by the Seller. The Buyer then sent a purchase order affirming its intention to purchase the two piping units to be manufactured by the Seller. Contract Negotiation Enhancing Supplier Relations.

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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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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., last month (a reading below 50 typically indicates that growth in the manufacturing sector is weakening) as the S.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. Business Address 2. California. Connecticut. District of Columbia. Massachusetts. Mississippi. New Jersey.