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Indiana Jones and the supply chain bullwhip effect

Kinaxis

This question of demand management led me to wonder if any bullwhip manufacturer or supplier ever ran into a situation that caused them to experience the bullwhip effect in their own supply chains. Many Indiana Jones wannabees emerged, due to the popularity of the film. How ironic would that be?

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Faster EDI is a Competitive Advantage with Erik Kiser

The Logistics of Logistics

Erik is the Founder and CEO of Orderful , a complete cloud EDI platform that is revolutionizing the way manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and technology companies trade EDI data. Orderful is a complete cloud EDI platform for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and technology companies.

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Overcoming Last Mile Hurdles with Luke Denny

The Logistics of Logistics

Originally from Los Angeles, Luke is a graduate of Indiana University and currently resides in Cincinnati, OH. The company’s delivery platform offers scheduled or same-day delivery to customers in industries like retail, building material supply, and manufacturing.

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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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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. The truck features a Cummins X15N engine and is fueled by Chevron with compressed natural gas. CMA CGM is offering 5 billion euros ($5.48 billion) for the logistics unit of Bollore.

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The Appointment of Hershey’s First CTO

Supply Chain Matters

The key theme often comes down to not only positioning one’s career but also having a deep understanding and appreciation for the linkage of manufacturing and supply chain capability to enabling business transformation needs and outcomes. ” Added Perspectives We have highlighted this appointment for two reasons.