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Infor and Kinaxis Launch Enterprise Planning Solution for Discrete Manufacturers

Logistics Viewpoints

NEW YORK & OTTAWA, ON March 24, 2025 Infor, the industry cloud complete company, and Kinaxis Inc. TSX: KXS) an end-to-end supply chain orchestration, today announced a new partnership that will deliver improved alignment of supply chain plans with business objectives and strategies for midmarket discrete manufacturing companies.

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The US FDA’s Phase-Out of Synthetic Food Dyes – Supply Chain Impacts & Challenges

Logistics Viewpoints

From raw material sourcing to logistics and regulatory compliance, stakeholders across the value chain will need to prepare for structural adjustments. Sourcing and Ingredient Availability A central impact of this policy is the need to replace synthetic colorants with natural alternatives.

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Infor Analyst Innovation Summit 2025: A Look at the Future of Industry Cloud

Logistics Viewpoints

A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the Infor Analyst Innovation summit here in Manhattan, New York. They emphasized being an Industry Cloud Complete Company with industry-specific solutions for over 2000 micro verticals across Process Manufacturing, Distribution, Service Industries, and Discrete Manufacturing.

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Learning to Speak the Language of Demand

Supply Chain Shaman

To become demand driven (or market driven), they need to learn how to speak a new language. Tonight, I am stuck at a New York airport in a snow storm. Let’s start with these: Demand Sensing: The reduction of time to sense purchase and channel takeaway. The purchase of a product by a customer in the channel.

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New York Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act: A Fashion-Forward Move to Supply Chain Transparency

Logility

With first-of-its-kind legislation, the state of New York (U.S.) The Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act, if passed this spring, will require global clothing and footwear companies to disclose at least 50% of their entire supply chain, including material sourcing, greenhouse gas emissions, and labor practices.

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Logistics and Supply Chain News (August 5th- 9th 2024)

Logistics Viewpoints

Reducing reliance on single suppliers and diversifying supply sources can mitigate the impact of disruptions in specific regions or industries. Sunpower was once one of the larger domestic solar manufacturers and remained resilient during the cleantech bust of the early 2010s has finally met its match.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The supply chain career is new. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The Rubikloud acquisition was a $60M cash purchase.