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Highlights of Kinexions 2022 Customer Conference- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

Morgan Swink , West Chair and Professor of Supply Chain Management, Texas Christian University. The moderator of the session was Anne Robinson, Chief Strategy Officer, Kinaxis. Nada Sanders, Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management, School of Business, Northeastern University. Pascal Van Hentenryck , A.

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Can Your Supply Chain Afford to “Wait and See” Before Becoming Digital?

Enterra Insights

Use data and new metrics systems to free the organization from the ball and chain of corporate politics. Supply chain digital transformation is proven to drive growth, mitigate risk and optimize costs, but requires strong alignment between business and supply chain strategy to succeed.” … My plea? Footnotes. [1]

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Spot Tendering: Are You Prepared for Capacity Shortfalls in Your Transportation Operation?

BlueYonder

With the recent hurricanes that have hit Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico, we’ve seen another practical example where assumptions on carrier capacity are challenged at inopportune times. JDA’s TMS also audits tender compliance from carriers based on metrics, such as carrier acceptance rates. How JDA Can Help.

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The State of Holiday Shipping & Learnings for Next Peak Season

Intelligent Audit

Such factors will inevitably lead more shippers to consider air imports, but even such a strategy is subject to delays and higher costs as rates and volumes soar. UPS parcels heading to Texas had a 10.3% Therefore, it comes down having the right data and actionable insights to know what’s happening across all markets.

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How Can Paper Producers Rise to the Production Challenge?

USC Consulting Group

According to the piece published in North Carolina State University journal BioResources, the growth in demand for pulp and paperboard thus far in 2020 has been unprecedented, with production topping 419 million metric tons and consumption reaching over 423 million metric tons worldwide.

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Three Lies and a Truth

Supply Chain Shaman

We are trying to understand how supply chain leaders have raised the bar at the intersection of these four sets of metrics on the supply chain effective frontier. Leaders focused on process after process that was not designed to be part of a larger supply chain strategy. West Texas crude is now selling for 3X the price in the 1990s.

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Spot Tendering: Are You Prepared for Capacity Shortfalls in Your Transportation Operation?

BlueYonder

With the recent hurricanes that have hit Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico, we’ve seen another practical example where assumptions on carrier capacity are challenged at inopportune times. JDA’s TMS also audits tender compliance from carriers based on metrics, such as carrier acceptance rates. How JDA Can Help.