Laura Dionne, director of worldwide operations, and J.P. Swanson, systems architect, at TriQuint Semiconductor, describe how the installation of RapidResponse from Kinaxis is helping the company transform operations planning and improve inventory control.
Sun Lieu, head of supply chain engineering at the Electronics Measurement Business Group of Agilent Technologies, talks about the supply chain challenges of a high-mix, low-volume business and describes Agilent's two-level supplier collaboration model.
Commodities are often given short shrift in discussions about supply-chain risk management. Dave Brown, vice president of supply chain and agricultural sales in North America for Ingredion Inc., helps to correct the oversight.
Glen Margolis, chief executive officer of Steelwedge, shows how an understanding of the "agility gap" can help companies to cope with uncertainty in markets.
After working from 2007 to 2011 to transform its own supply chain, Celestica took what it learned to the market, offering managed supply chain services that complement its contract manufacturing business. Erwin Hermans, vice president of supply chain solutions, explains Celestica's strategy.
JDA Software Group Inc. has released JDA Customer Engagement Cloud, an application that supports multichannel retail commerce and optimization logic in real time.