Earlier this month, JDA Software announced availability of JDA Manufacturing Planning, described as an innovative in-memory based supply chain planning platform to support an always-on supply chain. Supply Chain Matters via this author, had the opportunity to be briefed regarding this newly announced functionality, and we were impressed with the progress that JDA has made […]

It is that time of the year again, one which has become rather predictable for Apple’s supply chain ecosystem.  Every year in the September-November time period, the world anticipates Apple’s announcements of its newest products including the all critical iPhone. September triggers other external industry actions as well that reflect on what may be occurring […]

It seems quite evident that August and September have featured quite a lot of significant developments involving multi-industry supply chains and Supply Chain Matters continues in the following subsequent postings to highlight those with significance or either short or longer-term implications. We have previously alerted our readers to percolating supply chain related challenges concerning Pratt […]

This commentary represents the fourth of our ongoing Supply Chain Matters- Llamasoft market education series directed at clarifying needs and requirements addressing supply chain wide visibility. Business media has of-late pointed out that that overall inventory levels among retailers and manufacturers has been unusually high, which is impacting both current procurement activity as well as […]