3 Factors That Are Driving Supply Chain Investments in a Q&A with Brian Higgins of KPMG [Video]
With transparency and speed to market both top drivers for investments when applying supply chain strategies to business operations, how do companies truly optimize their efforts and investments? And what may hold them back? Incisiv’s Gaurav Pant interviews Brian Higgins of KPMG who shares his…
Taking Leaps of Faith
Meet Donna Gaspard, senior director of alliances at JDA, who believes listening is the most important thing a leader can do, and that authenticity is the single-most important trait we should carry within ourselves. She took a position in sales at a time she thought…
Career Resilience
Patricia Diniz Soares, senior corporate counsel at JDA, is a proud single mom and trailblazer in her career. Describing herself as resilient, persuasive and passionate – all qualities that shine through in her personal life, career journey and current role at JDA – she shares…
The Roadmap to Digital Transformation with Lenzing’s CCO [Video]
Robert Van De Kerkhof, CCO of Lenzing, sits down with JDA ICON reporter Sarah Barnes-Humphrey in episode five of an eight-part series featuring various industry leaders discussing the importance of digital transformation for their businesses. Van De Kerkhof explains that it’s a digital roadmap that…
Dealing with Risk, Uncertainty and Tariffs: What the Recent Tariff Delay Means for Retailers
What’s the scariest part of a horror movie? Knowing there’s a killer in the house but not knowing when or where they’ll strike. That’s sort of what retailers are going through right now with the whipsaw nature of the trade war with China. You know…
Pursuing Your Passions
At a young age, Julie Papagiannis knew she wanted to pursue a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). A senior customer executive at JDA, Julie brings a unique perspective to this week’s Wednesdays for Women blog sharing her journey from computer programming and…
Walmart Mexico’s Alex Guerrero Explains How Digital Innovations Empower Employees [Video]
Part-four of the Executive Exchange video series from JDA introduces us to Alex Guerrero of Walmart Mexico, who shares his vision for digital transformation at Walmart. As Alex explains, it’s digital transformation that will evolve work culture and it’s this component that will impact both…
Keeping Your Career Fresh
JDA customer relationship manager Jennifer (Baker) Suckey has taken lessons learned while working at Nordstrom – whose brand is synonymous with customer service excellence – and applied them to a successful career at JDA. In this week’s Wednesdays for Women, she discusses that experience, as…
How Speed to Market Has Helped This 100-Year-Old Brand, An Interview with Driscoll’s CIO [Video]
Part-three of the Executive Exchange video series from JDA features Kiran Vankamamidi, CIO of Driscoll’s, who explains how this 100 years-plus company has embraced digital innovation to lead them to continued growth. As Kiran explains to JDA’s reporter Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, by using supply chain applications…
How Workforce Management Can Strengthen Warehouse Productivity Despite Limited Resources [Video]
Warehouse managers are tasked with improving productivity and customer service despite limited resources. This requires the ability to dynamically create schedules that meet the needs of customers, the organization, and the workforce. To optimally achieve this, JDA has natively integrated its Workforce Management and Warehouse…