SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY
businesswire | June 01, 2023
Kinaxis Inc. the authority in driving agility for fast, confident decision-making in an unpredictable world, announced today announced that the market’s leading supply chain management solution, Kinaxis RapidResponse is available on Google Cloud and in the Marketplace.
RapidResponse supports key business processes such as demand and supply planning, integrated business planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP) and inventory management, and delivers end-to-end transparency with its control tower capabilities. Concurrent planning breaks down organizational silos, unifies disparate data under a single all-inclusive data model, and codifies business-wide trust through the continuous alignment of everyone and everything across a company’s end-to-end supply chain.
“We’re pleased the Kinaxis platform is now available on Google Cloud,” said Dai Vu, Managing Director, Cloud Marketplace & ISV GTM Initiatives at Google Cloud. “Customers can deploy Kinaxis via the Google Cloud Marketplace, helping quickly utilize Kinaxis’ supply chain management capabilities on Google Cloud’s trusted, global infrastructure.”
Digital transformation of supply chain planning is a top initiative for growing companies across the world. By making RapidResponse available on Google Cloud and it’s Marketplace, more companies will be able to take advantage of the supply chain agility Kinaxis delivers, by accelerating buying cycles and using RapidResponse to help contribute towards an organization’s pre-committed cloud consumption amounts.
“The availability and partnership with Google Cloud helps Kinaxis scale our capabilities and deliver RapidResponse anywhere in the world in a quick and efficient manner,” said John Sicard, CEO of Kinaxis. “By combining RapidResponse and our unique technique of concurrent planning with the scale, flexibility, and environmental efficiency of Google Cloud, we empower companies with the supply chain agility and resilience they need to make decisions that positively impact people and the planet, including during times of massive disruption, as we’re continue to see across the globe.”
Kinaxis is a ninth-time Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader1, and is positioned furthest for the Completeness of Vision and highest on Ability to Execute in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions. Kinaxis serves top-tier customers around the world in the aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer products, high-tech and electronics, industrial, life sciences, and retail industries, including Toyota, Unilever, Schneider Electric, Santen, and more.
This availability expands Kinaxis’ multi-cloud approach, which enables the deployment of RapidResponse and its suite of connected applications either on a Kinaxis-hosted and supported private cloud, or a public cloud, such as Google Cloud.
1 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions, P. Orup Lund, T. Payne, J. Suleski, C, Thomson, A. Salley, May 2, 2023
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About Kinaxis Inc.
Everyday volatility and uncertainty demand quick action. Kinaxisdelivers the agility to make fast, confident decisions across integrated business planning and the digital supply chain. People can plan better, live better and change the world. Trusted by innovative brands, we combine human intelligence with AI and concurrent planning to help companies plan for any future, monitor risks and opportunities and respond at the pace of change. Powered by an extensible, cloud-based platform, Kinaxis delivers industry-proven applications so everyone can know sooner, act faster and remove waste.
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LOGISTICS
businesswire | June 07, 2023
OneRail, a leading provider of solutions in last mile omnichannel fulfillment, is debuting its new paid internship program with the aim to provide real-world professional development and create more opportunities for undergraduate students from both local and out-of-state colleges and universities.
OneRail is excited to welcome the inaugural cohort of 10 interns to its Orlando headquarters in SouthPark Center. Undergraduate students and/or recent graduates have been hired for a 10-week program in several departments, including operations, product, marketing, sales, software development and IT.
“This internship program is not only integral to building our talent pipeline, but also delivers on our company’s core value of being a catalyst for transformation in the industry,” said OneRail Founder & CEO Bill Catania. “Individuals who are just starting their careers bring unique and fresh perspectives that will help us accomplish our mission of being customer centric and a trusted partner by providing value and smarter logistics for our customers and partners.”
Each intern will be paired with their corresponding department leader to serve as a mentor throughout the program. OneRail is providing interns the opportunity to work on challenging projects, as well as developing their own personal growth goals and in-demand industry skills. Throughout the summer, interns will receive mentorship, become familiar with every aspect of OneRail’s business and network with industry leaders.
In fact, a core component of the intern program is making a difference by serving the Orlando community. The summer intern cohort will engage in a group project where they set goals and plans that will ultimately benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities. OneRail would like to lift up the organization’s mission by raising funds to help local families.
Company culture and recruitment continue to be a top priority at the startup, as the summer intern program arrives on the heels of OneRail being named among Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces 2023, as well as being named No. 23 on Forbes’ 2023 list of America’s Best Startup Employers. OneRail was also ranked No. 48 on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies.
OneRail will also host Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 interns, with a focus on local hires in support of boosting the Orlando economy. Each of those programs will be 10 weeks. Those interested in a career at OneRail should visit the company’s careers page and stay connected with OneRail on LinkedIn. Future internship programs are slated for the fall and will be posted later this summer.
About OneRail
OneRail is a leading omnichannel fulfillment solution pairing best-in-class software with logistics as a service to provide Amazon-level dependability and speed to help businesses meet their delivery promise. With a real-time connected network of 12 million drivers, OneRail matches the right vehicle for the right delivery so brands lower expenses and increase capacity to rapidly scale their businesses. This people-plus-platform approach features a 24/7 USA-based exceptions team who maintain a 99% on-time delivery rate. OneRail was recently named on Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces 2023, ranked No. 23 on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers and No. 48 on the Inc. 5000.
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SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS
prnewswire | June 02, 2023
Hy-Tek Intralogistics, a premier integrator of full-service automation technology for the supply chain, has partnered with Hai Robotics, a leading provider of intelligent automated warehouse solutions. With Hy-Tek's IntraOne enterprise logistics platform, the addition of Hai Robotics' automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) solutions will help reduce a customer's storage footprints, increase workflow efficiency, maximize order pick accuracy, and improve daily order fulfillment rate.
"We are excited to start our partnership with Hai, an up-and-coming innovator for the G2P space," said Zac Boehm, Vice President of Robotic Solutions at Hy-Tek Intralogistics. "By formalizing our partnership, it allows Hy-Tek to add to its existing solutions with a technology that allows for an earlier entry point with customers looking to adopt G2P technologies, further enforcing our goal to meet our customers where they are in their automation journey."
Changing economic conditions, an increasingly tight labor market and consumer spending habits require today's supply chain to be adaptable and provide a faster ROI for customers than in the past. Hai's technologies, including their brand new HaiFlex and HaiPick A3 solutions, will allow Hy-Tek to provide solutions to their customers faster than ever.
"The Hai technology allows us to provide solutions that require fast start ups, future scalability, and competitive costs," says Dave Tavel, Senior Vice President of Sales at Hy-Tek Intralogistics. "There is no reason to delay your adoption of robotics as a strategy for fulfillment. Hai's technology will support your business today and into the future, and Hy-Tek Intralogistics' platform, IntraOne will manage and optimize our customer's operations."
With Hai's solutions, customers can further improve operational efficiency and storage density, meeting the needs of warehouses, DCs, and factories in the apparel, retail, e-commerce, and 3PL industries.
"Hy-Tek has been a strong organization in the market since before I began my career. I've always had a lot of respect for the quality of their solutions, equipment, and systems," said Brian Reinhart, Hai Robotics CRO. "Hy-Tek's commitment to growth and integration has positioned the company to be an industry leader for years to come and Hai Robotics, having done the same on the manufacturing side, is very excited about the partnership."
About Hy-Tek Intralogistics
Headquartered in Columbus, OH, Hy-Tek Intralogistics is an automation technology integrator serving clients in diverse end markets and applications, including e-commerce, third-party logistics, and parcel. Hy-Tek is the premier single-source provider of material handling solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, retail, construction, food, electronics, and automotive. Since 1963, Hy-Tek and its best-in-class industry partners have been providing customers large and small with turnkey solutions. From customized one-of-a-kind handling and storage systems to pre-assembled buildings and off-the-shelf products—Hy-Tek's experienced team of engineering, sales, operations, and project management professionals' partner with customers to help enhance productivity, streamline processes, and boost profitability. With over 500 employees, Hy-Tek serves customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from offices in Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
About Hai Robotics
Hai Robotics is a leading global provider of intelligent automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS). Their ASRS solutions provide modern storage density, reach up to 32+ feet high, reduce customer's storage footprints up to 75%, increasing workflow efficiency gains up to 4x, maximizing order pick accuracy to 99.9+%, and improve daily orders fulfilled rate over 170%.
Hai Robotics' Autonomous Case-handling Robots (ACR) are the key equipment in their systems. These robots maximize the use of vertical space, managing the storage of goods 32+ feet high. Hai Robotics' ACR solutions are independent of any storage medium, allowing the ASRS to be constructed of almost any industry standard racking structure with most kinds and sizes of bins, trays, cardboard cartons, and a variety of containers and materials.
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