Late last week, the Manufacturing & Technology eJournal report the following headline: American Women Vote Trane as Best Air Conditioning and Heating Brand for the Home.  This was the second consecutive Women's Choice Award Seal of Recommendation that Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and solutions and a brand of Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR), was awarded. In a national survey among more than 5,000 women who were asked to select the brands they would most highly recommend to others, and Trane came out on top.

Current supply chain management systems often lack the tools necessary to quickly and cost effectively react to the constant stream of changes in customer demand, production schedules, and supply deficiencies common in global markets. Relying on different systems with multiple tools is often expensive, time-consuming, and inefficient. The best technology solutions must support true collaboration and execution between manufacturers and supply chain partners to enable seamless performance and increase revenue.

Originally published on Manufacturing.net Wednesday, 04/10/2013 by Joel Hans, Managing Editor of Manufacturing.net

Ultriva founder and CEO, Narayan Laksham was interviewed by Joel Hans regarding barriers to American re-shoring.  Here's what Narayan had to say.

CUPERTINO, Calif - February 6, 2012 – Ultriva Inc., a leader in Lean Supply Chain solutions today announced that Life Fitness Inc., a division of Brunswick Corporation has selected the Ultriva supply chain solution to manage its supply chain collaboration and electronic Kanban processes.

Welcome to the new Ultriva Blog!  This is the first installment in the new Ultriva, Inc. blog about demand driven supply chain and supply chain software related topics.