Challenge: An innovative producer of vaccines including Pediatric, Specialty and Meningitis, was dealing with a complex multi-layered capacity constrained production plan with variable demand.

For the better part of the last decade, Amazon Fresh has been an enigma. Now, with a change to its pricing, Amazon positions Fresh much more favorably, said Keith Anderson, a vice president at Profitero, an e-commerce analytics start-up that works with retailers and consumer brands.

Logility, Inc., has launched an integrated business planning tool they claim will revolutionize sales and operations planning (S&OP) and long-range strategic business planning by combining volumetric and financial analysis in one comprehensive planning platform.

October is expected to be the second-busiest month of the year for the nation's major retail container ports as merchants stock up for the holiday shopping season, according to a report by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Symphony EYC has partnered with Infosys to jointly market, implement and customize its new Symphony Retail Cloud applications.

Cin7, provider of cloud-based inventory-management software, has launched in the U.S. market.

Aptos Inc., a provider of software to the retail industry, has introduced a pair of analytic applications.

JDA Software Group has released a new version of its Manufacturing Planning software.