A conversation with Jeff Range, vice president of operations at net.com, Fremont, Calif.

Sunsweet wanted a full suite of automated demand, inventory and supply planning functionality. With the volume of this year's "prune plum" crop significantly down, the ability to match supply with demand couldn't have come at a better time.

A conversation with Gordon Heisler, director of transportation operations at Sunoco Inc., in Philadelphia.

A conversation with Rob Porterfield, director of supply-chain management and international operations at National Instruments.

The Children's Place, a fast-growing retailer of kids' apparel, retools its distribution process to fend off challenges from competitors large and small.