In the age of the Internet of Things, how can companies extract meaningful insights from the mass of data that is available to them today? We get answers from Yogesh Amraotkar of the Innovation and Solutions Group of Cognizant.

Eyefreight, a provider of transportation-management systems (TMS) delivered through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, has added the technology of MicroStrategy Inc. to its product.

Oracle Corp. has introduced an application to support project-driven supply chains.

Descartes Systems Group has announced two recent acquisitions of companies based in the U.K. Pentant Limited is a community system provider, offering customs connectivity and import and export inventory control for ocean, truck and air cargo.

DIRECTV’s service depends on equipment imported from Asia and forward-positioned in 250 locations to support home installations. Having long used Microsoft Excel to forecast demand, the company had a rocky journey to an automated forecasting system from SAP. Randy Sullivan discusses lessons learned and ultimate benefits.

Backward-looking KPIs, especially those on safety stock, are a necessity in successful S&OP processes, says Erik Hjerpe of TreeHouse Foods, a private-brand food manufacturer. He explains why this is so and how TreeHouse employs a variety of safety stock strategies.

JDA Software Group Inc. has developed a new application that allows users to achieve correct in-stock positions across their stores.