The Supply Chain Management Systems Project is a PEPFAR funded program administered by USAID designed to get life-saving drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDs to many developing countries, most of them in Africa. Clinton De Souza, Warehousing and Distribution Principal Advisor, explains how the project has leveraged private sector logistics firms to exceed its goals.

An ongoing supply chain and procurement transformation project at Seagate was driven by market changes and supply disruptions following natural disasters in Asia. Vice President Marcos Meirelles provides highlights of the project.

Nipendo, a vendor of cloud-based services for managing buyer and seller relations, has introduced a tool for achieving "end-to-end" invoice reconciliation.

Basware, a vendor of electronic-invoicing and procurement applications, has developed Basware Purchase.

Elemica, provider of a supply-chain operating network for the process industries, has launched a new version of its platform to help companies gain control over their global supply chains.

Ariba is partnering with Dell Boomi to allow for faster integration to the Ariba Network for business-to-business collaboration.