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Demand Sensing, Planning Apps Expected To Be 8.7 Percent of Overall Supply Chain Management Spend by 2015

September 11, 2013

Demand sensing and planning applications, currently representing 8.5 percent of overall supply chain management spending, and are expected to climb to 8.7 percent by 2015 largely due to demand volatility.

Challenges and Benefits of Mobile ERP Applications in Manufacturing

August 27, 2013

Technology Evaluation Centers

While today's workers are increasingly relying on the use of mobile devices to do their work, mobile technologies are being used not only for ensuring effective communication, but also for tasks that were previously performed at the desk during business hours.

IBM's Journey From an International to 'Globally Integrated' Enterprise

August 20, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

A conversation with Tim Carroll, vice president of global execution within IBM's Integrated Supply Chain.

Infor Adds Two Companies to Partner Network

August 2, 2013

Infor

Infor has added two companies, CFO Solutions LLC and Inavista Solutions, to its partner network.

Oracle Unveils In-Memory Apps; Outsourced Manufacturing for Discrete Industries

July 30, 2013

Oracle Corp.

Oracle Corp. has released the Oracle In-Memory Logistics Command Center.

Retailers: What's Your Strategy for a Digital Transformation of Your Business?

July 25, 2013

BCG Perspectives

Pinterest boards, QR code walls, showrooming, mobile couponing, pop-up shops, mobile apps, Tweet Mirror, Facebook walls, digital circulars, augmented reality, flash sales"”it's a digital jungle out there for retailers today. As consumers embrace new technologies and services, companies find it difficult to stay current"”and harder still to determine where and how to invest their budgets. It's all too tempting simply to jump on the next new thing (and the next and the next), just in hopes of keeping pace.

Dutch Shoe Retailer Finds That RFID Reduces Inventory Errors

July 16, 2013

RFID Journal

Using an RFID-enabled inventory- and retail-management system provided by Nedap Retail, Dutch shoe retailer De Wolky Shop has significantly reduced its incidence of inventory errors. During the first two weeks of using the system, the company says that its stock accuracy jumped from 84 percent to 98 percent. Those accuracy gains, the company reports, led to fewer stock-outs and an increase in sales.

Descartes Systems Group Acquires Norway's KSD Software

June 3, 2013

Descartes Systems Group

Descartes Systems Group has acquired KSD Software Norway AS, a Scandinavia-based provider of electronic customs-filing applications for the European Union.