Accellos Inc. has integrated its Prophesy Dispatch transportation-management software (TMS) with Rand McNally's in-cab mobile fleet-management devices.

Newgistics Inc. has developed new electronic-commerce software based on hybris, an SAP company and commerce platform provider.

Challenge: Being a fast growing grocery chain Made4net's customer must keep its produce and organic products on the move, to keep it fresh and at the highest quality. Existing manual system proved to be cumbersome as volume increased due to the company's growth.

Infor, a provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, has released Demand Planning version 6.6.

Businesses operating in the retail sector should consider drop-shipping as a part of their supply chain and multichannel strategy this year.

With worries about data breaches and privacy violations mounting by the day, corporations are becoming more aggressive about preventing physical and financial losses, experts say. In some cases, they add, that can involve counterattacks against hackers.