AFS Technologies Inc. has released Priya Standard 2012, the company's warehouse management system (WMS) software.

Arena Solutions has joined with ERP Logic to provide a product lifecycle management (PLM) tool for users of SAP AG's Business ByDesign application.

Zepol Corp. has introduced a pair of enhancements to its flagship trade-intelligence tool, TradeIQ. The changes make it easier to search for and extract precise trade data for U.S. importers and shippers, and to notify parties.

With sales of roughly half a billion dollars, Dorman Products is one of the world's leading manufacturers of automotive parts for the aftermarket, selling more than 100,000 distinct products. The company has experienced sharp growth over the past four years, says director of corporate forecasting Donald H. Mitchell. Recently, it saw the need to transform its demand-planning process, in order to create "a more transparent environment."

The TrueCommerce EDI [Electronic Data Interchange] Solutions Group of HighJump Software Inc. has developed an enhanced version of its EDI-based tool for users of the Sage 100 enterprise resource planning (ERP) application.

Livingston International has completed the acquisition of the customs and trade-compliance services of the Global Trade business of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

The notion that companies are having no trouble finding supply chain talent is "a misperception in the marketplace," says Jason Breault, managing director of LifeWork Search. Media reports of high unemployment levels don't take fully into account the white-collar sector, where more than a million jobs have been added. Unemployment in that area is down to 4 percent, which isn't far from the 2-percent figure that is considered full employment, Breault says.

One Network Enterprises, a U.S.-based provider of technology to enable supply-chain collaboration, has expanded its market presence into Africa.

JDA Software Group Inc. has opened its first office in the Russian Federation.