JDA Software Group Inc. has released JDA Flowcasting, an application for supply-chain management and collaboration among manufacturers, distributors and retailers.

Despite talk of the importance of collaboration in shaping demand, many companies have yet to achieve that ambitious goal, says Scott Roy, collaboration planning manager with Wells Enterprises Inc.

Time to shed old ideas about demand planning, and embrace the concepts of demand sensing and shaping, says Charlie Chase, chief industry consultant for demand solutions with SAS Institute Inc.

Challenge: This leading global manufacturer needed to connect over 125 incremental value-add partners to its SAP system to manage the supply chain effectively end-to-end.

Checkpoint Systems Inc. has developed a new Zephyr 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) label, certified by the University of Arkansas' ARC Center for item-level tagging of all apparel categories in the U.S. and Europe.

Ed Troianello, president of QSSI Software, discusses the features that customers are looking for today in warehouse management systems and strategies for controlling costs during implementation. He also cites common mistakes to avoid.