Supermercados Covirán, the second-largest food distributor in Spain, has been a cooperative of food retailers servicing Spain, Portugal and surrounding areas since 1961. The cooperative needed a solution to help them make the successful transition from primarily a cash-and-carry operating model to distribution. With a logistics partner, the co-op explored more efficient picking support technologies and chose Honeywell Voice and its rugged and ergonomic headsets, microphones and intelligent voice synthesizers. The move enabled its DC workers to enjoy hands-free, eyes-free picking while providing the technology infrastructure to support the company’s new business model.

Happy with its longstanding relationship with Logility on the demand side, Johnson Controls Power Solutions looks to Logility to give it a centralized, more holistic view of its supply side operations, says Corey Graven, Executive Director, Suipply Chain, North America.

One Network Enterprises, a vendor of supply-chain applications in the cloud, has introduced the Real Time Value Network (RTVN).

Inttra, provider of a shipper and carrier network for ocean transportation, has joined with SeaIntel Maritime Analysis, which offers insight into the container market, to improve ocean carrier schedule reliability.

Sprint is teaming up with Agnik, a data analytics company, to offer tools for analyzing vehicle and driver performance.

Spend analytic projects are often driven to meet key goals of the chief procurement officer and procurement organization, chiefly cost savings. However, there are also many different possible uses or goals for spend analytic tools and projects, which might be driven by other executives or offices as well.

Daymon Worldwide, a provider of brand-building and sourcing services for retail, has formed a new unit dedicated to transportation management and logistics support for retailers and suppliers.