Sagar Nadgouda, service logistics manager with Nimble Storage Inc., offers his view on how far companies have come in crafting supply chains that are truly transparent and demand-driven.

IBM has developed enhancements in support of business-to-business commerce.

The Affordable Care Act is having a huge impact on the healthcare industry. And supply-chain is at the leading edge of the transformation. Vance Moore, vice president of operations with Mercy, talks about how the discipline is helping healthcare providers to adapt.

Resilinc Corp., a vendor of applications for supply-chain resiliency, has made available the SupplyIntel CSR (corporate social responsibility) Module.

Panjiva, a provider of data for global trade, has introduced a data-visualization tool known as Network View.

IBM continues its journey toward creation of a truly global supply chain, through the use of embedded analytics to gain cross-process visibility. A finalist in the 2013 Supply Chain Innovation Award competition of CSCMP and SupplyChainBrain.

Decisyon Inc. has introduced a business-intelligence and performance-management platform that unifies social collaboration, analytics, planning and execution across multiple departments.

Epicor Software Corp. has released version 4.0 of Epicor BisTrack, a business-management application for dealers and distributors of lumber and building materials.