An optical technology developed by GENCO Supply Chain Solutions and Sky-Trax improves worker accuracy and productivity by eliminating errors and simplifying tasks. GENCO and its partner were named runners-up for the 2008 Supply Chain Innovation Award.

Can you trust your software vendor with critical data and applications that are sitting in a server at a remote location? The model offers numerous advantages-and some caveats as well.

Whether to acquire supply chain solutions from a best-of-breed vendor or an enterprise resource planning vendor is still a relevant question, but the competitive landscape has changed markedly in recent years.