JDA Software Group Inc. has added capabilities to JDA Sequencing, part of the JDA Manufacturing Planning application.

SAP SE has devised new capabilities for workforce management. It has integrated the products of SuccessFactors, a developer of cloud-based human capital-management applications, and Fieldglass, a provider of vendor-management system software.

The point of running a business is to make a profit. So it seems odd that, when companies move to integrate their operations, they so often leave finance out of the picture.

Corporations pay lip service to enforcing human rights and fair working conditions in offshore factories. But the deaths and injuries continue.