Aspen Technology Inc., a vendor of optimization software for the process industries, has made generally available version 8.8 of aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain.

ModusLink Global Solutions Inc. has added a number of capabilities to its menu of software and services in support of electronic commerce.

Tim Brown, managing director of the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech, describes how supply chain education has evolved over the past two decades and highlights how the Institute is employing internet and hybrid classes to expand its continuing education program.

Tammy Bliss recently left a career with Fortune 500 companies to become an entrepreneur. These two worlds share many challenges, including finding and keeping talented employees, she says. Bliss also discusses her new company, ConversionR, which promotes reuse of cardboard cartons.

ToolsGroup has released Instant Replay, a new supply-chain simulation tool. It allows planners to review historical events and compare multiple scenarios at the daily, customer and SKU-location levels.