LLamasoft Inc. has entered into partnerships with three supply-chain companies, to provide detailed data to customers of its modeling applications.

LLamasoft has acquired IBM's LogicTools supply-chain applications business unit.

Toby Brzoznowski, executive vice president of LLamasoft Inc., details the changes he's seen in supply-chain modeling and network design over the last 15 years. And he offers a picture of where the technology and supporting business processes are going.

E2open, the vendor of software for planning and execution across global trading networks, has joined the Esri Partner Network.

Chronic disruption, a pervasive phenomenon referring to a persistent disruption that degrades but does not inhibit supply chain function and that does not respond to traditional remedies, affects manufacturing most, according to an APICs Supply Chain Council survey.