Amit Devpura, head of analytics, global supply chain and strategy with AstraZeneca, talks about how the pharmaceutical and biologics giant is using sophisticated analytics to get a better sense of demand, production and cost to serve.

Inttra, an ocean-shipping electronic marketplace, has introduced Inttra Marketplace Decision Support.

Arena Solutions, a vendor of cloud-based software for product lifecycle management (PLM), has partnered with GoodData to create Arena Analytics.

Legacy Supply Chain Services, a North American third-party logistics provider, has released a grader tool designed to help retailers evaluate their supply-chain performance, and identify opportunities for improvement.

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is partnering with the U.S. government in a new initiative to train and certify supply-chain professionals.

RMG Networks Holding Corp. has introduced its Labor Productivity Improvement application for warehouses and distribution centers.

Tecsys Inc. has introduced Visual Metrics Performance Measurement Suite, a tool that provides performance analytics and dashboards for the organization's entire supply chain.

Voxware has introduced Intellestra, a cloud-based software platform for predictive modeling and supply-chain analytics.