SUPPLY CHAIN HIGHLIGHTS

Logistics Management Best Practices Bronze Award: Sun Microsystems Reels in the Best Bids
After utilizing a best-in-class “e-sourcing” program for general procurement, the technology provider decided to try the same methodology with its logistics operations. It wasn’t easy, but the kinks have been ironed out and service is now regarded—and measured—as a commodity. [ Click here to continue ]

Logistics technology: New Infor offering aims to help SMB's better tackle various problems
Infor, a provider of supply chain management software technology, recently rolled out the Infor SCM Warehouse Management Business Edition, a Java-based platform geared towards small-to-midsized businesses (SMB). [ Click here to continue ]

3PL news: Armstrong report says U.S. commercial warehousing market is at $37.5 billion
New research recently published by supply chain consultancy Armstrong & Associates indicates that the commercial warehousing market in the United States has hit $37.5 billion. [ Click to continue ]

RedPrairie survey reveals mixed views for product recall legislation and standards
79 percent of survey respondents say legislation is needed, but 75 percent say standards would be more effective in managing recalls. [ Click here to continue ]

Apple Knocks Nokia off AMR's #1 Spot
Dell returns to AMR's Top 25 Supply Chain list, at #3. [ Click here to continue ]

Manhattan Assoc. demonstrates hi-tech supply chain command center
The software supplier provided a glimpse into the future of supply chain technology during its annual customer conference. [ Click here to continue ]

Foodservice distributors turn to voice-directed picking
Performance Food Group has joined several competitors in adopting voice technology for its order picking operations. [ Click here to continue ]

Gartner: SCM Software up 18 Percent in '07
A report from a leading analyst firm shows that supply chain management software vendors are thriving despite the gloomy economy, with a jump in revenues from 2006 to 2007. [ Click here to continue ]

INDUSTRY UPDATE

SupplyScape to Bring Web 2.0 to Pharma Supply Chain Software

SupplyScape Corporation has released a new generation of product serialization and supply chain optimization software, geared toward the life sciences industry. Called Nexus, the network-based software uses Web 2.0 technology to connect trade networks together.

"So many organizations lack the accurate, timely and secure supply chain intelligence necessary for actionable visibility into product movement, supply chain performance and product security threats," said Mark O'Connell, president and chief executive officer of SupplyScape. "By enabling participants across the life sciences value chain to access and share precise and timely serialized product and pedigree information, we make it possible for them to engage with their trading partners and collaborate more productively."

Primary features of the software, according to a press release, include:

• Trade Partner Management and Collaboration: Accelerate time-to-value from trade partner relationships through innovative Trading Partner Directory and Portal services that speed connectivity, inter-organization collaboration and process sharing.
• Supply Chain Monitoring and Decision Support: Improve decision-making and increase business agility with Nexus Web 2.0-based alerts, reports and executive dashboards.
• Flexible Enterprise Integration: Future-proof enterprise IT investments with Nexus’ extensive system integration capabilities for enterprise applications such as SAP® ERP, serialization systems and EPCIS solutions.
• Serialization and Pedigree Data Repository: Leverage rich product and supply chain knowledge, formed by the integration of serialization and pedigree information with operational and transaction data, to create actionable data for use in enterprise solutions such as SupplyScape’s Product Security suite.
• Event Management: Increase responsiveness to unplanned operational and supply chain situations by integrating business systems to Nexus event triggers.