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Menlo Enhances 4PL Offerings

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Minimizing Risk Created By Suppliers' Behavior

Internet and high-tech collaboration tools can add structure and security to a globally complex supplier-to-customer data-transfer process.

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Cadec Offers New Version of PowerVue; Partners With EnergyEdge

Cadec Global, a vendor of fleet-management technology, has developed a new version of its PowerVue application. PowerVue Enterprise, delivered under a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, extends companies' visibility into fleet-wide assets, Cadec said.

Aldata Unveils Updates to Category Optimization for Retail

Aldata, a provider of business software for retailers, manufacturers and distributors, has created the 2012 version of Aldata Category Optimization.

3PL Employs MercuryGate's Mojo To Optimize Transportation Plans

Challenge: A large 3PL in Chicago needed a multi-client Optimization Engine to keep each customer's activity discrete. They needed an optimization routine to deliver optimum carrier, mode, and route combinations and evaluate inbound and outbound shipments concurrently. Further, they needed to be able to set up workflows to suit each customer individually.

Qualcomm Issues New Workflow, Trip-Manager Apps for Mobile Computing Platform

Qualcomm Inc. is releasing two new applications for its Mobile Computing Platform 50 (MCP50), available in the summer of 2012.

Descartes Unveils Android-Based Mobile Application

MobileLink, the global positioning system-based application for managing mobile workers from Descartes Systems Group, is now available on the Android operating system.

Revamping the Organization for Forecast Excellence

"Where and how should the forecast organization report?" That's the number-one question that Lora Cecere, partner with the Altimeter Group, is asked as an analyst. Her answer: "It needs to report to an organization that's neutral."

GT Nexus Joins With Kinaxis for Cloud-Based Planning, Execution

GT Nexus and Kinaxis have formed a partnership to provide customers with a unified, cloud-based planning and execution platform.

How an eCommerce Wholesaler Freed $3 Million in Inventory in One Week

Challenge: This global eCommerce wholesaler serves 1+ million customers, shipping 46,000 deliveries from 17 warehouses same day as ordered. During the downturn, the supply chain team significantly reduced inventory. Now that the market had turned, they needed to support growth without increasing inventory.

Digging for Rare Earth: Another Challenge to China's Dominance

What began as a trickle of stories about challenges to China's supposed economic dominance has become a steady flow. It began with revelations of working conditions at Chinese factories. Soon we were reading about rising wages in the industrial sector - great for Chinese workers, but sure to make the country a less attractive source of cheap manufacturing for the West. Then there was the recent slowdown in China's foreign direct investment, along with the nation's struggle to create an economy that's geared more toward domestic consumption in the service of a growing middle class. Meanwhile, serious questions persist about the stability of China's banking system. And just last week, we learned that China's trade surplus with the U.S. is rapidly shrinking, as the country wrestles with the consequences of a stronger yuan.

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Managing S&OP in a 'V'-Shaped Business Cycle

A "V"-shaped business cycle is one that is characterized by a large market contraction, followed by a sharp and equally large expansion. Indeed, some companies during the Great Recession saw double-digit sales declines followed by commensurate increases. "It almost feels like you're on a roller coaster," says Marianne K. Gatten, director of strategic planning and business development with Emerson. "You're taking that first hill, scared of what's going to happen next." Managing the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process in such an environment can be extremely difficult.

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