Archive for the 'Information Technology' Category
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), announces the confirmed speaker lineup for its annual Supply Chain Management Summit on April 13-14 in San Francisco, CA. In partnership with Logistics Management, SCM World, and Supply Chain Management Review, the theme of this year’s Summit is Proactive Supply Chain Strategies for 2010 and Beyond.
Featuring Aberdeen’s Nari [...]
Posted in Conferences, Education, Emerging Trends, Information Technology, New Ideas, News & Info, Professional Communications, Supply Chain Management, Support Services & Industry Initiatives, social media | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Four Soft Limited, (NSE: “FOURSOFT”, BSE 532521), a global leader offering software solutions for Logistics and transportation, is participating in the Logistics 2010 event organized by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) in Orlando, Florida, between the 21st and 23rd of February 2010. Retail logistics represents one of the largest and most complex global logistics [...]
Posted in Associations, Conferences, Education, Emerging Trends, Freight & Transportation, Information Technology, New Ideas, News & Info, Professional Communications, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Risk, Support Services & Industry Initiatives, Third Party Logistics, social media | No Comments »
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Four Soft Limited, India (NSE: “FOURSOFT”, BSE 532521), a global leader offering software solutions for transportation and logistics, today announced that it is bringing top players of the logistics industry on a single platform to form a strategic initiative - FFIFA(Freight Forwarding Industry & Four Soft Alliance). The objective of FFIFA is to provide a [...]
Posted in Associations, Emerging Trends, Freight & Transportation, Information Technology, New Ideas, News & Info, Security, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Risk, Support Services & Industry Initiatives, Third Party Logistics | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Barloworld Supply Chain Software wins contract for global CAST implementation 12 January 2010 - Nestlé has selected Barloworld Supply Chain Software for supply chain modelling, network design and optimisation. Barloworld Supply Chain Software will implement its CAST software on a global scale - a powerful, desktop based application to evaluate and identify different supply chain [...]
Posted in Emerging Trends, Freight & Transportation, Information Technology, News & Info, Supply Chain Management | No Comments »
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Four Soft (4S), a global leader offering software solutions for transportation and logistics, announced today that Mondial Logistics has selected 4S eLog® to automate the management of its warehouses throughout its locations in the Netherlands. The contract was executed through Four Soft Netherlands BV, a subsidiary of Four Soft Limited, India.
Posted in , Freight & Transportation, Information Technology, Materials Handling & Distribution, News & Info, Supply Chain Management, Third Party Logistics | No Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
We all know demand variability and predictability are a daily reality for high tech manufacturers. The up-coming holiday season brings its own challenges for the manufacturers of consumer electronics. This year, it looks like it may be compounded by an earlier than expected uptick in underlying demand across most high tech sectors. Just this Monday [...]
Posted in Emerging Trends, Information Technology, Inventory, Lean, New Ideas, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Risk | No Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Four Soft (4S) (NSE: “FOURSOFT”, BSE: 532521), a global leader offering software solutions for transportation and logistics, announced the appointment of Mr. Johnny Thøgersen as Business head of its Nordic Operations. Mr. Thøgersen will oversee Business Development, BPO and Services space to further strengthen the company’s position as the Global leader in providing software solutions [...]
Posted in Information Technology, News & Info, Professional Communications, Supply Chain Management | No Comments »
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Quiet Logistics today announced that Greg Cronin, a veteran supply chain industry entrepreneur and executive, has joined the company as vice chairman and executive vice president. In this role, Cronin will be responsible for sales, marketing, business development and customer care. In addition, Cronin will oversee Quiet Logistics’ Advisory Board focused on [...]
Posted in Emerging Trends, Freight & Transportation, Information Technology, Materials Handling & Distribution, New Ideas, News & Info, Professional Communications, Support Services & Industry Initiatives, Third Party Logistics | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Executives worldwide are struggling with the challenges of integration and collaboration across complex networks of business partners and customers in a more interdependent business world, according to a new study released today by the Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum and the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council. The study finds that 21st Century business models [...]
Posted in , Emerging Trends, Environment, Freight & Transportation, Information Technology, News & Info, Professional Communications, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Risk, Support Services & Industry Initiatives | No Comments »
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
From Harvard Business: “In the World According to Twitter, giving away access to information rewards the giver by building followers. The more followers, the more information comes to the giver to distribute, which in turn builds more followers. The process cannot be commanded or controlled; followers opt in and out as they choose. The results [...]
Posted in Education, Emerging Trends, Information Technology, New Ideas, News & Info, Professional Communications, Talent Supply Chain, The SCM Company, social media | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Four Soft, a global leader offering software solutions for transportation and logistics, has appointed Tim Sensenig as its new Executive Vice President for Global Sales and Business development, further strengthening Four soft’s position in the transportation and Logistics Industry. Mr.Sensenig is the former Co-founder and vice chairman of G-log, the global third party logistics software [...]
Posted in , Environment, Information Technology, News & Info, Professional Communications, Supply Chain Management | 1 Comment »
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
From Xerox.com: “With the development of a new silver ink, Xerox scientists have paved the way for commercialization and low-cost manufacturing of printable electronics. Printable electronics offers manufacturers a very low-cost way to add “intelligence” or computing power to a wide range of surfaces such as plastic or fabric. This development will aid the commercialization [...]
Posted in Emerging Trends, Information Technology, Lean, New Ideas, News & Info, RFID, RFID Information, Supply Chain Management | No Comments »
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
From ISM.ws : “This program is designed for supply management professionals responsible for not only acquiring services but also for developing the supply chain strategies that support the goals and objectives of the organization. Focusing on diverse examples of both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing services purchasing, the program will greatly benefit professionals with a solid supply [...]
Posted in Associations, Conferences, Education, Emerging Trends, Information Technology, New Ideas, Professional Communications, Real Estate, Spend Management, Supply Chain Management, Support Services & Industry Initiatives, Third Party Logistics | No Comments »
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
From ISM: “The buzz is everywhere, in newspapers, television and across the Internet. Social media — whether it be Twitter, LinkedIn, Yammer or another networking service — is all the rage. And although there are now only a few who have not heard of these social media services, many still only know the names and [...]
Posted in Associations, Emerging Trends, Information Technology, New Ideas, News & Info, Professional Communications, RFID, RFID Information, Supply Chain Management, Support Services & Industry Initiatives | No Comments »
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
CEVA Logistics, a leading global supply chain management company has been awarded a contract with BMW UK to manage the delivery of spare parts to approximately 200 BMW and MINI dealerships across the UK and Northern Ireland. CEVA will provide a transport solution using a specialist collaborative delivery service, specific to the requirements of moving [...]
Posted in Emerging Trends, Freight & Transportation, Information Technology, News & Info, Third Party Logistics | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
The DASH7 Alliance, a coalition of organizations promoting a standard for wireless sensor networks, today announced that the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has placed its first order for DASH7 active RFID tracking technologies. The order comes under the DoD’s $429.4 million RFID III procurement contract, and includes products from three vendors - [...]
Posted in Emerging Trends, Freight & Transportation, Information Technology, New Ideas, News & Info, RFID, RFID Information, Security, Support Services & Industry Initiatives | No Comments »
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Terra Technology (www.terratechnology.com), the leading provider of demand sensing and inventory optimization solutions for consumer products companies, today (Oct 13th) announced that ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading food companies, has selected Terra’s Multi-Enterprise Demand Sensing (MDS) solution to reduce inventory and improve customer service.
Posted in Emerging Trends, Information Technology, Inventory, New Ideas, News & Info, Supply Chain Management | 5 Comments »
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Verical, Inc., the Electronic Components Marketplace, today announced the production launch of its online trading platform for global high tech manufacturers and distributors of electronic components. Countering major risks to the high tech supply chain, the Verical Marketplace uses information and technology to create a unique pedigree scoring system for component parts available in its [...]
Posted in Emerging Trends, Information Technology, Inventory, Lean, New Ideas, News & Info, Supply Chain Management, Support Services & Industry Initiatives | 1 Comment »