The condition of emerging-market economies seems to seesaw from week to week. But one thing remains constant: the failure of a lot of companies to shore up their supply chains in those countries with up-to-date information technology.

As the global economy picks up, working capital optimization will continue to be a high priority for corporate treasurers in 2015. In their drive for competitive advantage, treasurers are increasingly looking beyond the traditional forms of finance to explore a wider range of alternative funding options that support their working capital requirements, ranging from supply chain finance (SCF), to trade receivables securitisation (TRS), to factoring.

Think of the typical corporate merger as the meeting of two ocean liners. It's tough enough to combine the crews. But how do you mash together two engine rooms?

The popular online purveyor of skin care and beauty products undergoes a natural process of maturing. Rapid sales growth dictates that the Seattle-based merchandiser hire an outsourcing partner to handle order-fulfillment duties in the eastern U.S.

Arena Solutions' fall 2014 release of its product lifecycle management (PLM) applications includes two new modules, Arena Scribe and Arena DataExtract, as well as enhancements to Arena Quality.