Sales & operations planning - Articles - Page 113

How to Implement an S&OP 'Rudder'

November 13, 2012

Larry Lapide, research affiliate at MIT's Center for Transportation and Logistics, employs a maritime metaphor to dramatize the pressing need for companies to implement an effective sales and operations planning (S&OP) process.

Intermec Unveils New Generation of Rugged Mobile Computers

November 9, 2012

Intermec Inc.

Intermec Inc. has created the CK3 Next Generation Series of rugged mobile computers.

Vendormate Creates Medzo Service to Link Healthcare Buyers, Suppliers

November 9, 2012

Vendormate

Vendormate, creator of a vendor-information network that brings together healthcare providers and suppliers, has developed a new online resource called Medzo.

Epicor Creates New Apps for Auto Parts; System Backup and Recovery

November 8, 2012

Epicor Software Corp.

Epicor Software Corp. has developed several new products, two of them for the automotive aftermarket.

Accellos Issues New Mobile Apps for Smartphones and Tablets

November 8, 2012

Accellos Inc.

Accellos Inc., a provider of supply-chain execution software, has released AccellosOne Mobile, a new series of mobile applications for smartphones and tablets.

Infor Debuts Mobile Application for Asset Management

November 7, 2012

Infor

Business software vendor Infor has released Infor EAM Mobile, an asset-management application for the Apple iPad.

RedPrairie Corp. to Acquire JDA Software in Stock-Purchase Deal

November 6, 2012

RedPrairie Corp.

RedPrairie Corp. has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of JDA Software, at a price of $45 per share. The deal is valued at approximately $1.9bn, and will create a software company with combined revenues of more than $1bn.

JDA Releases Multichannel, Cloud-Based Training Program

November 2, 2012

JDA Software Group Inc.

JDA Software Group Inc. has released JDA Minutes, a new multichannel training service.

Risk Management: Making the Right Choices

October 29, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The topic of supply-chain risk management is fraught with agonizing questions. Should global businesses emphasize risk prevention, or steel themselves to respond to whatever disaster might occur? Should they seek to transfer risk, or concentrate on achieving better risk-management up front? Should they attempt to do all of the above? The wrong answer can mean the death of an organization.