Apriso Corp., a vendor of software for global manufacturing, has created an application to enable "pull-triggered" manufacturing and supply-chain processes.
Sage North America has made available Sage Inventory Advisor, a cloud-based application which integrates with Sage enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
Commerce platform provider hybris is partnering with LivePerson Inc. to offer a service that will enable electronic-commerce sites to offer a live chat feature to their customers.
Dassault Systemes, a vendor of software for product design and lifecycle management, has launched a new application for aerospace and defense companies.
Enterasys knew all about building and managing connectivity infrastructure, but not so much about the effects of burgeoning business on its supply chain.
Eight p.m. in the "war room" of Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems: 150 people from all over the world are on a conference call. The topic is a supply outage of trocars, a medical device used in microscopic surgery. Someone on the line, clearly untroubled by the crisis, speaks up. "It's just a trocar," he says.
