John Boyer Jr., president of J.E. Boyer Co. Inc., explains the basics of sales and operations planning, and details the benefits to be obtained from embracing the process within the organization.

Hard to believe, but profitability hasn't been the driving force behind sales and operations planning within most businesses - until now. Gregory Schlegel, adjunct professor of supply chain risk management at Lehigh University, explains why.

JDA Software Group Inc. has released a new version of its supply-chain planning suite for manufacturers, retailers and distributors.

Rick Davis, vice president of business planning with Kellogg USA, makes the case for applying sophisticated demand-sensing capabilities to the planning and forecasting process.

Chainalytics has acquired ROCE Partners, a supply-chain management consultancy with offices in Helsinki, Finland; Milan, Italy and Stockholm, Sweden.

Aras, a vendor of open-source software for product lifecycle management (PLM), has made available for download the latest release of the Aras Innovator PLM platform and application suite.

It's more than just number-crunching. Lalit Wadwha, vice president of global supply chain operations with Avnet Electronics Marketing, lays out the fundamentals of supply-chain analytics.