Demand sensing and planning applications, currently representing 8.5 percent of overall supply chain management spending, and are expected to climb to 8.7 percent by 2015 largely due to demand volatility.

A conversation with Tim Carroll, vice president of global execution within IBM's Integrated Supply Chain.

Modern logistics programs must make use of multiple practices and strategies in order to fully address all the challenges facing shippers in a just-in-time global business environment.

Achieving compliance with the Conflict Minerals Law passed in 2010 is a major challenge for businesses today.

Infor has added two companies, CFO Solutions LLC and Inavista Solutions, to its partner network.

Pinterest boards, QR code walls, showrooming, mobile couponing, pop-up shops, mobile apps, Tweet Mirror, Facebook walls, digital circulars, augmented reality, flash sales"”it's a digital jungle out there for retailers today. As consumers embrace new technologies and services, companies find it difficult to stay current"”and harder still to determine where and how to invest their budgets. It's all too tempting simply to jump on the next new thing (and the next and the next), just in hopes of keeping pace.

Voice applications seamlessly integrate with other warehouse systems to enable hand-and eyes-free operations