Seko Logistics has tripled its warehouse operations capacity in California, with the opening of an omnichannel logistics hub in Chino, and expansion into a new 200,000 square-foot facility near San Francisco.

Progress, a developer of software for managing business applications, has released the latest version of Progress OpenEdge.

Geodis has received regulatory approvals needed for finalizing its acquisition of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL), a third-party logistics provider with annual revenue of nearly $1.3bn.

JDA Software Group Inc. has partnered with Tata Consultancy Services to help users upgrade to the latest release of JDA Manufacturing Planning, version 9.0.

Four years into California's historic drought, a $1bn desalination plant is being built by Poseidon Water. The Carlsbad Desalination Project, 12 years in the making, will convert up to 56 million gallons of seawater daily into drinking water for San Diego County. It's the state's first major desalination plant and it could be an answer to the drought, which plagues much of the Western US.

"I work in the supply chain" is often followed by "what's that?" or "what do you do?" Or it can bring to mind negative stereotypes of workers spending endless hours in dark, dingy factories.