Dana Martin, product manager of Elementum, offers an overview of risk management, and how far companies have come in integrating the discipline with their global supply chains.
Landesk Software, a provider of applications for information-technology systems management, has acquired Xtraction Solutions, a vendor of business-intelligence tools.
PhoenixNAP, a provider of cloud, dedicated server, co-location and infrastructure-as-a-service technology, has released its new Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) offering.
Jim Preuninger, chief executive officer of Amber Road, outlines the challenges that companies face, when they seek to integrate product design with sourcing. Their success or failure promise to have a significant impact on the supply chain, he says.
MiX Telematics, a provider of truck fleet and mobile asset-management technology, has introduced MyMiX, a driver-engagement platform designed to help customers run safer and more efficient fleet operations.
UDrove and ITS Dispatch have integrated their product lines, providing a Web-based means of managing the operations of carrier fleets and freight brokers.
Target's supply chain woes are coming to a boil. Out-of-stocks and sometimes entirely empty shelves have become all too common, and have come to the attention of the national media.
The value of exports from America's foreign-trade zones (FTZs) increased by 24.8 percent in 2014, to a record $99.2bn in merchandise exported, according to figures released by the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board in its recent Annual Report to Congress. The 2014 export figure also represents a threefold growth of FTZ exports in the five years since 2009.