As in 2006, GL&SCS this year partnered with Aberdeen Group, Boston, to conduct a comprehensive technology survey of a cross-section of our readership. The purpose was to assess corporate spending plans and priorities for supply chain technology and to see how these plans differ among innovators, best-in class, and average performers. The results, summarized below and in a soon-to-be-published Aberdeen report, should help companies benchmark their own technology road maps.

A conversation with Mohan Balachandran , vice president-consumer industries, at i2 Technologies, Dallas.

Having visibility into its contract manufacturers allows Teradyne to better manage component supplies as well as finished inventory.