Sage North America has made available Sage Inventory Advisor, a cloud-based application which integrates with Sage enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

It's the biggest headache that distribution operations face, when buying systems from multiple vendors. Craig Sinclair, systems integration manager with Hanel Storage Systems, offers advice on smoothing the path to integration.

The Supply Chain Management Systems Project is a PEPFAR funded program administered by USAID designed to get life-saving drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDs to many developing countries, most of them in Africa. Clinton De Souza, Warehousing and Distribution Principal Advisor, explains how the project has leveraged private sector logistics firms to exceed its goals.

An ongoing supply chain and procurement transformation project at Seagate was driven by market changes and supply disruptions following natural disasters in Asia. Vice President Marcos Meirelles provides highlights of the project.

Ever-increasing customer expectations are forcing distributors to take a more intelligent approach to putaway, picking and labor management, says Allan Kohl, president and chief executive officer of KOM International.

Even the best software package won't yield results unless companies engage in detailed operations research prior to implementation, says Jean Belanger, chief executive officer of Reddworks Corp.

A conversation with Rick Davis, vice president of business planning with Kellogg USA.

When the Atkins Diet fad caused pasta consumption to drop dramatically almost overnight, AIPC embarked on a cultural transformation that improved performance and built resilience into the supply chain.

E2open, a vendor of cloud-based software for collaborative execution across global trading networks, has introduced E2 Rapid Resolutions.