Aligning supply chain planning with execution is now a competitive necessity and essential for all organizations, according to a new study. Results from the 2014 Supply Chain Benchmarking Study reveal investment priorities and top challenges of more than 300 supply chain professionals from a wide cross-section of the market.

Deck Dassault Systèmes, a provider of software for product lifecycle management, has released Apriso 9.7, its latest Delmia Apriso product.

To meet the challenge of Amazon.com and other e-commerce rivals, the parent of Sears, Roebuck and Kmart launches an initiative to provide one- to two-day delivery of orders to online shoppers nationwide, drawing on inventory from strategically located stores.

Deem Inc., a vendor of cloud and mobile commerce technology, has launched an updated version of Deem Spend, a suite of applications to help companies streamline their direct and indirect spend.

The Philippines-based logistics service provider took a concept born in manufacturing, and applied it to the services sector. The result: a significant bump in service quality and customer satisfaction.

You would think that proper risk management would be top of mind for high-tech supply chain executives. So why do they keep getting it wrong?