Rapid changes in the health care industry are impacting supply chain planning and execution. Philip Profeta, vice president of supply chain operations at Baylor, Scott & White Health Care, discusses the implications.

Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) has developed the Single Channel 845 application, to automate the process of managing contract price notifications in the healthcare sector.

You've heard about business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) retailing. So what is CSC -- consumer-to-consumer -- all about? Terry Esper, associate professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management at the University of Arkansas, explains.

Companies that view transportation management as a core competency with a strategic impact approach technology acquisitions as investments and not merely as costs, says Mike Joseph, director of business development at LeanLogistics. Joseph discusses how this mindset is reflected in other supply chain trends.

In a manner similar to product or customer segmentation, supply chains can be segmented based on service capabilities, says Lalit Wadhwa of Avnet. Identifying different supply chains within an organization through segmentation can help companies improve service levels and lower costs, he says.

Softeon has announced the availability of its new Freight Audit and Payment (FAP) system.

Resilinc Corp. has made available version 5.0 of SupplyIntel, its software for enabling multi-tier supply-chain visibility, risk mitigation and improved supplier engagement.