Supply chain planning - Articles - Page 85

Streamline Issues Winter Release of ERP for Logistics, Supply Chain

December 11, 2013

Streamline, a vendor of cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications for logistics and supply-chain management, has launched its Winter 2013 release.

Infor Updates ERP Software for Multi-Site Users

December 11, 2013

Infor

Infor has developed version 9.00 of Infor SyteLine, the company's enterprise resource planning (ERP) application for manufacturers.

UPS Capital Launches C.O.D. Delayed Deposit Service

December 10, 2013

UPS Capital Corp.

UPS Capital Corp. has launched a new service to help companies accepting cash on delivery (C.O.D.) to control the timing of individual check deposits.

Kewill Enhances Multi-Country Customs Compliance Software

December 10, 2013

Kewill

Kewill, a vendor of supply-chain execution software, has made enhancements to its multi-country customs-compliance application, Kewill CustomsXchange.

Finance Is Growing Battlefield in Supply Chain Sector

December 9, 2013

Supply Chain Standard

What is the fastest-growing phenomenon in supply chain? We all know about the impact of online shopping on strategies, but even so, there is a good case to be made for supply chain finance. A recent study by Demica suggested that such schemes have been growing at the rate of 40 percent a year and are set to continue growing albeit at a slightly less frenetic rate.

'Butterfly Effect' Threatens Retail, Consumer Goods Supply Chains, 3PL Says

December 6, 2013

Supply Chain Standard

The retail and consumer goods industry must re-evaluate its approach to its supply chains and logistics to survive the "butterfly effect" of disruptive consumers, according to a DHL-backed study.

Mapping a Business Plan in Uncertain Times

December 6, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Nick Banich, business development manager-USA with Miebach Consulting Inc., tells why it's vital for companies to adopt a long-term approach to business planning -- and offers advice on how to do it.

PTC Issues Tool for Conflict Minerals Compliance

December 5, 2013

PTC

PTC has developed a tool for complying with new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules on identifying the presence of conflict minerals in high-tech products and supply chains.

Don't Ignore the 'People' Part of S&OP

December 4, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

People and their corporate cultures are essential elements in crafting an effective sales and operations planning process, says Eric Kulikowski, senior director of supply chain optimization with Philips Home Healthcare Solutions.

Anatomy of a Trade-Compliance Program

December 2, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

All the best intentions in the world can't guarantee that a company is complying with the volumes of laws and regulations that govern international trade.