Cloud & On-Demand Systems

Running Your Supply Chain with Greater Efficiency

August 29, 2016

GE Issues Data Historian for Industrial Internet Connectivity

August 29, 2016

GE Digital has made available version 7.0 of Historian, an application that connects industrial equipment from the control layer to cloud environments, natively integrated with GE's Predix platform.

Technology, Which Enables Sustainability, Often Has Its Own Negative Environmental Impact

August 26, 2016

Environmental Leader

While technology can improve companies' environmental, health and safety performance it can also produce a huge environmental footprint of its own.

Cold-Chain Logistics Benefits from Real-Time Monitors, IoT Technologies, Study Says

August 26, 2016

Lux Research

Real-time monitoring solutions and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can identify more problems in cold chains than incumbent systems, but a strong business case exists only for high-value products like vaccines or clinical samples, and commodities that suffer high loss rates, according to Lux Research.

Plex Systems Acquires Supply-Chain Planning Vendor DemandCaster

August 22, 2016

Plex Systems

Plex Systems, a provider of cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturing, has acquired DemandCaster, a vendor of cloud-based supply-chain planning (SCP) applications.

Steelwedge Issues New Cloud-Based Apps for Demand, Supply Planning

August 19, 2016

Steelwedge

Steelwedge has developed a new version of its software for demand planning, supply planning and response management, unified on a common cloud platform.

Why the Last Mile is a First Priority for Today's Retailers

August 19, 2016

Kees Jacobs & Sundip Naik of Capgemini

The "last mile" is a telecom term for delivering telephone, cable or internet services to the customer's location. With the most connections to make, it's the bottleneck of the system. It's also the most expensive and difficult to upgrade.

Webinar to Highlight How Epec Engineered Technologies Gained Global Visibility by Moving to Cloud

August 16, 2016

SupplyChainBrain

Join NetSuite and Epec Engineered Technologies at 1 p.m. (ET), Thursday, Aug. 18, to learn why Epec chose NetSuite over SAP and Microsoft Dynamics GP as a system that could be customized to meet its unique workflows and provide truly global visibility and connectivity.

ModusLink Issues Tool for Managing Online Subscriptions

August 15, 2016

ModusLink Corp.

ModusLink Corp. has launched its Subscription Solution.

'Smart' Technology Enhances Operational Excellence in Manufacturing, Study Says

August 12, 2016

UPS

Traditional Lean and Six Sigma practices are insufficient to address the complexities of modern industrial manufacturing, and companies are turning to "smart operations," which use pervasive data collection, advanced analytics, technology investments and deeper collaboration with partners to prepare their value streams for the next industrial revolution.

Cloud & On-Demand Systems

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for cloud, software as a service (SaaS) and on-demand systems and their impact on supply chain management. New technologies in cloud computing are transforming the way companies do business — and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving operations through their strategic use of cloud computing and on-demand systems for supply chain management.