UPS has launched UPS Temperature True Cryo, a service that includes real-time tracking and intervention services for healthcare customers with temperature-sensitive shipments.

Epicor Software Corp. has introduced new business-management software for the automotive aftermarket.

In the world of supply chains, signing on a new partner or trading partner has typically marked the beginning of a marathon. Whether by electronic data interchange, EDIFACT, cXML, ebXML, value added networks, portals or the rest of the alphabet soup of connectivity approaches, a great deal of time and effort is required to get trading partners’ systems aligned - even if trading hubs are involved. Every company has a different system, and different processes for getting things done. For a company with thousands of trading partners, imagine how much in resources it gobbles up just to manage and keep every partnership aligned. Of course, cloud changes all that right?

Kewill, a vendor of supply-chain execution software, has added features to its transportation-management platform, dubbed Kewill MOVE on the Cloud.

Manufacturing and distribution executives love the idea of slashing inventories. But it's distribution-center managers who must deal with the consequences.